Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-14
EXPLOSION ON THE sTEAMER JANE

EXPLOSION ON THE STEAMER JANE
MoseLEY Norfolk ard Portsmouth were
arsrtled about O'Clock yesterday afternoon
nv a terr fic explosion, which drew all eye1
t5wsrd tDe river front, when the steamer
lane Mossley Captain Posey, belonging TO
the lnland and Seabosrd Coasting Compa-
NJ. was found to be enveloped in steam.
Tas Mes y went over from Norfolk after
pariemoutb freight previous 10 going Gus on
h ,syalsr trio 1T 4 O'Clock for this city
Al a Warrington. She was nearly alongside
ii ae Bay Line wharf, At the foot OF High
.t-.-,. aud getting out her bow-'iue, when
- tr.ng OF he. steam chimney blew out,
70 vas CREST pCH and explosion
4rbe e;aok. 5 .eck wss SEPT into the air
,nroen overheard about 40 feet away,
inc our Of sight in deep water. Several
- me crew jumped overheard and some
- thrown ever by the shook. john Il.
G.r.ersii, the night Waterman. was ssicep
!. .tate-ron.e st tue ,,lne, and when the
son occurred he ran out of his room
Qua Vas encel1ped in the escaping steam.
y managed to get 10 the rail and Jumped
oo.-ooard. and swem to the rudder and
o.uac to i: until picked up By two man. The
-,aut engine er was at the starting bar at
the .lus, a0d w0s carried up by the explo-
sie1 aud iell from the huarcsne deck into
IN. river. Strange 10 say, he vas unhurt,
and vas rescued with rope thrown to him,
Ar She Others were who we're thrown into
tina water. Ia the meantime the t's-5els
were rua9 and the fire engines came on the
-ceue. followed by an excited throng OF
neaple. C0ckerell yRg taken into he ferry
bou4s, and d Butt and Hope were In at
tendsece and did sil they could to relieve
the .xcrucistng seony of the sufferer. 1t
was fout that ma was fssrfnlly seal led from
the breast down to the feet, and also very
bad 6u ned about the face and eyes, and
probably inhaled, the steam He died about
eight O'CLOCK CocSerel resded in Wsst
ingt0n. aud at once teegrophed for bis faith
e. TO come 20 Norfolk. He then sent for
Fa5ter BfaG7, aud shat priest was soon at
his d.. A rnsitress and sheets were fur
nished and soon after the Injured man was
conveyed to st. V nceot's Hospital. No one
eao ass hurt 10 any serious extent. Two
tnps made fast to the Jane Moaeley aud car
ried aer 10 the Clyde s!eamahip dock at Nor
folk The steamboat inspectors went on
hoard sad mades Cd examination of the ex-
plos,ou and damage. There was terrific
rent IN the boiier work and general wreck
Of the Joiner work In the vicini y The lin
ing Of the steam chimney, where The collapse
occurred, was all new, having recently been
put 10, aod the steamer iust ont from four
mon b. Jay up il Baltimore. when her boil.
era ard machinery were thoroughly repair
ed No attempt wss made to recover the
sunk smokestsck. Fhe steamer, it is
thought, wss dsmagi o The extent OF 80 ,OC0
The NoeeleY has been running on the P5to-
rnac -luce 1875, having taken the place of
thu Lady ofthe Lake on the Norfolk line ST
ter the ast named steamer wes burned dur
ice he early part of that year. Shells one
Of the hest boats on the river, and this Is the
frs rccident she ever met with. She was
built ABOUT seventeen ssgo by rsilroad
company to run from Newport to Greenpors
acros- upper Long Island Sound, but the
passage is 80 continually rough and unpleas-
snt he inc was not patroDized. She
co., Sl75 900 aud was bought for SOS 900