The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-08-19
EIGHT WERE KILLED
STEAMER ANNIE FAxoN WRECKED
Bodies of Many of the Unfortunate vic
Tins Still in Snake River-List OF
Killed and Injured.

LEWISTON, Aug. 14-The browning
catastrophe of series of awful horrors
which have made Snake river a syno
nym of misfortune occurred this morn
ing at 1880 in the explosion of the boiler
of the steamer Annie Faxon, with a
mortality of twelve to fifteen lives.
The steamer Annie Faxon, Baugbman,
master, left Lewiston at o'clock this
morning on her usual run to Riparia
with five passengers and the usual crew
Of about fifteen men. All apparently
progressed happily until a landing was
about to be effected at Waite's bar, FIVE
miles below Almota, on the southern
bank of the river, and forty miles below
Lewiston It was precisely 80 o'clock
and the boat was about eighty feet off
shore when the explosion came. Cap
tain Baughuan saw McIntosh's head
cleft in twain and was at that moment
stricken senseless. The same shock
which rendered him unconscious also
threw him on the shore, where ne re-
covered himself two hours later.
The explosion wrecked the boat,
throwing some of the passengers into
the stream, where those who could
grasped floating wreckage until they
were rescued by boats launched by sur
vivors of the wreck. AS nearly as can
be learned the following are the killed
TnE pTTCEJ
where he has a wife and four children.
TOM MCINTOSH, who was standing
by Captain Baughman in the pilot house
at the time of the explosion. His head
was split open. The bodies of the above
two have been recovered.
MRS. PATTON, the two months bride
of Purser Patton, undoubtedly lost, only
her hat having been recovered.
GEORGE FAREWELL, a waiter on the
boat and instructor of the Lewiston
juvenile band.
PAUL ALLEN, deck hand, formerly
employed about the Hotel de France at
Lewiston.
WILLIAM KIDD, a deck hand and
resident of Lewiston.
J. MCINTOSH, a prospector, brother
of the above mentioned Tom Mcintosh !
A FIREMAN, name unknown. !
These bodies are al in the river and
not yet regained.
Seriously injured;
SAGE AIKEN, assistant engineer, Lew
iston.
jake MoRITz, steward, badly scalded. |
WILLIAM MoHL, survivor Of two re-
cent tragedies on Snake river.
AN UNKNOWN PASSENGER, who took the
boat at Almota.
c. LAYTON, a passenger, thigh bone
broken.
Roger Morris escaped with a broken
rib.
Captain Baughman is slightly scalded
The Chinese cook and two Chinese
employees were wounded.
Purser Patton, Engineer Brown, Night
Waterman Dick Hall, John Aiken, I. c.
Sergeant, John Storm and Jim Burke are
comparatively uninjured.
When the megre reports of the disas-
ter reached Lewiston boatload of men
started down the river TO render any
needed assistance. The party arrived
at the scene at o'clock and had the in
jured removed to farmhouses, where
they are now receiving aid. Several
physicians from neighboring points are
in attendance.
The steamer Spokane has already ar
rived from Riparia and will leave dur
ing the night with the wounded for the
Walla Walla hospital, connecting with
a special train tomorrow morning, de-
tailed for the purpose.
THE CAPTAIN BLAMELEss.
Captain f. W. Baughman left Lewis
ton Saturday for Pierce City, his son
Harry taking command of the boat dur
ing his absence. Young Captain Baugh-
man is competent river man, holding
a masters license, and is in no sense
held responsible for the calamity. The
Faxon now lies sunk about forty feet
from the shore, Quilted of its engine and
which is scattered around
about the wrecks she'll.
The Union Pacific company, owners
Of the navigation line, are criticised that
the Faxon's boiler was a secondhand
one, taken from the old steamer John