Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-04
TIE IRON QUEEN BURNED
Early YESTERDAY MORNING
NEAR PORIEROY, OHIO.
All the Passengers Saved-One
Chambermaid DrOwned-Sev-
eral Wheeling People on
Board-The Boat
Totally De-
strOyed.

Yesterday morning the intelligence
was received in this city that the pala-
usr steamer Iron Queen, belonging to
tho Pitts5urg and Cincinnati Packet
Company. had burned to the waters
edge at Antiquity, about twelve miles
above Pomeroy, o.
The news Of the burning Of the boat
created intense excitement here, es-
pecially in river circles. as it was
known that there were several Wheel
ing people -on board, and the wharf
boat was besieged with the friends OF
those living mere wanting to know
THE DETAILS or THE DlSAS 1 t-l''
A TELEGRAM received Later in the morn
ing stated that every body with the
exception of one col0red chamDermald.
named Matte Nos5y, or Ciuclnna1l
had been saved.
The boat was bound for PltJs0urs'
passing Pomeroy at . q. m. At ha-
cine. ten miles above, she took on q lot
of baled straw and moved a mile Inr-
Their up 10 Antiquity 10 take on Il
large amount Of hogsbead poles. Wnlle
lying at The bank there,
A LAMP EXPLODED
i'm the engine room, setting the rear
part of the boat on fire, which rapidly
communicated TO the straw. Within
few moments the entire boat was IN
flames. The boat was burned down to
the waters edge. and an the freight.
consisting of one hundred and forty
tons of pig iron. reshipped from the
Sunshine at Cincinnati. miscellaneous
freight. eggs. poultry ana furniture,
went down with the hull or was de-
strOved. The hull sank i'm deep water
two hours after the fire started. Mate
Shriver. whose home is at Manchester,
had a narrow escape. He was sur
rounded by the flames and had 10
lump into the river TO save himself.
.a was badly burned about the face
nd hands
number of the passengers bound
for Pittsburg and intermediate points
were
BROUGHT TO THIS CITY
in charge Of Second Clerk George c.
NcCullOugh. last evening, and viii be
taken TO their destination this morn
ing. Following are those who left the
wreck i'm his CHARGE: Mrs. Geslee and
three children. from Cincinnati; II. J..
GrinOid. Rock Hill, Conn; Miss Ger
trude Green. Ashland, KY, j. C.. Bur
son. Huntington; Misses Flick and
Geyer. of Pomeroy, o., Mrs. Lowell,
NiddlepOrt. o.; Mrs Beener and daugh-
ter. AIiddleport; Mrs. Lieut. Bell Of
East Liverpool. o.. Mrs. @. W. Cox,
Gallipoiis, II. j. Travis. Steubeuville;
Miss Greer. Mrs Michael Tracy, Mrs.
r.. O.. Hobbs and daughter and Mrs. r.
H. Hobbs. of Wheeling Mrs VIM. Bay
and SON Marietta; Ralph Hurn, news
boy. Pittsburg: O.. @. Mccullough
Fittsburg; r. C. Weber, Pittsburg;
Cal Thompson, porter, of Wheeling
A number of the passengers We're
seen aJ the hotels last night and all
were
LOUD IN THEIR PRAISE
Of the conduct Of the officers and crew
of the boat In assisting in the rescue
of the passengers. Miss Gertrude
Greene. of Ashland. Ky. one of the
passengers on the unfortunate steam
er, thus graphically describes the
burning Of the vessel:
IL was i'm the ladies' cabin when the
fire broke out. and tine first thing I
noticed was the smoke coming up
through the cabin floor. which I
thought was steam escaping from the
boilers. Just then the c0lored porter
came rushing i'm and cried that
THE BOAT WAS ON FIRE
and for us all TO make haste to get of.
We did not need TO De told a second
lime as the smoke was coming ND
through the floor of the boat i'm q great
volume and everybody rushed 10 set
as much of their effects as possible and
90 get off the boat. The conduct of
the officers and crew of the boat in
their efforts TO get everybody of safe
ly, was heroic i'm the extreme and they
deserve great credit for what they did.
Il don't know exactly where the fire
originated, bat was told by one Of the
crew that when they We're carrying on
q lot OF hoop poles where we We're iyinc
mp, large lamp iu che deck room was
KNOCKED DOWN AND EXPLODED.
setting fire TO "a large anlodht of hay
and excelsior which was stored there.
The Gre started few minutes before
o'clock. and inside of half an hour
there was nothins Left of her but the
hull which sank about an hour later
After The boat had burned the pas
sengers We're taken i'm cOnveyanceS TO
Racine, a small village about q mile
and g half below where the boat was
burned where we crossed the river
ard came on the first train to Wheel
Ing"
in speaking of the
DROWNING OF MARTHA NOSBY.
the chambermaid. Miss Greene said
that the woman could have saved her
self very easily had she not gone back
after her clothes When she had Sc
cured her wearing apparel and started
90 come ont there was so much smoke
and flames i'm the cabin that it was im7
possible for her 10 get through. She
was seen 20 jump overheard and sink
beneath the water. An effort was
made 20 save her. but she did not rise
again and the hope OF rescuing her
was abandoned. Several of the other
passengers were seen. among them be-
ing Mrs. Michael Tracy OF this city.
and their report Of the burning Of the
boat c0rrobOrdted that made by Miss
Greene.
The Iron Queen was
y HANDSOME BOAT.
and was probably the finest one on the
upper river. She was built a little
over two years ago, and was on her
third years business. She had Gl-
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