The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-12
TERRIBLE RIVER DISASTER.

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The TowbOat Harry Brown BlOwn Up In
the NIlSsIssIppI Riyer-EleVoIl LlVsS ara
Iost-sfpry Of tIe DiEastsr.
The large towboat HarryBFpwn. up
bound, exploded her boilers twenty
five miles below vieksburg, Miss. at
1880 last night and she was complete
wreck in less than a moment, sinking
out OF sight. Eleven lives, all Whte,
were lost Three bodies were recover
ed. The towbOat Wash Henshell took
the bodies and survivors TO VicksburB,
arriving at 9 a m. Captain John kaine,
master; Dennis ], Lomey, second engi'
ner and Dan Kaine, pilot, who were
Injured, are in the hospital there. Pilot
Norman Dravo, Derby FltEmorris, first
mate, md First Engineer William
DouEherty, were lost The latteTS
The Brown was bound up with a tow
OF emptIes when the explosion occur
red. She broke In two. OF her crew OF
forty-two men, three are at Vlcks-
burg, dead: eight are missing and the
captain and four others are badly In.
iured. The Henshell backed up and
landed the tow. The wounded are at
the hospital. Many were slightly hurt.
Chief engineer and the head pilot are
missing.
The Harry Brown was owned by W.
H. Brown, the extensive coal operator
OF Pittsburgh and was one OF the lar
gest tOwboats in the country. She was
valued at $4,000, and was not Insured.
The Associated Press dispatch from
VIclCSburg was the hfEt intelligence
egS T1VaNVlyFI had NJ fhR en-
plosIon. A short time after he received
a telegram stating that the explosion
had completely destroyed the boat, kill
Ing three men instantly and lnJuring q
number Of others, Several OF the crew
were missing.
The Brown had q crew Of twenty
eight passengers as follows: Captain,
John KRIne, Pittsburgh; ;engineer, Will
lam DOugherty, Pittsburgh; second en-
glreer Dennis Stowey, Cairo; mate,
''Dad" FttEmoris, Loulgvtlle; steward.
Frnnk Adrian, Cincinnati; pilot, Nor
man DraYo. Pittsburgh; firemen,
Patrick KaneR, John Joyce. James shee-
han, Thomas Judge, all Of Pittsburgh.
There were also aboard two cabin
boys and a chnmberuRid from Pitts
.htiFgh four firemen and q number OF
-TUustabUutB whose names are aiRp,
Z IA special from VicksbuFg, Miss, 70
tho louisville Evening Post, received
ibY the IntelliEencer at O'clock this
riofnlng, stretches the death list 1t
says the boat was complete wreck and
sank In le8s than fve minutes. Eleven
lives dra known to be lost, including:
/, Pilot Norman bravo.
: G. W. BardBley, BteerEman.
william Dougherty, chief engineer.
Miss Annie Hess, chHmbetmaid.
Tom Judge. fireman.
William Wilson, fireman.
/ First Mate William FitZslmmonG,
Second Mate Pat Carnin.
William Kelley, lamp trimmer.
Tho survivors and also the wounded
were taken to vicksburg on the Hon.
shell, SIX OF the officers and crew OF
me Brown are in the marine ward Of
the VickSburg hospital, as follows:
Captain John Kline, hip seriously in-
William erimmc. carpenter leg
John Hardy, fireman, badly scalded
and otherwise seriously injured.
Dennis j. LOmey, second engineer,
badly Ecalded and internally injured;
will probably die.
l'iint Druvb, who was lost, was OF
Pittsburgh, and was most excellent
man whose death viii be greatly re-
GREETED.
Captain Kline, the master OF the
Brown, although seriously Injured, re-
malned on the after part Of the cabin
roof OF the Brown, where he had been
blown by the explosion. He was seen
by q reporter and said:
HThe after part Of the cabin 1oated
on from the hull, and as II sank to the
bottom OF the river directed the eff
forts OF the mon who were at work res
cuinE tho boats crow. Myself and Pilot
Dan Kane were In the Browns pilot
house when the explosion occurred.
II would be impossible for any one to
tell how many OF the seven boilers ex-
ploded, as the darkness prevented any
one seeing anything. 1t seemed that
the hull went down in less than a min
ute. have no blame to attach to any
one. ns tho cause Of the explosion will
never ts known, as the chief engineer,
William Dougherty, who was on watch,
was lost"
The officers and boat crew speak In
the most grateful praise Of the officers
and crew of tho steamer 81. Joseph,
who contributed clothing and other
Eubstantinls. Captain Kline expects to
send the crew Of thu Brown to their
homes by rail aa soon as he receives in-
structlonB from Pittsburgh. The coro-
nor held an Inquest on the dead bodies
and returned verdict nf accidental
death.