Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-02
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The Sip Bayes did not have very good
trip out yesterday.
William Truax, the popular clerk at
the wharf boat, was called to his home in
Moun6sville yesterday on account of the
death Of his mother. "Bilr has host of
friends on the river who sympathize with
him in his bereavement
There were thirty-three steamers de-
stroyed on the western rivers in 1S49, of
which an exact account of how,
when and where the boats were
| lost is given below. On the first
day of March, the steamer An
drew Fulton, on her way from New Or
leans to ST. Louis, was totally wrecked
by running into the Pleateau rocks. Three
of her passengers were drowned.
On March 31st, the steamer Virginia, a
packet running between Steubenville and
Wheeling, was blown up by the explosion
of her boilers, while making a landing at
Rush Run, on the Ohio side of the river.
The boat was completely blown to pieces,
nothing but the hull being left. There
were about thirteen persons killed, among
them being VIM. Ebbert, of Wheeling;
VIM. Roe, of Rush Run; John r. Stur-
geon, of Huntsville, Chic; J. W. Speaker,
of Winthrop, Conn, and a Mr.. Snider, of
WeHsburg, W. Va. Mr.. Washington De-
laney, of Burlington, Ohio, was an eye
witness of this awful disaster and helped
to care for the wounded persons that
were taken from the wreck.
On April 9th, the steamer Amos Crock
er sank on Red River. In this accident
one life was lost.
On April 10Th, the fine steamer Convoy
was burned ten miles above Natchez and
was left total wreck. Two persons were
drowned
On May 1st, the steamer New Hampshire
exploded all her boilers while making the
trip from New Orleans to Little Rock.
Ark. The boat was completely wrecked.
Geo. r. Allen, first clerk; Alex. McCo-
mas, pilot; James Vandyke, mate; Chas.
Radcliff. carpenter; j. Berrng, passen-
ger; four negro firemen, the second stew
ard, the cabin boy and two deck hands
were victims of the accident.
on May 18th, the steamer Louisiana COL
lapsed a steam pipe, killing four persons
and injuring six others.
On May 18th. the steamer Governor Bent
was lost by boiler explosion The acct
dent occurred near Island No &c, on the
Mississippi river Just a few moments be
fore the explosion took place, while all
the crew were seated on the boiler deck,
their attention was attracted to a rat
which they all pursued except one fire.
man, and ne was killed Had the rat not
appeared at that fatal moment the entire
crew would have been killed.
On May nth the following named boats
burned at ST. Louis wharf: American Ea-
gle, Alice, Alexander Hamilton; Arcadia
Boreas No. 3, Belle Isle; Eliza Stewart:
Edward Bates, Frolic, Taglioni, White
Cloud, Martha, Prairie State, Red Wing,
St. Peters, Sarah Kit Carson. Mameluke
Mandan, Montauk, and a steam ferry
boat.
on June 5th, the passenger steamer EN-
bassy, bound from Pittsburg to st. Louis.
collapsed two fiues at Three Mile Island,
killing ten persons and seriously injuring
several others
On September 9Th, the steamer Hardee
burN a connecting pipe at a point above
Weston on the Missouri river Capt. G..
Fistback, who was In command was in
stantly killed, while several others were
injured by the accident.
/Gn November 18th the Louisiana finish
"a up the record for 1S49 by exploding her
boilers while lying at the wharf at New
Orleans. The Louisiana was moored be-
tween the steamers Storm and Bostona at
the time Of this explosion. All three boats
were badly torn to pieces and wrecked
The loss of life was placed at two hum
bred.