The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-29
Seven Are known to Be Dead, Sew
cral Fatally Injured and
Several Missing.
Steamboat City of Trenton Lies a
Blackened Hulk on Delaware
River Shore.

PEELED to leap for their lives. Fortunately
the water was not more than four feet
deep, and many of the victims of the dis
aster We're able to wade to shore. Some.
however, who We're too seriously injured
TO help themselves, were rescued by mem
bers of the boat clubs whose houses line
the river front at this point The cap
tain and crew of the boat conducted
themselves as heroes. They rendered all
the assistance possible to the injured.
and Capt. WorrelI was the last man to
leave the boat. All of the seriously IN
jured We're hastily conveyed to the hos
pital at the House of Correction at Hills
burg, about three miles below Torres
dale.
CAUSE IS UNKNOWN.
The boilers of the City of Trenton
were inspected in June by Federal in
spectOrs, and stood a hydro-static test OF
265 pounds to the inch She was allowed
to carry 175 pounds and her safety
valve, the company officials say. was so
arranged that steam blew off at lGO
pounds. Engineer Murphy also maintains
that there were seven inches OF water
in the boiler at the time of the expIo-
sion. Late tonight Horace Wilson. vice
president and manager of the Whining
ton Steamboat company, issued the fol-
lowing statement:
AS far as we can ascertain at this
time the accident to the steamer City Of
Trenton was due to the explosion Of her
port boiler setting fire to the vessel. The
surviving engineers report ample water
in the boiler within two minues prior
to the explosion.
Just what caused the explosion we are
unable to determine at this time"
The steamer City of Trenton was
1 10 n
March. She was built for the Whining
ton Steamboat company to ply between
Wilmington and Trenton, and was de-
signed for speed in shallow waters be
tween these cities, her draught of less
than twelve feet permitting her to run
at full speed on low tide. She was l62
feet long and 80 feet beam.
POLICE BOATS GOOD WORK.
As soon as possible word was sent to
this city for the police boats Samuel If.
Ashbridge and Edwin S. Stuart and the
emergency corps Of doctors The two
police boats rendered effective service in
eXtinguishing the flames which were fast
consuming the boat and in caring for the
injured. The physicians and surgeons OF
the emergency corps assisted in relieving
the suffering of the injured.
The scenes in the House Of Correction
I
with the flesh hanging from their limbs
and bodies bore their suffering like stoics
and some even smiled while the loctors
laved the raw and bleeding flesh with
cooling lotions
A few minutes after the explosion oc-
Cured two steamers, the Fannie and
! Columbia on their way up the river,
stopped and offered assistance, but the
injured had all been cared for and the
heats prepap1pd n
None of the injured were able to give
an ineligible account Of the dis
aster. Chief Engineer Murphy, who
Was on watch when the acci-
dent happened. reported to the
officials in this city tonight that the
boiler which exploded carried only $50
pounds of steam. Murphy along with
an oiler named Bryson, had just left the
boiler room when the explosion occurred
and both are positive that the boiler did
not carry the limit Of steam allowed by
| law. Murphy was slightly injured and
! BrysOn escaped without scratch. The
| assistant engineer, Chew, and a fireman,
who were off watch and were on deck,
were killed.
MORE DEAD BODIES.
Late tonight two additional bodies were
recovered from the wreck of the steamer
and were brought to the morgue in this
city. Late tonight the police, who are
| searching the river, caught the boly Of
boy on the graphing iron in the
channel of the river, where the explosion
occurred. This makes a total Of ten lives
/ lest by the accident. There is a steady
belief that more victims are i nthe river.
and the search viii be kept up until every
stretch in the vicinity has been gone over
| by the grapplers.
Four more bodies have been identified
at the morgue. making six in all They
are: Arthur Lansing, a mOlder Of Tren-
' ton; James O'Connol. fireman on the
City of Trenton, Of Wilmington. Della:
Matt Mable, fireman, Philadelphia. and
August Mablc, deck hand. Philadelphia.
A half hour after the body Of the boy
was recovered, the grappiers came across
the eleventh victim. that of a middle
| aged man. The remains were also brought
to this city on a tug boat.