The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-29
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THE STEAMBOAT DISASTER
City of TrentOn's List of Known
Dead Numbers Seventeen.

I Belief That Six More Perished
Through the Boiler ExpIoSIon-Un-
Identified Bodies at PhIadeIphIa
MOTgue-Company TO Make Report.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug "a chnds
body taken from the river today brings
the death list Of the steamer City Of
Treuton-s last run on the Delaware Up to
seventeen
According 20 the police report. two are
fatally injured. SIX missing and believed
TO be dead, and forty badly burned as a
result Of the boiler explosion yesterday
afternoon.
Police headquarters in the city hau
was througed this morning with men and
women who. In response TO the call OF the
director Of public safety. came 10 report
missing friends or relatives. At the To-
cal Office of the steamboat company Il
was reported that ly2 persons had BOUGHT
tickets for Trenton.
-Four bodies AT the morgue were claim
ed by relatives today, and a crowd Is fl
ing through the gloomy building 10 take
look al the bodies remaining. About the
scene Of the wreck thousands or persons
have gathered and besides a number Of
men from the harbor police boat. a host
OF amateur srapplers are at work The
police list Of dead follows:
MISS ELIZABETH GREEN, aged about twenty
years. Philadelphia
JOHN D. CHEW assistant engineer. forty-nj-s
years, Camden.
MOTT NABLE, fireman Of the steamer. Phia-
dsIrhla-
AUGUST SABLE. deck hand Of the steamer.
PhlaLeIpLia-
ARTHUR r. T. LANSING. Trenton.
JAMES O'CONNELL fireman OF the stezmeH
PhiIadeIpbia
WILLIAM DUNN, thirty-eight years
IRENE WELD sixteen years.
CLARA WELD, thirteen years
DORA WELD nine years
MRS HEKBERT, all Of PhiIadeIphia-
HARRY JOHNSON. HlmeyIIIe. Pa.
JAMES NcCORlUCE. Wilmington. Del
WILLIAM T.. KEEN. PailadeIpHia.
JAMES GRAHAM, engineer Of tie City Of Tren-
ton-
Two bodies are unidentified. One is
that Of o girl, SO badly burned as TO be
UHrecOs1izabIe. and may be that OF
one % the Weld sisters The other IS
charred beyond recognition. legs and
a.ms being gone
The missing include Miss Marion Ash
mead. Miss Anna Herr and Miss Nellie
EaIlaEryua- an Of Germantown. Pa. and
Elizabeth Gilisor and Mrs John Mat
thaws. OF Philadelphia
The disaster was due 10 the bursting
of the City of Trentol's port boiler. Two
distinct explosions occurred and the en-
tire after part Of the boat above the hull
was blown into the air. Witnesses on
shore say that a dozen or more people
were whiried upward when the boiler
burst and were seen afrerward srrug-
Cling in the water IN the panic that fol-
lowed many Of the passengers were seen
70 jump overheard. and. though score
or more were picked UP in small boats
it is feared that an equal number sank
Immediately after the accident the
steamer swung TO the Pennsylvania shore
under the influence Of her starboard pro
urllcr EuC took The beach at T0rresdaIe.
The tide was high and the light draft Of
Tho steamer enabled her 10 run within
fifty yards u the shore before she
grounded fast This circumstance un-
dcU5Jeuly saved scores o. PASSENGERS
from terrible death. for wave Of fire
suddenly swept from stem 10 stern OF
The steamer and persons on the deck were
compelled 20 jump for their lives
The majority OF the passengers who
lCaped and wadsd ashore after the Tren-
ton was Leached We're either bruised or
scaided and all were coated with CRIME
A detail of police hurried 10 the scene.
Most Of the passengers were women and
children and were frantic with excite
mtnt When the steamer grounded they
clustered on the forward deck and alb
solutely refused 10 jump into the shallow
water at the bow. The officers of the
steamer Were forced TO push many Of
them overheard. even after the FIRE broL,
out. and horrible death faced anv who
remained on board
As 10 the exact cause Of the explosion.
nothing is yet known. but a rigid investi-
cation IS 10 De conducted al once. It may
have either been due 90 the carrying Of
too little water in the boilers or
a defect in some OF the tubes
which. breaking. caused the ex-
IloSion OF ali the boilers to occur
simultaneously. on all sides. the charge
is continually being made that the City
Of Trenton, which was late when she LEFT
her dock at Arch Street wharf. was rae
t-.- -l LrE l"L'L-NSL speed 10 oEerLlke q n
val boat, the Twilight. and that II this
ha5 uut been the ease. the accident would
never have occurred.
Capt. William a. NNUrrC-I. Cr the Treu-
tou- issued a sJEra uaaJ today absolutely
denying that his boat was racing with
thu Twilight
TRENTON. y j.. Aug. 29-The VIII
mugto1 Steamboat Company officials
here say that SO rlr there are reported
s. dead. 80 injured. and II missing as a
result of yesterdays explosion on the
steamer City of Trenton near PhiadeI-
phia- OF the dead. one. Arthur lansing.
resided I'm This city Eight Of the iajured
reside here and are all doing well.
Two young women, Miss Ethel Stokes
and Miss Helen Rriest. daughter OF ex-
Mayor John Ii-ieSr. of this city. are
amou- the missing and il is believed that
they were drowned The steamboat com
uduy officials say they are still in iEuC-
rance as tn tEe exact cause of the eNplOs-
ion. but promise a fun report late this
afternoon
SAMPSON GAINING STRENGTH.