The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-26
TOWboat Fred Wilson Destroy
ed by Boiler Explosion.
Thirteen Persons Killed and
Three Fatally Injured.
ONLY TWO ESCAPED.
Hurled Through Side
of the Boat.
Accident Occurred Four Miles
Out of Louisville.

Louisville. Ky, May 26.-Thirteen per
sons were killed. three fatally injured
and FIVE hurt by an explosion of boil
ers which totally demolished the tow
boat, Fred Wilson, off Riverview Park
today.
CAPTAIN JOSEPH PRICE, Pitts
burg.
UNKNOWN WHITE MAN. believed
10 be a Pittsburg insurance agent, ,trav-
cling with Captain Price.
WILLIAM QUINN, steward, Pitts
burg
ALBERT MILLER, pilot. Pittsburg.
HERMAN STHIvELY, second engi-
neer, Pittsburg.
FIRST COOK, name unknown.
JOSEPH WARREN, colored. Middle
WILLIAM BoRNTON. coiored. Mid
dlepoTt. O.
= PATRICK. portion of body found
FOUR WHITE DECK HANDS.
names unknown
Fatally Injured
Emma Williamson, ehambermaid.
burned.
burg, W. Va, scalded.
Cliff Johnson. Tyrone, Pa, burned.
The Injured.
William Timmons, watchman, head
scalded, serious.
John Miller. deck hand. Pittsburg.
- Cooley. kitchen helper, burned.
Charles N Darnal, pilot, injured
about head.
William Miller, Allegheny, Pa, bruis-
ed about head
The Wilson was the property of the
MOnOngahela Coal and Coke company
and left Pittsburg last Friday with six
bargeS, u coal boats and four flats,
bound for Louisville. She arrived here
about midnight and proceeded down
/ the river and was about to tie up when
/ the explosion occurred The cause OF
/ the accident is not known. The boat
| had just put about to back a tow into
/ a landing place. when the explosion Oc-
/ CURED. Henry Sykes, first mate could
I give no explanation Of the cause Of the
faccident. He and Chief Engineer
I Walker were the only men on TIE boat
who escaped injury. Neither man could
give the name of the deck hands.
Herman Shively. second engineer,
was blown through the side OF the
4 Wilson and landed 25 feet away. Father
! Cunningham was one of the first to ar
rive at the scene and gave extreme unc-
| ton to several dying men, The police
and hospital ambulance and the auto
mobiles of the morning neWspa perS
carried physicians and nurses to the
scene, which is four miles from the
! heart of the city The injured were
taken to the residence of Colonel John
Whallen, temporarily. Mr.. Whallen's
/ the river was badly damaged by the
explosion. but none of the family was
injured. Colonel Whallen sent the first
word of the explosion TO the city and
used his private yacht in rescuing those
blown from the boat.
Thirteen members of the crew were
saved. All of them, with the excep-
ton of two, were more or less in
jured.
The Wilson was literally blown to
pieces. and her hull sank in IS feet
of water Two heavy pieces of her
boiler were found almost 500 yards
from the bank, and her Gag floats
from the top of a tree near Riverside
park, where it was blown with a
piece of wreckage. he Wilson was
valued at S25.00O.
Pittsburg. Pa. May 26.-The un-
known man killed in the explosion
was William Holland, busine4-s- man
of BraddOck, Pa, and a neighDor Of
Captain Price. Mr.. Holland was on
a pleasure trip as the guest Of Cap
tain Price.
Captain Price has been a river man
all his life, and was considered ona
of the best masters in the employ Of
the company. He was worthy cap
tain of the American Association Of
Masters and Pilots.