The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-21
FOURTEEN ON
 DEATH LIST Details of Sinking of
 ScovelI. McKENNA TELLS OF TRAGEDY Believes Those Missing Were Scalded or Drowned. Son of Master of nI-fated Beat Showed His Bravery in Attempting
 Rescue While Bad
 Iy Hurt.

New Orleans, Dec. 20.-Speciais from vIcksburg tonight still place the dead and missing from the explosion on the steamer Scoyell at fourteen.
 The first accounts showing the prob able fate of those missing, including the captain and his son were given by Charles McKenna, one of the ScoveiPs passengers today after he had been re- stored from the semi-conscious state produced by his burns and injuries. Me- Kenna says that those missing were probably either scalded to death or drowned. being carried down with the boat and that he believes also that some of them were killed outright by the forke of the explosion.
 It Is expected that many Of the miss ing bodies will be found in the forward part of the steamers cabin which Is now under water and a relief party will leave here tomorrow morning with the necessary tackle to raise this part of the submerged structure
 McKenna's story is as follows:
 Y was standing near the clerks of flee fin the Scovell when the boiler blew up and the only thing that saved my life was the fact that the boiler blew one way while was sent the other Captain John A. Quackenboss ana his son. Wade, and the clerk, Joe Smith. were all directly over the spot where the explosion occurred, and. God forbid, but I believe they were all blown to pieces, except Wade Quakenboss. heard him after the explosion calling to me In his last noble impulse to give me aid and heard him distinctly say: Is that you, Charlie? Walt there and I will try to get to your"
 At this time" McKenna continued, 'I was almost smothered with the steam and smokA."
 From this point McKennas memory ls not clear about what occurred ex- eept that he was carried down under water and felt as if he were being pin- ned down under the boat for moment. Immediately afterward he rose to tho surface and was pulled out of the wa- ter by rescuer.
 There seems little doubt shat Wade 1 Quackenboss went down In the rush 1 that carried McISenna under. It is Ife3naS tNat nctt 9li Ire nstssiu S how I ever. will be found in the fsunken boat The fact that Captain Quackenboss s l coat was found floating. About 200 yards from the scene of the explosion makes 1t appear that some of those on board were blown into the river.
 The white dead are:
 Captain John A. Quackenboss. Mas ter.F Vicksburg.
 I. Wade Quackenbass. Vicksburg. Clerk Joseph Smith. Yazoo City.
 Leva1 Yerger. Jackson.
 The other ten dead and iJ!ssing in- clude negro deck passengers and roustabouts.
 The white injured:
 T. Roberts assistant pilot, vicks- burg; serious.
 John Roberts. pilot, slight. Charles MeKenna. passenger, painful F. Butterfield, slight.
 Captain Quackenboss leaves a widow and daughter and the younger Quack- enboss a widow. Both were very prom inent here,
 Cub Pilot ]. M. Wilkinson, who ar- rived here last night, says the boiler of the Scovell was blown zoo yards from the boat and landed in a field.
 The arrival of the next steamer from the scene of the accident is awaited with much anxiety here. This will probably be late tonight or tomorrow morning.