Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-27
FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

Occasionally a disaster occurred in the
neighborhood Of Washington during the
civil war that caused To-
Steamboat cal excitement quite out
r, of proportion to the loss
APA~SA"A' of life involved. In The
Star of October ~, 1862. is the following
item. to which more space was gwen
than to the report of a battle in which a
hundred were killed:
This morning about half-past Is O'Clock
the steamboat James Guy exploded whlie
lying at the Alexandra wharf F"rtu-
nately there was but one passenger on
board, colored girl. who was badly
scalded. The fireman. Thomas briscoe
(coIoreN was sitting the walking
beam at the time and was blown probahH
to atoms. as he has not since been found'
and the beam was found afterward some
distance from the scene of the explosion.
Capt Entwisle was badly scalded ano
probably was MORALLY injured. \. b.
Russell, the barkeeper: the cook, whose
name We did not learn; the chamberlain
a colored woman named Jackson: little
child Of same. who was badly bruiseo
by falling timbers. and one deckhand
were also badly scalded. The pilot house,
with the pilot (Mr Garner) inside, was
blown out onto the wharf and the pi!ot
terribly bruised and injured. The boiier
was turned completely on end by tne
accident and the boat sank immediately
after the explosion. The accident Is UNI
accountable as the boat was inspected
in Baltimore only six weeks ago and pro
nounced seaworthy. The Guy was DUH.
seven years since in New York and has
been running on the river almost con
Stant1y since as market boat.
For several weeks past. in fact since
the passenger cars commenced running
from the depot says The Star of Dc
tober %, 1862, there
Hacks vs has been much ill feel
ing against the COM
OCFeeC CdTS. panv by the hackmen
and hotel omnibus drivers on account Oh
the latter not being able to back thei'
coaches up near the depot. as IofhietlS
on account of the track not being ais
lance from the curb sufficient for theH
to stand in that position. the space oeihs
only about twenty feet. and the horses
in such cases standing on the track aho
ebstructing the cars. For some time pas
both forces have been working under
kind of compromise. going accofolhs I.
the directions of Officer Conway, VINO Il
on duty there. About ten days since one
of the hackmen drove in SO as TO goo,
struct the track and was ordered out ou,
refusing to obey the officer he was ar
rested for 'obstructing the oincer III the
discharge of his duty. Thls case wa
postponed from time to time and At las
was dismissed.
Yesterday afternoon they again
blocked up the track and refused te
move, seriously interfering with the run
ming Of the cars. Five or six were oe'
tanned for an hour or more Consluer'
able excitement prevailed. and serious
outbreak was apprehended. the super
intendent of police was notified and a
force soon appeared on the ground, VINO
took the numbers of the Nenlcles as
sembled, but fortunately their services
were not required to queI any serious
riot The train at length arrived, anc
most of the vehicles. after taking up the
passengers left: those remaining Ior tine
late train statiOning their carriages par,
allel with the street. This morning ~
the arrival of the early train from BATH
more the same scenes were. enacted, bu,
nothing serious occurred. The drivers ol
the following omnibuses and coaches
were arrested and summoned before JUS
tice Furgusou at IL o'clock this morn
ing: The National, The KirkwOod
United States, Browns and two of Will
ards Hotel omnibuSes and hacks ?S,
16S, -, 260, N. a, 224 and ';46 This
morning the Office was crowded by a
large number of persons interested in the
result. but owing to some of the cpun-
sci engaged being absent the case@was
postponed to Saturday at o'clock. In
the meantime another compromise has
been agreed upon, by which the Rack
men agree to leave a space of five feet
for passengers to go through the car
riages and the company agreed to leave
spaces between the cars for carriages to
pass.