Show BOILER BOILEK BURSI ED eleven wen meet with instant bealls MST may 11 A 1 bosc ill from vicksburg miss cays one oca of the most molt terrible river disasters of recent years yearn occurred last about twenty five miles bilow b ilow this city the boat harvey brown of pittsburg upward edund aiom f oai new orleans exploded her boilers at 11 the tha boat was a complete areek reck and sank in lesa leas than fie eleven alv livars as are known to be lost norman drave brave william bartlema Bart leaa mai william Dang doggherty Doa gherty berty chief enitia eor miss misa annie 0 hess chambermaid tom J adze fireman william wilson firemon fireman first mate william second state mate pat Ua raiff william kelly limp trimmer trimia er frank adrian of cincinnati and john watne of louisville are ara reported missing mi esin captain Lap tain kime jume me ui 1113 browa town although seriously injured remained on the after part of the cab in the roaf of the bronn where he had been blown by the explosion he was seen this morning by a reporter and said the after part of the cabin floated boated off from the bull and as aa it sank to the bottom of tho the river I 1 directed the efforts of the moll men who were at work rescuing ree caine the boats crew myself and pilot dan kane were in the pilot house when the explosion occurred it would be impossible for anyone to tell how many of the boilers exploded sa as the darkness prevented anyone seeing anything 1 41 I noticed that the hall went down in less lesa thuna than a minute I 1 nave no blame to attach to anyone aa 23 the cause causa of the explosion will never be ba known aa the chief engineer william DAUZ hOrtY who was waa on watch was waa lost |