| Show BOILERS OF A BOAT EXPLODE bottom reached re ached in liss L ss than five minutes afterward wreck most complete eleven lives lot lost anil and many persons peron injured wo rk by the he crew of a boat in I 1 fie helear near vicinity ty alone the disaster Ul santer from a 0 brine being much amneh more therious than Is inflow now reported canoe of the explosion will never be known louisville may maj ll it A special from vicksburg mitt miss says at one ot of the most terrible river drai ter of recent years occurred last night about twenty five miles mile below this city the boat beat harvey brown of pittsburg upward bound from from new orleans exploded pl 0 ale d h her e r b aller e 1 r s at i ll 11 1 0 th the e alpi at clock boat 0 w waa as a c complete 0 m e te wreck r e ck a and tank e an k i in less than five minutes eleven lives are known to be lost including norman drave william hartlett bartlett steersman tle ersman william dougherty chief engineer miss bliss annie C hess chambermaid tom judge fireman william wilson fireman william fitzsimmons first mate pat canniff Car Carn lff second mate william kelley lamp trimmer frank adrian of cincinnati and john wagner vagner of it louisville are reported missing the survivors and also the wounded were brought to this city on oa the han hall schell six of the ofil officers cers and crew of the brown are in the marine ward of the vicksburg hor hospital pital as follows captain john kime hip seriously in aured william grimme carpenter leg broken mr hardy hard fireman badly scalded and otherwise ise seriously injured dennis J bouley second engineer badly scalded and injured internally will probably die two deck hands names unknown pilot dravo who was lost w was as from pittsburg and a most excellent man whose death will be greatly regretted the bodies of f the three dead men who were brought here and have been em bahmed will be sent to their homes the tow boat henschell Hane Han chell schell was so near the scene when the explosion occurred that her bals yawls were lowered at once and promptly manned and saved many lives that would have bave been lost if it kad had not been for their prompt ser ice captain klac tile the master of ane brown although seriously injured remained on the after part of the cab in the roof of the brown where he had beert lowray the explosion he was war seen this morning by a reporter and said the after ader part of the cabin float noat ed off from the hull and as it sank to the bottom of the river I 1 directed the efforts of the men who were at work rescuing the boats crew myself and ami pilot dan kane were in the pilothouse pilot house when the explosion occurred it would be impossible for anyone to tell how many of the boilers exploded as the darkness prevented anyone seeing anything 1 I noticed that the hull went down in letis lens than a minute I 1 have no blame to attach to anyone as the cause of f the explosion will III never be known as the chief engineer william daugherty who was on watch was lost the officers and boats crew speak in great real praise of the officers and crew of the steamer srjoseph St Joseph josepho who contributed clothing and other substantial captain kime expects to send the crew of the brown to their homes by rail the coroner here held an inquest on the dead bodies find returned a verdict of accidental death pittsburg may ii the towboat harvey brown wrecked by an explosion was owned by VV H brown co them the extensive coal operators of this city and was A as one of tile the largest towboats in fit the country it was valued at and was not insured |
