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Show EXPLOSION ON RIVERSTEAMER Number of Victims Unknown, But 25 of Passengers and Crew Are Missing. Accident Occurred at Landing, While Freight Was Being Taken on Board, the Boat Being So Badly Damaged That She Soon Sank, Vlcksburg, Miss. Tho steamer W. T. Scovil, plying In tho Vlcksburg nnd Davis Bend trade, was destroyed on Wednesday by an explosion, and be tween ten and sixteen persona wero killed and a llko number injured. Tho number of dead and injured negroes ne-groes ennnot bo stated nt this time, but of a crow nnd passenger list of fifty, about hnlf arc missing. Tho negro doad and a number of injured wero cared for nt tho placo where tho accident occurred. Five of the injured in-jured negroes wero brought to Vlcksburg Vlcks-burg on tho steamer Senator Cordll). with tho whlto dead and injured. Tho nccldcnt occurred nt Gold Dust landing, about soventecn miles south of this city. Tho Scovil wns nt tho landing taking ou freight, when suddenly sud-denly nn explosion occurred. Many ot tho timbers of tho boat woro thrown hundreds of yards. The boat was so badly damaged that she began to sink immediately. |