Show LIST OF ACCIDENTS the steamer corona meets a dire fate shattering the and killing many passengers HUTER an n A nw 1 shot on BIs Pat Fire 1 bine Eipl oMon J 1 biown TO rimes akes art lot lo t fron the r alie ships Boil tra press ORLEANS oct 3 the steamer corona of tha On achita consolidated line belt here last evening for ona chita river with a full cargo of freight and a good list of passengers blia exploded her boilers at false river nearly opposite port hudson at ha this mordina causing the loss of the steamer and about forty lives the anchor line steamer city of st louis capt james oneil wag near and with the crew and boats saved many lives the surviving passengers and crew wera taken on baard by captain oneil and kindly cared for the corona was on her first trip of the season and bad but recently come out of the dry dock where she had received repairs amounting to nearly she was built at wheeling W va by sweeney bros of eliat city abbat seven years ago and hail a carrying capacity of about 2700 bales of cotton at the time of the accident she was valued at among the geM saved waa sirs who bays that when the corona arrived opposite false river landing about sixteen miles below bayou bara one of her boilers exploded tearing the boat to pieces when she sank in a few seconds airs robertson bertson Ko bays she was wedged in the ladies cabin with some of the debris laying across her lower limbs bat was suddenly released and found herself the river she sank twice but luckily was picked up and escaped with only a few slight on her limbs L C collida Kol liDa the pilot say lie was asleep at alie time of te explosion and doea not know how it occurred lion L F mason secretary of stae who was a passenger on tue corona eates that he escaped with life preservers aad assisted in saving mrs and another lady there was very little time for preparation for ai the boat went down like lead a few seconds after alie explosion occurred no one to be able to give any in to the cause of the sudden disaster captain T C sweeney who assumed command on the death of captain blanks says the explosion waa not due to a too heh pressure of steam he had j ost has occasion to examine the gauge and is there was not anoe thin pounds pressure the boat liaa a mccrate cargo she was in the mid lie stream just below the and bad just whistled to pass alo city 01 st lams fortunately coming d inn at aliat tune the explosion had a downward tendency and blew out alie bottom of the boat causing her to rink immediately the cabin was torn in two the rear portion floating down stream and bearing a number of the saved captain the boat would undoubtedly have buried bad she not gone down attly none of the books pipers or valuables were saved alie city fcc tet louis which was about yards above at once put out her boats and be did noble work in saving lives the anchor line steamer staged thera several hours rendering all the possible aud taking on board he risteo l passengers and cica when no more could ba done she cime on down to baton llauge where physicians were summoned and all was possible done for the injured the only dead body recovered WAS fred Ov ermen second barkeeper big atit tire albekt LEA minn oct 3 A great peat tire is burning near geneva this county it is estimated that ayes of land his been burned over and tons of hay destroyed over loads in stacks owne 1 by L T bell burned tuesday and every day some farmer looses more or less chere is no means of saving the hay aa the fire is in the peat under tha surface and it is to drive a team near it experts estimate the value of alia despoiled land at and the danage by the burning of hay aril BEDFORD ind oct 3 A construction train on the K K R left tho track at a point about eighteen mile w ett of here yesterday atte noon and nineteen out twenty eight men on the train were injured hii are dango o sly hurt while two will die fhe wounded ft ei e brought here and all the uh en lans of the town lck iu helping to ilia BUlTer mg fiina sa easter liia oct 3 four men cicro seriously injured ia a freight ardin arck here tonight to night and the trotter LA ly urey valued at was tilled of tha injured men were hoat leis aid two were trainman the trotter was owned by georce mc bailand of bjone iowa mina midi ait oit 3 nelson blum albirt fricson and otto flank were killel annl calain john cameron ard four ahers mere bably hurt this by an explosion in tho calumet and llella copper minu mial ati ie 0 o butr ala or A sparks waa dut anil killed yesterday by locka azel who was resisting arrest tu field 3 two hungarian miners were killed aid one fatally injured by a tall of rock la a coal mine at Auden today to day J oct 3 chackley Ch aIkley leconey was today to day remanded without bail for trial on the chargi of his niece |