Show BLOWN UP fearful explosion of the st steamer eamer elv riv ardale on north eiver river jay could gould assisting in th the e work of rescue by 11 v western asad press to the I herald ferald NEW YORK aug 28 at about ten minutes to four this afternoon people ople who were in the neighborhood pethe of the foot of fourteenth street and north river were startled by the sound of an explosion coming from the direction of the river looking out in midstream they saw the hudson steamer River dalt enveloped in steam and in lees less than six minutes afterwards she keeled to tho the side and ca capsized opposite street having bloated at ed that far instantly about fifteen different taps tugs and steamers went to where the sunken steamer lay there were over one hund hundred red passengers on board the tte bleamer arner when she left the foot of harrison street for some of these were hurled upwards and then fell backwards into the river others jumped into the river to escape the hissing scalding steam that filled all parts of the vessel or to avoid going down with lier her the cause of alie disaster was the explosion ofa boiler which was when the boiler burst the air was filled with flying debris and broken woodwork and the pilot house snapped like lilie a it pipe stem and toppled over into the water about lifty people lost their lives some were blown into eternity and others othen met their death by being drawn down with ta tho 0 w harpool whir hir pool caused by the sink sinking ilig of tho the vessel those who were floasin ll or swimming about in we river were picked up tip by the tugs and row boats that came to their rescue three bodies were also brought in by boats mrs 3 ars sisson of tarrytown new york and an unknown man whose body was taken to the mot morgue ipie A boy whose identity lias bas not been as carta captained ined was also taken to the new york hospital john kelley I 1 a deck hand of eaglewood englewood new now J jersey e rs 10 1 arms broken taken to the new Y york r hospital thomas J soul of aw somerset street brooklyn scalded and id 1 taken the new york I 1 hospital lo spital J john olin satire mate of the vessel left thigh badly nully crushed taken to the new york Il hospital john giles of this city aged 2 at 1 badly scalded and in an extremely critical condition taken to tho the new york hospital G aco co A simes fireman odthe of lie boat badly badly scalded taken to the st vincents vincent hospital firemen Fire roon several engines and ami hook and ladder companies stationed nearest to the scene were called out without the their i r apparatus bo however wever and did lid good service as did al also xi the tu members 0 athe steamboat squad policeman michael killilea of the Cli charlca arles street station waa was tho the first to get the wounded fireman george adams onshore on shore from the boat at tl the foot of twelfth streel 1 I never saw a man nian in such suffering said the officer said the officer and liopo hope I 1 may never witness another such 1 a sight alie poor fellow squirmed 1 ne 1 and liis flesh was coming mining air oil in blisters I 1 called at once on lie the ambulance driver nearest inland had alie unfortunate man mail sent to st Vi vincents Deets llo hospital pital I 1 tile then went in earch of the other injured persons when I 1 batio to the foot 0 ot f fourth street I 1 saw a man inan pulling rapidly to the wharf his boat contained the b body 0 d of ofa w woman 0 n phoso logs legs were y bro broken ke zin she must havo have been been crushed by the falling timbers while etting i cm on tho deck and then blown overboard athe oi tho passengers abc abrard aid the river dale so soe e up tho explosion I 1 but from tho best accounts 0 obtainable the number is small as there werd wera but few in tho the cabins at rt the time no exact idea can at present bu bl e gained as to tho the number of passengers on board or the tho number of lives lost accounts of alie number of passengers vary from 60 to that of the killed 10 to 50 60 the most trustworthy accounts place the number of killed from front three to eix six there is reason to believe that nearly all had bad a chance to escape the engineer vaa m as about to enter the engine eugine room to slow up tip as another steamboat wasat was at their landing when the ominous ruin blo was heard proceeding from the boiler and in a moment a horrible explosion occurred blowing out the entire tire side of the vessel and find leaving only the helpless sinking hull tugs and small boats put out in swarms from the new now york and ferbey shams and be besan bein in the work of rescuing tho the browing dr owin passengers and crew the number saved shows liow how efficient their work was the ionee a coal tar bott boat was near the when she blew up and immediately began the work of rescuing tho the drowning i 1 people her crew drew nearly 40 from the water other steamers and tugs hastened to tn the itne and so no quickly did they reach it that it is thon thought glit none of those who escaped injury by tho tile explosion biad time to drown the steam yachts way of jay gould and F E 8 jaffray were lying al at the foot of west 2 street at tiro tim time both gould and jaffray had jut jua gone ashore when tho accident upon hearing the explosion they immediately me hately turned about and putting out to the scene seene artlie in their gigs and ordered their to fuli low low without d delay e I 1 I 1 both engaged in work giving ai aej i al wherever needed with great zeal ahen their yat log appeared all who were in sight bight in the ak water ater had been picked up tip the rescued were taken ashore and bent to homes in thin thir city eity or put on board the steamer christina for their destination up to river the injured ed id dead were taken to the lh foul foot of west thirteenth street where the en entire tire ambulance force of the city has liaa been summoned an jn effo offeit it was made by the tuga tugs to tow alio wrecked hull to the jersey shore but it was finally abandoned the following ia is a list of tho those w k known to lo lw 10 kil idi lulor ledor injured mita julia aged amed georgetown new york thrown into tho river and drowned her iler grandson jumped overboard and h her r aged husband was pulled through th rough tho the rear window of the sinking boat by bytha the crew of a tug thomas thomis greg aged 32 of this city A sfa aay body found wedged in on the port side aide of the vessel taken to the morgue and identified mr gregg the company of an ox ex sea captain named lyes who escaped with some difficulty difficult after seeing be he mado made a raft out ya of some ben clies but was swamped swain ped by the inconsiderate haste hasto dude as he called them these arc are the only ones positively known to bo be lost jolin jolin man manis is miss missing and is believed to be killed it is feared fe Ved that others who have not yet been reported are also lost but tho the number is not believed to be large following is a list of the injured george A ago age 24 fireman ilo lie was rescued but was so fearfully scalded that ho lie cannot live in his lucid moments he stated there were passengers on board and that he knew nothing of the trouble until lie found himself drown drowning inz orvillo orville gardner tho the cy evangelist angelist age 58 of brooklyn he ile was scalded on the body and was taken to shenew the new york hospital ilia his injuries are not believed to be fatal thomas J souls ago 30 36 brooklyn found on an board badly scalded on tho the head and arms nicholas sinclair age 45 mate of the Ri rivendale River verdale dalt right thigh broken william P henry ago 18 of this ker on steamer hands and feet burned israel lazarus of this wis city deckhand deckhard deck hand badly bruised II 11 james tobin age TI 31 3 1 and nelson mcgee the tile pilot of the Ri rivendale verdale scalded and badly bruised john moran is reported by the police as injured but they do not know what became of him or who he lie is tomorrow to morrow the wreck will bo be raised and towed ashore where a full examination can bo be made officers of the steamer do not believe any more bodies will be found on it but there is no certainty that tho the belief is well founded the Ill verdale was built seventeen years ag ago but way first called the petes 0 coffin but was afterwards named alexis and while bearing the latter name received the machinery and f fitting of the old broadway boat blown up in juno june yards from the kloct where the present r 11 S ent explosion occurred in 1879 slie I 1 1 was rebuilt ailt new baile boilers ra put in and named the Ri verdale |