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Lloyd's Steamboat Directory and
Disasters on the Western Waters - 1856


  [131]                     EXPLOSION OF THE WALKER
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        The explosion took place on Lake Ponchartrain, on the 2d day of
    December, 1840.  The particulars were never published before.  The
    following list of the killed and wounded was furnished by D. H. RYDER,
    who was clerk of the WALKER at the time of the explosion:

        KILLED - J. S. HARPER; JOHN PIERSON, steersman; G. E. SEDENBERG, of
    Baltimore; A. BUDD, J. CLOON, Z. FERRELL, _____ SMITH.

        BADLY SCALDED - J. H. WHITE, of Tennessee; J. BELLOW, of New
    Orleans; Mr. LANIER, Mr. NELSON, pilot, and R. ROACH, deck hand.

        SLIGHTLY SCALDED - Capt. J. A. OTWAY, J. H. CALDWELL, Esq., and
    four stevedores from Mobile Bay, names unknown.

        MISSING - JOHN DEAN and Wm. POWELL, stevedores.

        The accident is ascribed to the "weakness of the boiler," and not
    to any omission of duty on the part of those who had charge of the
    engines.

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