From the Memphis Avalanche, Dec 30, 1867.
Survivors who evidently were rescued uninjured:
“...Col. Doran of the Metropolitan Record
[Metropolis, IL?]. Mrs. Dr. T. J. Shaw of Clarksville,
Mrs. Dr. Henry Shaw of Memphis, Mr. Klein of New
Madrid, Missouri. Passengers Dan Carrolleton
and J. A. Bollin; Wm. Heckford, and John Taylor, a
carpenter of Metropolis, Illinois; John Brown, deck
passenger..
“Deckhands: John Lantrakin, G. B. Dodge, James
Scudder, L. O’Neal, John Turner, Pat Meloy, Ned
Hamlin, Thomas Morrisay, James Blean, H.
McDonald, James Jordan, John Casey.
“Cabin boys: Ben Madison, Jas. Jones, Ed.
Morris, Bonnie Rogers, Rufus Madder, Ike Facora,
Charles Smith, Junius Rich, Davy Williams, P. H.
Gerly, Charles Benond, Wm. Barber, George
Crenshaw.
“Roustabouts: Flint Fouke and T. McDonald, and
Robert Polk, fireman.
“Wounded: Capt. Dan Kinney, Nashville; Pilot
John D. Hart, Louisville; Pilot John Richardson,
Louisville; First Engineer John Ray, Evansville,
Indiana; Striker (what is this job?/sc) Robert Ray,
Evansville, Indiana (was left at Greenville,
Mississippi; Barkeeper C. O. Gross, Louisville;
Thos. J. Shaw, Clarksville (part owner of the boat).
“Deckhands: Miles Conn, Louisville; James
Cummings, Aleck McKinney, Jarvis Shortlat,
William Wilson. Unknowns: A carpenter, cabin
boy and a greaser [I assume this is an engine
room worker?/sc].
“Deck Passengers: John Gibbs; John Brown,
John Weayers [sic], William Thorn, John Staly
(colored) of Leaborn(Lebanon?), Kentucky.
“Killed: Captain H. B. Shaw, First Clerk, Nashville;
William Smitherick, Clerk, Nashville; A. McKnight,
Clerk, Louisville; J. G. Davis, Clerk, Nashville;
Rufus Toombs, Mate, Nashville; Wm. L. Strong,
Second Engineer, Nashville; Robert Elem, Striker,
Paducah, KY; Jerry Ball, Steward, Paducah; John
Welthy, Porter, Paducah; Tom Taylor, Porter,
Paducah; Scottie __?__, Fireman, Portland, KY;
Peter Hines, Roustabout, Portland, KY; T. Boyer,
Jas. Heydon, J. Floryler, Jerry Cockrell, Patrick
Harney, Daniel Carr, Walter Worana, James
Jewett, __?__ Pawyer, all listed as Roustabouts
from Paducah. Wm. And Henry Brown,
Calaburg(?) Ohio; Carrol _?_, Tennessee River,
all cabin passengers.
“Captain Charley Harrison, Paducah; Passengers
W. T. Brantz; William Rilly (Reilly?) of Kentucky; J.
G. Phatz of Ohio; Martin Kilman, Madison, Missouri;
Louis Y. Broome, Wapello County, Iowa; Butler
Mills, Lebanon, KY; Wm. Moore; Wm. Ferrell,
Louisville; and two persons, names unknown, who
were found on the bank at Point Chicot
(Arkansas)....”
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