Steamboat Moselle Deaths
From Lloyd's Steamboat Directory and Disasters on the
Western Waters
By James T Lloyd, Published Cincinnati, Ohio 1856
The Moselle was built at Cincinnati having been begun on
the 1st of December and finished on the 31st of March, 1838, less than one month
before the time of her destruction. Many of the passengers who entered the
Moselle at Cincinnati had not registered their names; but the lowest
estimated number of persons on board was two hundred and eighty; of these
eighty-one were known to be killed, fifty-five were missing, and thirteen badly
wounded. It remains for us to give the names of the sufferers, as far as
they could be ascertained; but this list, although we have searched every record
of the accident, for reasons which have already been explained is till far from
complete. A large number of those who perished were Irish and German emigrants,
whose names are unknown.
Killed
Elijah North, of Alton, Illinois
Miss Mary Parker, (drowned) Middletown, Ohio
B Furmon, merchant, Middletown, Ohio
Job Jones, of Loudon County, Virginia
B Mitchell, barkeeper, of Cincinnati
Captain Perrin, master of the Moselle
J Chapman, second clerk
T C Powell, of Louisville, Ky.
H B Casey, of Cincinnati
James Barnet of Missouri
Calvin R Stone, of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
James Douglass, of Fort Madison, Iowa
J Williams, colored
Henry Stokes, second steward
Holly Dillon, fireman
J Madder, first engineer
Robert Watt, deck hand
E Dunn, chambermaid
James B McFarland, Knox County, Ohio
Miss Dunham
J M Watkins of Virginia
M Thomas, first mate
A Burns, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Halsey Williams, second engineer
a child of P Troutman
G Kramer's wife and five children
J Fleming, pilot (body blown to the opposite side of the river)
J Dillon
Badly Wounded
William H Inskeep, St. Clairsville, Ohio
Mr. Sherwood, of Cincinnati
Benjamin Bowman, first clerk
James Tyrell, deck hand
___De Jaune, fireman
Stephen Bailey, carpenter
Isaac Van Hook
a brother of Captain Perrin
D Higbee, of Cayuga County, New York
Edward Sexton
Mr. Teed, of Worcester, Massachusetts
___ Franklin, second cook
James Fry, third cook
Missing
Lieut. Col. Fowl, USA
two children of George Kramer
Wm Parker's wife and two children
Dr. H Huey USA
Joseph Swift, Buffalo, NY
Joseph Fotler, Filbain Fotler, Grechan Fotler, Jacob Fotler of Boston Mass.
John Beaver, Joseph Beaver, Eva Beaver, Mary Beaver, Jacob Beaver, and several
children of Joseph and Eva Beaver
a child of Peter Trautman, aged two and one half years
Thomas Watt, deck hand
Michael Kennedy's wife and two children
D Higbee's wife and two children
E Raymond, wife and child of Baltimore, Md
John Endig and wife and child
John Leim and wife and child
John Tyree, St. Louis
Payton Bird, fireman
John Anderson
Mr. Weber and three children
J Weaver, St. Louis
Wilson Burrows, deck hand
Mr. Fox, first clerk
J Duncan, wife and two children
M Manning from Ireland
J Lander, from Ireland
Wm Dougherty
G Weaver
D Brakcwell