The Gold Dust, Steamboat Disaster of 1882 near Hickman, Kentucky
An explosion of the boiler of the steamer "Gold Dust" on the Mississippi River near Hickman,Kentucky, August 8, at 3 o'clock, August 14, 1882. It burned to the edge of the water and sank. Estimated 24 killed and 48 wounded:
Names of Wounded
- Captain MCord
- L. S. Gray, pilot
- Sol. Price, mate
- Laughless, second clerk
- Pat Daniel, cabin watchman
- John O'Niel, deck-hand
- Tom Beck, deck-sweeper
- James Nichol, sailor.
- three cooks, Mr. Bridges, Mrs. Thompson, Pat. Fitzgerald
- Ten deck passengers
- Dan Dunham, second mate.
Names of Dead
In addition to 18 missing, the following died from wounds since accident:
- Billy Ingram, third cook
- John Lytle, second pantryman
- William Traverse, bar-keeper
- Peter Winter, second porter
- Jim Jerry, captain of the watch
- Walter Howard, roustabout
- Charley Williams, second barber
- Manuel Victor, deck hand.
All the names of the missing are not known as the books were lost. Published by The Bourbon News, Millersburg, Kentucky, August 15, 1882.
