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The Daily Dispatch: March 9, 1863., [Electronic resource], The capture of the Indianola and her Reported loss. (search)
the West was sent up to Vicksburg to procure mechanics to repair damages. Our loss was two killed and five wounded. That of the enemy was unknown. It will be remembered that the Indianola has since been nearly destroyed by our own people, in a panic occasioned by the appearance of two coal barges. She is now being raised. From the following description of her in Harper's Weekly, it will be seen that she will make quite an acquisition to the Confederate Navy: The Indianola, Lt-Commander Geo. Brown, is a vessel of the following dimensions: Length. 170 feet; beam 60 feet; depth of hold, 7 feet; and will draw, when ready for action, about six feet of water. She is propelled by four independent engines, two attached to the wheels and two to the propellers. She has four high pressure boilers, and with this great steaming power it is expected that she will run against the current about thirteen miles an hour. She is covered with two-inch rolled plates. She has one stationary tur
The Daily Dispatch: March 9, 1863., [Electronic resource], Horrible Catastrophe. (search)
Horrible Catastrophe. --A dreadful accident occurred at Marion, in Smyth county, Va, Tuesday night. A man named Brown, his son, and son-in-law, named Yost, while inebriated, visited a mill near the town of Marion. By some means they approached the water-wheal, when all three of them fell over upon it while in motion. The olmill near the town of Marion. By some means they approached the water-wheal, when all three of them fell over upon it while in motion. The old man Brown and Yost were killed instantaneously, their bodies being horribly mutilated and mashed to pieces. Young Brown was so badly injured as to be placed beyond any hope of recovery. mill near the town of Marion. By some means they approached the water-wheal, when all three of them fell over upon it while in motion. The old man Brown and Yost were killed instantaneously, their bodies being horribly mutilated and mashed to pieces. Young Brown was so badly injured as to be placed beyond any hope of recovery.