THE OCEAN WAVE DISASTER

The List of Killed Reaches Thirty-Five

Others Yet Supposed To Be Under the Wreck - Partial List of the Dead

Mobile, Ala., August 29, 1871.

The steamer Fountain brought over eleven dead bodies this morning from the wreck. This makes a total of thirty-five bodies recovered so far. It is feared that many more are still under the wreck. The excursionists were mainly composed of the working class, with their families. No well known citizens are among the killed except Willis G. Merriwether, the cotton weigher. The following are among the killed:--

Captain William Eaton
Mary and Ellen Quinlan
George Crosswell
J. Peterson, pilot
W. J. Prevost
Mrs. Mary Marmon
Mrs. Annie Ellward
Cornelia Dubroco
Jacob Gussett
M. Powers
Eliza and Agnes Nicholas
Alexander Nicholas
Oscar Larwendine
Octavia Bernard
Robert Anderson
M. E. Homer
Mrs. Picket and son
William F. Courson
Joseph L. Orient
Sarah McDonald

The submarine diver has thoroughly explored the sunken wreck of the steamer Ocean Wave, but failed to discover any bodies. He reports the boat terribly shattered by the explosion. The community is still terribly excited, and an investigation will be made to ascertain, if possible, the cause of the explosion. So far the casualties are fifty-five -- killed, 29; wounded 26. Many persons, believed to have been on board the Ocean Wave at the time of the explosion are still missing. Three more of those wounded died this afternoon. The report of the death of Willis Merriwether is incorrect.

New York Herald, New York, NY 30 Aug 1871