In Texas, a coastal steamboat bursts its boilers with heavy loss of life

In the early hours of the morning the steamboat Bayou City, bound from Galveston to Houston, along the Texas coast, suffered a massive explosion of its boilers.  Early reports indicated that at least eight people were killed, including the steward, a clerk, and five slaves who were working as crewmen or sleeping on the deck.  Another dozen people were injured.  (By John Osborne)