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The Daily Dispatch: February 20, 1865., [Electronic resource], Destruction of the steamer Schultz by the explosion of a torpedo. (search)
in the wreck. "From a gentleman who was aboard of the Schultz at the time, we learn that when the explosion occurred he was sitting in the stern of the boat, and heard the report of the explosion, but scarcely felt any shock in consequence. The result of the contact with the torpedo was as has been described above. "The following named gentlemen, members of the Ambulance Committee, were on board, and were all, we are happy to say, saved: Messrs. W. J. Bevill, Jas. L. Apperson, Edward Wilson, Andrew Johnston and Edward D. Eacho. "Two of the guard, namely: privates Condiff, of Bedford county, and Cribbs, belonging to a Georgia regiment, were drowned, as were also two negro firemen of the boat. "William Hudson, Twentieth South Carolina, and James Spear, of the same regiment, are also among the saved. "The names of those given above as among the drowned are believed to complete the list of the lost by this sad catastrophe. "Captain Hill, we understand, was a