No one was seriously hurt, but those who were injured were treated at the Davidson’s home, by Mrs. Davidson. The cargo, consisting principally of apples, was mostly lost. Total loss to the steamer’s owners was about $8,000. Folklore records a story as a result of the explosion, Captain Jerome had been blown so high into the air, that he could look down the ship's chimney, also flying through the air, and see pilot Bas Miller lying dazed on the river bank where the explosion had left him. Jerome was said to have landed in a cottonwood tree. It was said that for twenty years afterwards pilots and crew on steamboats on the river pointed out this particular tree to passengers, but Captain Jerome never did so, in the interest of maintaining his dignity.