The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-24 00:00:00

STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSION IN AMERICA.-1 letter from
Detroit, dated the oth inst., says :—" Last night the
steamer E. K. Collins left this port, between 10 and 11
o'clock, with a large number of passengers on board,
bound front the Sault St. Marie to Cleveland. About
midnight, when a little below Malden, near the light-
house at the mouth of the river, the vessel was die-
covered to be on fire, and before she could be got ashore
was completely enveloped in flames. The greatest con-
sternation prevailed among the passengers, most of
whom, aroused from their sleep by the fearful alarm, ran
wildly about the decks or plunged at once. into the
water. Twenty-three persons perished by fire or drown-
ing. The names (f those missing. as far as can be mcer-
tiiined, are as follows :—Mr. Dibble, of New York ;
Samuel Powell, Lawrence Whalon, Thomas Cook, the
Pittsburg Railroad agent, all of Cleveland ; Mrs.
M'Neilly, Mrs. Walrons and child,'of Ashtabula. • The
body of the child has been recovered. Fifteen of the
crew are missing. Among the 'passengers from the
East saved are 13. F. Dubois, Philadelphia, and Mr.
Patterson,
.of Westfield, Chautauque county. A large
number of passengers from the Sault left .the vessel at
Detroit. The origin of the fire has not been ascertained.
The Collins took fire on the boiler deck, and so rapid
was the spread of the flames that the passengers and
crew were unable to save anything except the clothes
' they had on. Immediately after the fire was discovered the
boat was headed for the shore, but was unable to reach
shallow water before the flames had complete possession
of her. The afterpart of the boat then swung around
into the river, and, near:y all on board being driven to that
part of the boat, were compelled to jump into the water.
The current here runs out very strongly into the lake, and
a very few would have been saved had not Capt. Langley,
of the propeller Fintry, fortunately seen the light, and
hastened to the rescue. All the boats of the propeller
were manned and sent off, and nearly every soul saved
was through their instrumentality. The few that reached
the shore were in a completely exhausted condition. Some
wretch robbed one of the sufferers of 80 dollars. The
Collins came cut as a new steamer last October. She
cost 105,000 dole., and she was insured for 13,000 dole.
only in the following companies the Mercantile
Mutnal New York, 5,000 dole. ; in the Atlas ditto,
5,000 dole. ' • and 3,000 dole. in the North-Western. She
was owned by Captain E. B. Ward."
INCENDIABISM.—On Saturday night last smoke was
seen issuing from one of the cellar-windows of the ware-
house of Messrs. John Mason and Co., extensive spin-
ners, in Strutt-street, Manchester. An alarm was given
that the premises were on fire, but on examination it
proved that some person had inserted a lighted ball of
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cotton through the window of one of the cellars, and
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out doing any damage. The cellar and e
counting
-house
above and some other rooms were, however, entirely
filled with attoke. No doubt this was one of the
numerous inceadiary attempts which have been con-
tinually making in Manchester for many months
Pmt•
, ~,spEctr.—The amount of, specie brought from New
L York yesterday by the Hermann and the America for
this country is about 100,0001.