Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-06-09

ers with tn following account OF the late dread
full accident, at New York, in an extra sheet:> IL
is published in this mornings Gazette for the
benefit Of our county readers. -
From The Nsw York Gazette June 3.
BLOWING UP OF THE STEAM FRIG TIE, AND
AWFUL DESTRUCTION OF LIFE
We have 10 perform, thus morning, the un-
pleasan, office Of announcing 10 our readers the
occur ence of most deplorahle and fatal oa'as-
uopoe. The sleam,frigate Fulton, lying at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, is now perfect wreck,
having been literally blown 20 a'oms.-
We have taken much pains TO procure cor
rect statement of tn de lis connected with
This meane holy affair, and we offer the follow
ius, IS neing as accurate as the confusion me-
cessrily attendant upon such tragic scene
would permit.
Atabout three O'Clock yesterday afternoon
,he noise Of an explosion was heard al the Ma
Wv Yard, no, louder than that made by the dis
charge Of an ordinary cannon. Al the same
moment, and even b. fore IL was heard, IT is
stated the three masts IF the steam frgae were
seen to rise-the next instant all was gone. II
appears that the old gunner oil the vessel was
discharged on "Wednesday, his term OF service
having expired, and a new one appointed, who
was sent 6own TO the magazine 10 procure the
ooentitv Of powder usually required for firing
the gun at sunset He was desired by LIEUT.
Breckinridee to be CAUTIOUS with the light, and
10 place i, IN the location invariably provided
for il, on such occasions, VIZ. behind magnt>
flying glass in the parti ion, through which The
rays Of light are thrown. II is supposed thai
he hat, been careless in this particular, and
that having Carried The candle INTO the maya
zine some of i,s sparks were communicate TO
. ~, ,,sIn tnhQ
usual allowance of powder onboard The ship was
sbls On this occasion it was supposed there
could no, have been more than three aud a ma I
Barrels. The gunner, as might readily he sup
posed from his situation, is missing. No =
coual therefore can possibly b. expected from
him. AND we are left 10 infer The cause Of this
disaster fron, the circumstances, as related.
The Fulton was used as receiving ship and
had long rode at anchor at d distance OF about
600 wards from the shore. None OF The ves-
sells at the whary,s were 10 the least Injured,
and eveu the slight bridge, by whic he friga'e
is approached, escaped totally unharIned. The
sentinel upon the later received no wound
whatever, and continued to peri 'rm his duty
afer n, accident, a. unconcerned as though
nothing had horpened The sentin.l on b ard
The sip was less fortunate and escaped with
mrtely IA slight accident on such OF casion>) a
broken leg.
The whole number OF persons ,,ached to the
vessel was one hundred & brty hrre --of these
several were al the time, on shore on du'y-
The precise number on board lsnoI ascrr' am d,
though The nearest eaio ulatlnn fixes it at ,bou,
seventy. The pumbsr o0kilsd and wounCeo
a, The ls,es' aceo wanHy.:hree-as wall
be seen by he scedulr -
1t happened fos,u"a 10y two men
formeul " attac he'd to The I'D re draf, ed
on Tuesday, and had proceeded 10 Norfolk 10
form part Of he crew Of the frigas Con,re,ls-
,onnow on ,he eve OF departure of foreign
station. The hand, IL in number, were on
shore. The officers on board are all accounted
for. a, the inns Of The explosion, they were
dining in The ward -room. Mrs. Breckenridge,
and a son Of Lieut.. Plau were guests at the ia
Die. Lieut.. Plat had returned only Yesterday
morning. hav,ug been absent one nsSh,h, on
leave, Com. Chauncey, with the commander
of ;he frig.ie, Capt Newton, left her only a
few minutes before the explosion-the former
having been on board on visi, 1T inspection
The property destroyed was Of considerable
value. go 49, u-f,
The magazine was situated in the bows of
the vessel. This part OF he snip, as may well be
imagined, is completely demolished. The tim
b IS throughout appear 20 br perfectly rotien.
Many Of the guns were thrown overheard, and
some Of them (of large dimensions) now hang
as it were by a hair. The ship Is sunk cons
ole,ely in the mud, and her bows are blown
down to the waters edge.
The bodies of the dead and wounded were
-brough' on shore as soon as circumstances
woulh permit. The former, after being recog
med, were put into fins; the latter were Car.
III d o he Hospital Of toe May Yard, and eve
~ atven ion paid to them All The physicians
Of Brooklyn, and several from this Guy, prof
fersd their services, which proved very accept
able.
The scene throughout was me Of the most
distressing aud awful that Can be imagined.-
We vii, not pretend 20 pour,rsy them The
bodies Of the dead were presented in conditions
horribly lacerated, aud IN every variety of mu-
ti.a,ion-bowe's pro rudlng, limbs wrenched
of, brains scat,ered to he four winds.o Of hea-
vsn--rne recollection Is too sickening to be
reeitrd
When The explosion was frst heard io 'he
WARD room, wnere the officers were dining,