The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-09-29
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BUFFALO,, Sept. 1e.
nprAnruI Straw Roar AccIDEFT Onth0
morning of Thursday, the 10th inst, the 'steaTS
boat WIN. Peacock, Capt. Fleeharty, LEFT this
port, destined for Detroit, with about enc hun
bred passengers, a considerable part Of whonn
consisting of men, women, and children, emil
grating to Ohio and Michigan. were steerage'
passengers. When about three miles out, tie-
pipe which conducts the steam from the boiler
to the cylinder burst off at the lower connect
ing joint or fange, and the steam rushed out
with terrific violence into a small forward
cabin over the boiler, where about 90 of ths
deck passengers, principally women and chill
dren, were collected. The scene that ensued
beggars description. One woman in flying
from the steam jumped overheard and was III
stantly drowned. Fifteen others were scalded |;
ten of whom are already dead, and of the re-
naming five two are expected to die The
following description of the sufferers is we be-
lieve nearly correct
! The person drowned was a Mrs Curiveau--
she is represented by one of the hands who saw
| her go overheard to have been shockingly
burnt-her face literally skinned-the body
has not been found. The 2 children of Mrs.
Curveau were almost instantly killed. The
| father was on the upper deck. When he came
I below, he found that he had been bereft in a
moment of his whole family. They were from
! Quebec on their way to Detroit.
! Mr.. John Parker oe Livingston county in this
! State, who was on board with his wife and 6
children going to the ST. Josephs country, had 3
! of his children scalded. All sfwhom are since
dead. He says that his wife stood at the door
of the cabin with child in her arms and by
the instantaneous rush at the time was pushed
out on the dock and thus escaped.
M. Johnson of Dover, (Vt.) going to Ohio
with his family, is himself uninjured, but lost
his wife and his children-all dead. The
wife VIC understand sacrificed herself in her at.
tempts to rescue the children.
Mr.. Palmer of the came place, brother-in.
law of Mr.. Johnson, was in company with his
wife and children. The children were all
scalded to death, and the mother is suffering
under a mental arrangement occasoned by this
sudden and awful calamity.
A Mr.. Davis with his wife and daughter are
all scalded The two last dangerously. They
arc Swiss emigrants, and were on their way to-
An Old Lady, Mrs. Hopkinson of Ohio, is
also injured but not dangerously.
\ The Boat returned as soon as possible TO port.
We have conversed with the Captain and En-
gineer who state that the press of steam at the
time of the fracture was twenty pounds less
than has been frequently applied. The engi.
neer was but moment before at the valve
which is close by the pipe that was forced from
its place and believed that all was safe. He is
not injured. The pipe was repaired in q few
hours, and the boat started the same evening
f with about forty passengers for Detroit.
Republican
STEAM Explosion. Between five and six
) O'Clock in the afternoon of Thursday last dis
astrous explosion took place at the Iron Manu-
factory of Robert Mcqueen, in Doane- street
New York, which was attended with the loss of
human life. The steam engine used for the
fusion of metal burst, with Il e nendous force,
and completely shattered the building, the roof
having been torn off and the fragments scat
! tered IN every direction. The rupture in the
boiler took place about four feet from the head
and the upper part of it, weighing about 500
: pounds, was carried across the street into the
second story of the house No. 10 Cyoss.stTeet,
, the front of which was entirely DESTROYED; and
' a female named Margaret Jacobs, who was
+ standing in the room at the time, narrowly es =
Ecaped with her life.
The individuals who lost their lives by the
= ~-Pi"sinn were John CoyIe, engineer, and a
r man named John Devlne, cabinet maker.
who was passing along Cross street at the time
OF the accident, and was killed by the falling
: timber
The Commercial Advertiser says-we have
visited the ruins OF this part of Mr.. M'Queen'x
S works this morning, and the extent and COM
y pleteness OF the work of destruction is aston
{ Ishlng. The whole building, from roof TO
basement, is shattered to fragments Bricks.
tiles, tfmbers, and iron, broken and shiyered 10
: sphinters, he in heap of useless ruins-afford.
! ing the most striking commentary upon the ex-
! pansve power of steam that we ever beheld
Although the engine was of such comparatively
small dimensions, yet the destructiveness ofthe
exploding Vapor was equal to the force of half a
dozen Kegs OF gunpowder Really, the fro
qnency OF these accidents of late is appalling.
, Human skill, and forethought, and prudence.
seem to be alike baffied by this powerful and
, now necessary agent in the march of improve
ment. The means of obtaining a perfect con.
troll of this power, is now he greatest disidera.
tum IN mechanics. ITO horse powerl
OPERATIONS FOR BLiNDNEss FROM
!! BIRTH. Doct. Manner of Geneya. has
iately performed this operation on a boy
eight years of age, who had from his birth
neen affected with cataract in both ewes.
Inc pupils, which were very sensible 10
Iight' had been dilated by extrac: of BELLA
Donna. Both eyes were operated upon on
the same day, and by the same method
VIZ: kerdtodiGlysiS. No unfayorable SWIM.
toms followed the operation, and after "A
short time, the fragments of the lenses hav-
ing been completely absorbed, the patient
had the full use of his eyes. The results Of
the experiments made upon him soon after
the requirement of his new sense for the
most part conceded with those obtained Nv
Cheseiden and WARDROBE. The eyes re-
CURED to be exercised for considerable
time before the individual could Judge
correctly of distance and form, and the
difference Of colors. He learnt, however,
to form correct estimation of the latter
much sooner than the former, and very soon
tell INTO mistakes, by drawing his differences
from color extensively: thus, he took a
piece OF blue paper for steel knife, &c.
| London Lancet.
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