Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1833-10-17
WHOLE NO. 1876.
STEAMBOAT NEw.ENGLAND.

icula's of the explosion on board tho
steamboat New England
On Wednesday morning, 18th inst. a
bout 3 o'clock, while the steamboat n.
England Was engaged in landing passcn-
gers at E-sex, both her boilers exploded.
The whole OF the upper works in the GEN.
tre and after part Of the boat, were shat.
tered to fragments, with great part Of
the baggage ofthe passengers. The en-
gine, at The moment, was DOt'iD motion,
and the steam boat W as lying about twice
her breadth from the wharf. The small
boat was at the wharf to land passen-
ger. He had stepped on the wharf, and
was in the act of turning to 20 up, when
in an instant he found himself in the wa
ter on the other side OF the wharf, amidst
the broken fragments. He escaped un-
injured. Several were blown overheard
from :he boat, but were soon recovered.
Only one is yet known to be missing,
though there may be others. The fol-
lowing are the names Of the unfortunate
persons who are known to be injured,
with those who were dead when our IN
formant left last evening, at 5 o'clock
Deod-Alen Pratt Of Hartford, baggage
master; Jared Lane, deck hand; a child
of Mrs. Thompson. A trunk and hut
found, and from some papers contained
in them, the name Of the owner was as
certaincd to be - Estabrook, Of Con-
cord, N. II. There can be no doubt
that he was drowned.
| Tery badly injured and not likely 10 sur
riue.-Mrs Shepard Of Norwich, Conn;
J. NJ. Heron, Esq. Reading, CT; MIR
Lyman Warner, OF Plymouth, CT; Mr.
Burgess, WaterviIle, N. Y; Samuel
Pesha - Bronson, deck hands; Mrs.
Thompson, Thompsonville, CT; Miss
Jane Pruden of Hartford; one other ell
derIy lady whose name was not asceI-
tanned.
n Badly injured, but not considered dan-
gerous DR.. Stephen b. Whiting, Read
ing, CT; MIR X. G.. +. Goodrich, We,h-
ersield, CT; Mrs. Pomcroy of North
field, Mass; MIS-. Stocking, Middle
town; 9 children Of the Mrs Thompson,
above mentioned; Mrs Hastings Gill,
Mass. Mr. VIM. Savage, Hartford, clerk
Of the boat; Giles Farnum, Kilingworth;
Elias Bushnell, DO; Edwin BELL, Glas-
tenbury; 3 others, men and woman,
names not asccrtaincd. There were n
. bout 80 passengers on board at the time
of the disaster, most Of whom were for
tunutely in their belths. Those who
were in the gentlcmen's cabin, we be-
lieve, without an exception, escaped un-
! injured, while these on deck, excepting
only d or 5, were scalded or bruised
rEka loJ,ae, ,,h;n ln;o,. Ia,I,
badly shattered, and filled instantly with
steam and scalding water. Every berth
in this cabin was occupied, and some on
Z the settees. No ladies' were below
Those who were in the after part Of this
cabin generally escaped, and others who
remained in their bcrths were scalded
$ only in The parts which were directly ex-
posed. Some sprang instantly from their
= berihs into the scalding water, which for
time was ancle deep on the cabin floor.
The immediate cause of the accident
must for time remain matter OF spec
, ula,ion and surmise. The Engineer,
: MIR. Marshall, was at his post in the en-
CINE room, and escaped uninjured. lie
declares positively that there was not
more than inches of steam at the time
The assistant Engineer who had left his
post but short time before, says, that
: the guage rod was up To the deck, and
his story is confirmed by the men who
were in the fire-room at the time. Tho
pilot who was in the wheel-house at tho
moment Of explosion, says, that when tho
boat came to the Say brook landing, some
difficulty occurred with the engine, that
they were unable TO start the boat ahead,
that they were compelled to anchor, to
prevent drifting ashore, that she lay at
anchor about 90 minutes, during which
| time no steam was blown off, that he felt
alarmed, and went down and found that
there was "quite too much steam on"
and that the dampers were not up, that
once afterwards he went down and found
matters in nearly the same situation.--
The place where the boat was anchored
is about 6 miles below the scene of tho
disaster, and the time which elapsed from
her getting undovweigh to her stopping
at Essex, must have been at least half an
hour. No steam was blown off when
she stopped at Essex. Mr. Potter, tho
former Engineer, was not on board, but
Mr. Marshall, the acting Engineer, was
considered skil(ul man, fully compc-
tent to ill his place. One Of the boilers
is in the river, the fragments Of the 9th
or arc upon the wharf where the boat
lies. Nothing Of il remains except tho
front and the flues. These nre perfect.
ly sound, evidencing that there was no
deficiency Of water in the boiler. Inc
| Who'll. of Tho .;J.. and back end are