Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-10-15
STEAMBOAT NEW.ENGLAND.

STEAMBOAT NEW.ENGLAND.
The accounts which have reached Us since our
last. are more sppaiing than We had expected.
From the most authentic and latest sdvices that
have come on, we 6nd that ten Of the unfortunate
sufferers are dead, and several others are not ex.
pected to survive.
We have given below detail Of the particu.
lars, so far a. they had been received. from the
Hartford Review, Of Thursday. The informa-
ton from other sources is later. with accounts
for greater number Of deaths. 1t will be per.
ceived from this statement, that the pilot decar.
es that the boat lay at anchor about twenty
minutes, during which time the steam was not
blown ofT-and that when the boat was stopped
at Essex, the safety sai'e was not bosted. 10
alludirs to THIS subject the Journal Of Com.
meece .sys, -" III. ,guIar engineer was not
on board. AID tas = 81, Sc. we're superntend-
ed BY man and twu snbO' climates from the
steam engine mandatory, who Of course were
better acquainted with the construction OF such
machinery tnan with It's management
From the Hartford Revie,o Of Thursday.
The STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION We gather
from gentleman who visited the scene ut the
disaster. the following particulars. On Wed.
nesday morning, about three o'clock when the
steamboat New England was engaged in land
ing passengers at Essex. a small village near the
mouth of the river, both her boilers exploded at
the same instant. Tine conclusion was tremen.
dous Persons who lived three miles from the
place were awakened from their sleep BY the
shaking of their houses The whole of the up.
per works in the centre and after part of the boat
were shattered to fragments, and with greater
part of the baggage OF the passengers. scattered
TO the four winds The engine. at the moment,
was not in motion, and the steamboat was lying
about twice her breadth from the wharf. The
small boat was at the wharf to land q passenger.
He had stepped on the wharf, and was in the act
of turning to 60 up, when in an instant he found
himself in the water on the other side 0f the
wharf, amidst the broken fragments. He es.
capped uninjured. Several were blown over.
board from the boat, but were soon recovered
Only one is yet known to be missing. though there
may be others.
The following are the names of the unfortu.
nate persons who are known to be injured.
with those who were dead when our informant left
last evening at S O'Clock. Dead.-Allen Pratt,
OF Hartford, baggage master, shockingly seal
ded. his leg broken, and the body found some
time after the accident the bottom Of the river.
A child Of Mrs. Thompson, about years old.
A trunk and hat found, and from some papers
contained in them the name Of the owner was
ascertained to be-Eastbrook, OF Concord, N.
H. There can be no doubt that he was drown.
ed. Jared Lane. deck hand. Total dead, 4.
Very 6adIy injured and not ikelyfo survive-
Mr.. Shenard. nerrhanf nF Mar uich
ger, scalded and much bruised. Nj. Heron,
Esq, of Reading, Ct passenger, badly scalded and
bruised. Mr.. Lyman Warner Of ri ymouth. CT. not
scalded-skull badly fractured. I'd ying.) Mr.. Bur.
ges. passenger from WaterviIIe, Oneida county,
N. Y. formerly Of Colchester, CT. very badly
scalded Samuel Pesha and, - Bronson, deck
hands, shockingly scaIded. Mrs. Thompson.
(her husband lives in Thompsonyille, Ct.) from
New York, the mother of the child above men.
toned as dead, badly scalded. Miss Jane Pru.
den Of Hartford, chambermaid, very badly scaId.
ed. One other elderly lady whose name was not
ascertained. Total nine.
Baaiy injured but not considered dangerous
Dr.. Stephen B. Whiting Of Reading, Conn Mr..
r. G. F. Goodrich of Wethersfield Conn. Mrs
Pomeroy Of Mortified, Mass. Mrs Stocking Of
Middletown. Two children Of the Mrs. Thomp-
son. above mentioned. Mrs. Hastings, Of Gill,
Mass Mr.. William Savage Of Hartford, clerk
OF the boat Giles Farnum Of Killingworth. fire.
man. Three others. 9 men and woman, names
not ascertained. Total ID.
Devastation, distress and death were upon eve |
ry side. There we're about 80 passengers on
board at the time of the disaster. most of whom |
were fortunately in their berths Those who were
in the gent!emen's cabin, we believe without an
exception, escaped unlojured while those on deck
excepting only or S, were scalded or bruised.