Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1833-10-17


srEAk-B0Ar EXPLOSION.
II is our painful duty to announce q
serious disaster that occurred on board
tho new steamboat Nesc Engiand, on
her passage from this city to Hartford.
IL sPpears that at m early hour yester-
day. when the boat was or Essex, the
north parish Of Saybrook. both boilers
exploded, and 90 great was the con-
cushion that hardly . fragment Of Ell
ther was LEFT.
We understand that there were up.
wards OF Que hundred passengers on
board. Among the number was q
young friend Of ours, who left IN the
prsvioss evening to attend the Un;xcr.
sisy OF Middietown-from him we lave
received the following.
hipDLkTows, (cT.) OCT. 9.
i have this moment arrived, and
presuming that you have not heard Of
the dreadful accident that occurred TO
the steamboat, 1 hasten to drop you
line. Through the mercy Of . kind
Providence l am safe and unhurt.
saeh scene l never witnessed: The
explosion took place about 3 o'clock in
the morning. 1 was in my berth At
the time, and WAS reused amidst the
crash and thunder Of the explosion.
and the shrieks and groans Of the
wounded and dying.
About twenty-six are badly. bprneJ
some of whom, I think, cannot sur.
vive. One child was dead when l left
the boat, and the baggage master was
misslng-it was feared he was blown
overheard.
IL addition to the above we find the
following in the New Haven Herald
OF last evening:
a gentleman has arrived in tovu for
the purpose Of obtaining further medi.
cal and surgical aid, who represents
me case ~ one most truly disastrous
and distressing.
The Clerk Of the boat, two Of the
hands, and tive Of the passengers, are
nlssing-undoubtedly blown into the
stream and-lost. Seventeen persons
were landed at Essex, dangerously
wounded, nos more than half Of whom,
{ was thought, would recover. The
for Hartford, il 10 supposed.
suffered least--most Of them being in
heir berths.
" Among the sufferers, were ]. nj.
Heron, Esqr. Of Reading, on his way
. attend the Episcopal Convention Al
Norwich DIR. Whiting Of New York:
md Dir. Warner, brother of the Urea.
'urer Of Yale College. DIR. Knight
md DIR. n. u. Ives left here this sf
ernoon, TO afford such aid as in their
,ower.o
r. S.-Since the above was in type,
se have been favored with another let.
,oard. y"
Sour journey in the stesmbo,, va.
'ery. pleasant until we entered Con.
'ecticut river, when at about l o'clock
O the morning, l perceived that some
,ars oil the machinery was out OF or
II was In the forward cabin, and I |
concluded / was in the safest mart oil
he boat. They seemed to 20 on badly
Until three o'clock, when both boilers
'urst as nearly together ~ q two bar.
81 XVII COulu Ne ulac hnFUeh hv ana
on.o
Two persons were killed instant. !
J., and about twenty FIVE wounded !;
u whom 5 or 6 may not survive"
The destruction Of the upper works |
we're almost entire. Among those thai
sefe injured are six Or eight females;
nose were on the upper deck cabin"
Ihere were three or four badly in. |
nTed 81 the main cabin--the front ea
an sscaPed--no steam entered"
HE cries and means were truly
The steamboat was IN
bout thirty minutes got 70 the wharf
'here assistance was immediately ren.
ered." ''
4" Almost ell the baggage, together
'''h 90 boxes oftea, q quantity Of dry Il
oods, &c. have all been Lost. =
The captain and men say thew are
snorant ofths cause Of the accident
he fact is.in ls1 opinion the water all
seaPgd from thE bS1ers."
'd''ofhev Steamboat Disosfer.
'ew Orleans Bslleiin Of the Goth. 4
'enti0ns that ths steamboat l. Gourcb.
nh freight for tina, port, struck the |
'rand Cham, q ledge Of rocks, in com. h
" out st the Ohio, and sunk. IL was
'area she would be total wreck.
The Buffalo Republican Of the 5tb
isL ssys, g" We stop The press TO an.
ounce the loss Of the Steam. boat
gorge 00shingfOu. IL il remarked