Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1838-05-12


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4 MoURNFUL CATASTROPHE.
The new steamboat Moselle, Capt.
Perrin, on her trip from Pittsburgh to ST.
Louis, blew up at CINCINNATI on the
25lh inst, causingla destruction of lives
never before witnessed on western wa
ters. The boat had left the wharf and
gone up the river couple Of miles to
take in family. which done, at the very
monet Of the first revolution Of her
wheels, her boilers exploded with tre-
mendous report, leaving the boat a per-
feet wreck. and destroying the lives of
from so TO 100 persons. The exact
number killed and missing is not known.
Among the missing we notice the names
Of 1t. Col. Fowl, and DIR. Wilson Huges
Of the U. S. army. s,,a..sr.. ~as
The Cincinnati Gazette OF The 9th
gives the names of 40 individuals dead
and missing, ard of 80 saved. The
clerk OF the boat states that about ESQ
were on board. s5 of them cabin pas
sengers. Of the dreadful accident the
Gazette says:- ,g..... ........ -,
We witnessed the wreck soon after,
and found it more complete, in all its
features, than our imagination could
have conceived. The forepart Of the
vessel was splintered and twisted in
every timber, in way similar to that Of
a tree struck by lightning. The boat
driited down little distance and sunk,
leaving the upper part Of the cabin out
Of water, and the cargo floating about.
One who was on board, and escaped,
says that an engineer who landed. cried
out to those on board, that they had too
much steam and must look OUT, or they
would blow up On which, his COM
panion walked to the stern on the hur.
ricane deck, and Immediately the expIo-
sion took placeAthey escaping. He
went into the ladies' cabin, and found
every thing in confusion; but in the
midst OF il all, two Of the ladies were,
with cool fortitude. laboring to asst the
rest. 3a'laa s7Ta, ay .,6 sffo p .5}r ,
But the wreck of the boat, and the es-
cape ofthose who have lost neither life
nor friends are nothing, compared with
the touching scenes in which are wound
ed-thc dying---and the discovered
friends. Here was a father who lay
partially deranged, with a scalded child
on one side--a dead daughter upon
another--and a wounded wife at his
feet. One man had saved son, and los,
a vito and five children :--others had
lost their whole families. One gentle
man was wounded and was seeking his
wife and children, happily, on the 9TH
er side Of the crowd, his wife and child
rem were seeking him, and they were
thus reunited. ''.' r ''.''l L q g
e Many particulars are thus given, suf-
iciently sad and distressing to be long
kept in memory. Capt. Perrin was
standing on the deck above the boilers,
talking with another person. He was
blown on shore and killed, while his com.
panion was thrown back on the deck,
and escaped. One perscn was thrown
ON the top Of house! q, a9aaQY 10 va
| But, tits useless 70 give particulars.--|
| These will show to our distant readers,
how complete and terrific was this
wreck Of tlle Moselle.o 32.4seF od' a
ID The total loss cannot be ascertuined.
II is supposed the had from $50 to 800
persons on board. Ofthese more than
one half must be dead, and we believe