Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1838-05-08
ApplTloNsL rARrlcuLARs


We take the following particulars in relation TO the
laie Steam Boat accident from the Cincinnati whg Of
THURSDAY evening, April Goth.
TnuEspAr, O'Clock T. NJ
We have Just returned from the of horror oc-
casoncd by the explosion and the account above pub
ishcd instead q being the slightest degree cxagger-
aied las has been minated bY few falls far saort
i L.s drsaaiad 5esify The fragments OF human bod.
les lying scattered all along the shore, and We
the corpse 81 number mangled snd torn, that
they have scarcely any resemblance 10 the human form
We also SAT- several with leir heads and arms entirely
blown OF, others with only part Of the head destroy
ed aud others with their lower extremies shiyeTed TO
an apparent ey Fragments Of the boilers, and other
poftons-oi the boat, were thrown ttom fifty 90 two
hundred yards the shore, OF them having pass
ed entirely the tao Of buildings the street
and portion OF the boilers tenfns away the gable end
81 stable situated high up the sleep hill ia the of
the muses., a. least tzo hundred yards from the boats
Oer Pur,s of the boat driven entirely through
large house the street, entering through the win
dows on one side and passing out at the other. II is
positively stated that was picked up tins
morning on the Kentucky side, having been blown
completely across the river
| The wreck Of he boat now lies near the Steam Wa.
Ter Works (abom Baths of "a mile below where the
accident occutredD having her chimneys and about
halt OF her upper cabin above the water. great
many persons are employed IN gathering the bodies,
freight &c. Only four bodies have been to-day taken
from the boat, viz: German woman and her two
children and anoher small boy. The number of dead
and mangled BODIES altogether that have been recov.
cred, is about twenty, nearly has yet been ascer
tanned number Of persons, severely wounded, have
been sent 10 the lpsplals but whose names we have
not yet heard Ole young man of the name of Ed.
ward Sexton, from Connecticut saw in a neighbor-
ing house dreadiliy scaded bu, his physician thinks
he will certainly ret well.
The lower deck of the boat is yet entirely under
water, and when the boat shall be uissd very large
! number Of persons it is expected, will be found
There are no ooubt more persons lost than we have
stated. We con'ersed, a while ago, with Mr. Broad.
WELL the Agent # the Boat who saws positively that
x,ho
were entered onlhe boats register Pittsburr Wheel
ing, and other towns on the river above this place. for
Louisville, 81. LOUIS and other places below Here
then are one huHired ami Thirty passengers that must
have been on bord, exclusive of the very larpe num-
Der who took passage al this place
The boat was unusually crowded and Mr. Broadwe
thinks the whole number on board at the time of the
accident, cannotb but little f anv) short of TIIR EE
HUNDRED pesons From the best information we
can gather 1t does not appear that more than 80 or 40
of this number known TO have been rescued nis
therefore probable, that the whole number drowned or
DESTROYED, is somewhere in the neighborhood of WO
HDNDRED or TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY
oh foNif TENSIONS! 1t is impossible that any
accurate detail OF the dead and missing can ever be
made, or the precise number oscertained a very
large portion Vi bem we're deck passengers whose
humble sp.ere in lie, will preclude the possibility of
finding out then names.
In addition 70 those have already mentioned as
having been lost Of killed, have ascetained the fol
Col fowle, T. s Army on his way to Florida
family resides in Washington ci,y-b5dy not found.
but several articles known to be his ''"1'
David James, Loudon county, Virainia-be had n
bout his person 1896 il, cash ''11 u
John o. Fireman. Middletown, Ohio-had in his
pocket book, Si-2.
George Chaser, Cincinnati
James barnet Rolls county, Missouri
James H. McS1rand. Knox county Chio--bad about
him $i65. "''''
:, robert Waite, young whose father resides in
Newpoft ny We saw the iuher weeping over the
James Douglass merchant Of Chllicothe. Ohio
had 500.
Coly Dillon, boat hand
mr. burns: young man, book binder from Philadel.
p'ia-his mother was weeping over the body
1H0 o. ne fHgtncps-One named Jas. Madden
10y ieaIhng tae engineering business, near tie
ne ehig and second caerks-The latter is stated in
our extra TO have escaredbut this proves TO be errone
ghe wac iooad alive but has since died as we un
Geisahd' The name Of one OF the clerks Is Bowman
but we have no, ascerianed which one.
$93 Observation-Disclosures
Miss Durham, daughter of Methodist clergyman
Ohio va N'''0'"''a"
natl '' >''''''"'
Is Mitchell, 5ar-keeper Of the boat
hese are al The particulars we have as vet been
are 70 ascertain The of several Of lie dead
oouies found have not been discovered
WITCHES GHOSTS AND FAMILIAR SPIRITS
Or RtsrsTATiOs OF SPIRITUAL HrNgUos.