Litchfield enquirer., 1841-09-02
dreams, and can never be obliterated while

dreams, and can never be obliterated while
remains.
had been in the water but short time,
though each moment seemed an age, when
| heard the voice of Captain Titus, who, the
last to leave the vessel, was now in the wa
ter, calling out with firm voice, courage
hold on-heEp is coming" Oh, words
of hope! how il cheered us in that hour of
gloom. A moment after saw the lights of
a steamboat, and, in short time, the hull of
the Clinton, which, upon seeing the fire, had
fastened to our assistance. Her boats were
ready lowered, and, guided by the light of
the vessel and the prayers for help, twenty
seven of us were saved from watery grave.
Some were terribly burned, and some in the
last stage of exhaustion, but all thankful for
their preservation.
of the poor German cmigrants, do not
know that one MAS saved Parents and
children seem to have found one common
grave, and lay al the bottom of the lake all
locked together. There was but one female
OF the whole number saved, and among the
passengers were some of superior elegance
and rare beauty. The number burned and
drowned cannot be less than two hundred.
1t rs1y be more. OH never on earth may
witness such scene Of horror. It seems
like frightful drcanl-only too real. That
pale old man haunts me. The agony of
some of those beautiful girls will be i'm
pressed upon my mind forever, and would
that could forget the horrible sight of that
poor fellow calling in the air for some es-
cape from the flames which were raging all
round him. 1t was all terrible! dreadful
horrible! / can find no language which
will portray my feelings. Adieu.
Svp Acrrer Auo 90 9 d M
Further particulars in relation to the Fire,
Loss of Life, 3c.-From the inquest and 9TH
er proceedings yesterday, by the Coroner's
Jury, we are enabled to give some further
particulars in relation to the fire.
The quantity and situation of the powder
was incorrectly stated. Mr.. Hudson, of the
firm of Malcolm & Hudson, the owners of the
powder, in his testimony before the Jury,
stated that there was tUenty. fse kegs, con-
tanning $50 pounds, deposited in the upper
story Of the building, in the northeast corner,
it we rccollect rightly, on or about the 18th
inst. Had the powder been in the lower sto-
ry, as we at first stated, or deposited in the
western part of the building, the destruction
of lives must have been far greater, as the
great majority Of the people on the ground
stood on the western side, and were unhurt
Most of those killed, were OH the eastern side
of the building, which stood within 10 or Is
feet OF the canal. Here the several engine
companies stood, the space between the
building aud the canal scarcely affording
them sufficient room 10 work advantageous
iy. Engine No. 3, Mr.. Gibson foreman,
was. we are informed, first on the ground,
and consequently nearest the fire, the others
coming in on the tow path, and crowding it
along as far as the men could bear. To this
company belonged Mr.. Hought. and Mr..
Duntord. who with Mr.. Gibson, were all kill.
ed and mutilated in horrible manner.
So great was the force Of the explosion on
the eastern side of the building that the west
side of the Salt Block of Or. Parker, 100
feet distant, was completely shattered, and Il
small dwelling the same distance, almost
tnat ING 1ucnI6r or rhi puwtticf,s tt 4sp9AAt
clpal timbers of the building were thrown in
an east and south easterly direction. The
smallest number of persons stood on that
side, and SO far as we can learn, few even
heard the cry of powder, and those who did,
failed TO put much confidence in the report.
Mr.. Hudson, Mr.. Goings, and others who
6ne'o that there was powder in the building,
stated on oath, yesterday, that they did ali
they could do 10 spread this information at
the time ofthe fire, but it is evident, we think.
that they scarcely knew what they were
about, or that they neglected their duty, and
are therefore greatly to blame. Such was
the force of the conclusion, that nearly whole
windows were broken out of the Mansion
House, 100 rods distant. People from the
country inform us that the shock was sensi.
bly, felt at 30 miles distant
Although an inquest has been held over
OUT 20 bodies, it is quite probable that seve
raj OF the wounded will die, and thus swell
the number to that first stated-thirtv-and
perhaps increase it. AS for the wounded,
although we have but forty names on our
list, there must be many more whose names
nave not been handed in-perhaps not less
than sir!y in all who are more or less hurt.
The funerals of most of those deceased
TOOK place this morning, their bodies being
followed to the grave by our citizens, fire
men. hve companies of firemen from Utica,
and large number of people from the coun-
Try. Business was completely suspended
during the whole of yesterday. Hundreds
OF people from different parts of the country,
came to witness the effects of the fire, and al
together our place presented such scene as
we never before witnessed, and we trust in
God, we shall never witness again.
htlted-Thomas Belts, Joseph Jones, Zeb-
ma Dwight, VIM. Conklin, Benz f. John.
son, Elisha Ladd, Geo. w. Burdck, Isaac
Stanton, Hugh II. Gibson, VIM. b. Close.
Geo German. Horace T. Goings, Charles A.
Mafhtt> Loren L. Cheney, Horatio L. Che
ney, john Dunforth, Hanson Mayard, Noah
Aoyt, Joel Kolhamer, Mathew Smelt, Ezra
II. though, James M. Barker, Charles Miller.
BENZ. T. Baker. Chas. Austin.
Dangerously WOunded-Elisha George, d.
{. LIE Roy, Luther Clifford, s. w. Caldwell.
David Myers, z. Robinson, w. Durant.
Badly Wounded, l5-SiglAy 81.
Mime Children could not Sare hin, PA.
mong the THIRTEEN CLERKS who were dis.
missed from the Land Office, there was one
whose wife. unfortunately, had only four