Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-09-23

Thr papers from Hf PM"
,paltinu earnest enquiries aboit the p'e'
ln,,s ~ ttia body. II is important Tor Tie a.
,yriapl,urRl interests Of the State that me w
s~a,,iye non,mittee begin to make ar.
tanHe,nauts ,pr the next fair. Every o'hef-
state Ia poipp on pfpspefously with their'seol'
cites, fllaIl Louisiana be behind mana ID '''S
eft,l and useful cause,
A senyiet made biz escape ftoin The prison
walls OH Thursday l%iutnihg But the VlR''.
ant guard soon cant . messenger alter lllir'
\, Al shape uf buck shot, and brought Tue
,,en.laman Ia d halt. lie was brought back
slightly wounded III the thigh,
trrAappAr ELiprka.-0n Monday, the
citizens III Batsn Rsuge we're Il littIe alarm
sa ii the nonsarriyal 81 the Clipper, and ieata
,vepa entertained that soine seriotis accident
had happened, however she arrived ateo'eloe'
1, Tho evening having been forced TO stop, 10
,anair 1 leak IN her boilers, "Wednesday
marnina We were informed that Flle had blown
IN Al tlaytu ssara and thirty paraotH had been
ytaIms Of the accident, The anxiety wac
iutpnse In THE town, several pfotr citizens nav
iDps Ifsehds Of relations on board, citl'er as
,hyAentapa Or ofiuere of the boat. Ti,utadsy
morning, the arrival OF the Buckeye, nhliap-
pily proved that our worst fears were fnal-
fed, that d most awful explosion had taket,
Race and that only few netHons escaped with
their llyep. Among the sufferers, we have
10 Aeplufe the loss of one of our towhstilcf'
Mr. t,essy. n man universally esteemed ID
this community. We publish below, the de-
tails Of the catastrophe, az they reathed us
through an extra Of the Louisiana Chtaniele,
tseuei at that place On Tuesday evening
DREADFUL EXPLOSION
Drsrpueriot. or THE STEAMER CLtrfth
at,RrAq tpna OF ttfBs-tt has become etf
,aanrnful duty 10 record one Of the ttoHt Ter.
rihte ea.assrpphef. which has ever happened
en the Misaiseippi. Yesterday, at about q
quarter past IL o'clock, Ar the steamer Clip.
TIER Na. / wac hacking from her hioofings.
III our landing. ehe blew Up with an explosion
that shock earth, air and heavens as though
the wails of the world were tu,nbiinn to pie
ees ahstit eur care. All The boilers bursting
sttnultalenusty@ machinery, vast Fragments
of The heilefH, huge beams OF timber, turni.
ttlno and human beings IN every degree Of
humiliation. were alike shot UP perpendicular
" many hundred fathnms in the air. On
reaching The greatest height, the vario,H boz
dies dtverved like the Jets Of a fountain IN
all difeetiena-iallihE 10 the earth, and u on
reefs Of houses IN some inetantee az much az
two hundred and fny yards from The scene Of
destruetien.-The hapless victims were
esalded. erushed, torn, lneneled and scattered
III every peetihle difeetien-inRny into the
risar, ee,ae In the streets, eeine on the other
aide Of the Bayca, nearly 800 sardt,--eome
torn nsnndeF by coming 10 contact With pick.
eta aud ,)uetp, and athera shot like cannon
halls through the solid walls Of houses at q
great distance from the boat. All IN front of
the wheel .houeee appears az though swept by
a whlFhwind, But anything hike an adequate
description Of the secee Of wreck and ruin ie
ai,criy out Of the question, What remains
If Tho hull las been firmly lselad 10 the
shaYr, ha, ,tseeeune to haze broken in two
and partially eunk, She bad Just taken on
heard At the Rail Road Depot, about SO
balea If cotton, nearly all OF which, together
with the money chez, and ntoet of the cabin
furniture, we are glad to learn has beei
saved.
Tn reaching the spot under whip and spur,
we immediately bent our steps towards the
temporary hospital hastily prepared for the re.
eer,ton a sueh AZ might be found to retain
a apark of life, The eeeno was such az we
hope never 10 look upon again. The floors
III the Two large waserooms were literally
etrewn wah the wounded aud dying, and
others pouring in as fact al It was possible TO
convey ~them-praying, grooming, bowling aud
writhing In every possible centortion of ply.
steal agony. IN the midst of this confusing
din, M 10 their armpits IN oil and cotton and
handagea, we found our praiseworthy physt-
~eianS-~likc good Ssmsritans, doing good
quietly and silently. but with the ehergy and
activity apparently Of fifty pair Of hauds-now
washing 4 burn, now dressing a wound, and
anon epliutering a fractured limb, Indeed
cur citizens generally, every man aud mo.
theirs son, appeared only anxious as to how
they might render most service TO the poor
suaerefs-Mlite aud black, wiiloutdistinc-
tiea.
The following are the most important parti.
enlars, ~ far as We have been able 10 gather
them
The crew consisted Of | captain, I mate, 2
clerks, 3 engineers, . pilots, | carpenter, |
w~atehanan, | ehamhermaid, 8 stewards, 8
cooks, Ia firemcf, 8 deck hands.
pAss~rSGsRs--I. Thomas,* missing sp. b,
Men,amat, commission merchant, New Or.
hans and ono small boy wounded. Deck
passengers, | Wounded, 2 rnt hurt.
Capt, I,aurant escaped uRhurt. Mr., Bessy,
chief clerk, missing, and the ID clerk killed.
John Tyson, chief engineer, badly wounded !
VIM Sampter, I'd engineer, thrown 100 or 200
yards through the rooi aud gable end ef a
hoasc, into the back yard against the fence
ono arm torn OIL, and fragments of his carcass
scattered over the trees. VIM. Nelson, ID
engineer. E an. c Killed, Arnault ]. T.araud,
pilot, missing. William Wall, pilot, killed.
john Petersen, mate, badly scalded, though
likely to recover. Gabriel Pool, carpenter,
missing. Watehman Killed, Chamhermaid
saved unhuft, Stewards sltkilled or missing.
Two II the cooks killed, aud one wounded.
Eight ~irenaen killed or nilssing. -Four deck
hands killed or missing.
may be we'll enough here TO state, that
all these we have pat down as missing, are
doubtless dead, as every search has been made
ia the vicinity 10 recover their bodies in vain.
They have doubtless found awatery grave.
The remains of those picked up on shore,
were inferred deeently,
The w~atehman, a white man, was thrown
alive, 100 yards through the solid wall Of b.
ker's Hotel. into bed. He retained his SEN
ses perfectly for some time after, but the poor
fellow expired during The evening.
The cabin boy was thrown about 90 yards
through ths roof Of a shed, and was picked up
IN . maagfed condition
Mr.. Thomas, a grocer of Bayou Sara, had