Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-10-05
TERRIBLE sTEAMBor EXPLOSION.

The last : uthem mail brings accounts ofs n Us.
terrible steamboat explosion at he tnNn OF Bayou
Sara. on the Mississippi rver-by which iourle, n
persons we're killed--ten others missing. believed
TO be killcd-Rrne wounded The Lpuis,ana Chroni.
Gle extra Of the 20th September Ia .h,s Tho mL
lowing particulars:
Il has become our moumul duty to record one of
The IN ~ terrible cat,struphes which has ever hap.
pcned on The NJ s-issippi. Yesterday. at about quar-.
ter past 10 o'clock. as tie soamer Clipper No. l Was
backing uut lIom her moorings al our landing. she
blew up with on explosion Ina Il shook earth, ar and
heaven. as though the walls of,he world ,.ere nub-
hog Z" pieces abaiut our cars. Az the boilers bursi.
rug simultaneously -machinery, vast rrsgianls o. uhe
huilers, huge beams o lumber. fumuL e and human
heIugs in evey degree Of muulaiiun, were alike
shot up PRECAUTIONARY many hundred alhoms m
the AT.
On reaching The greaies, height. the various bo.
dies diNerged like the Jels Of a iuuutnn IN all duec.
lions falling To The earth, and upon roofs of houses.
Ia some Instances as much as Two hundred and
City yards irum The sccue of destruction. The
hapioss victims were scalded, crushed. torn man.
Sied and scattered IA every possible d.recuon-ma.
ny lnto The river. some in the streets, sumo on the
other side ofthe Bayou. nearly 800 ,aris-spne ton
asunder bs coming ia contact win pixies and posts.
1uu uthers shot like cannon balls though the solid
walls OF houses at a great distance lum the boat
Al M itout of The warehouses app,ars As though
swept by a whlr! "Ind. But any hing like an AIDE.
quate description Of lhe scene ol wreck aud RUN l.
utterly out Ui ,he question
On reaching The spit uudcr whip and spur. We IN.
Inedialely bent onr Steps towards Inc Temporary hos
pii1l hastily prepared tor The reception OF such a.
might be found To- retain a spark Oihie. The scene
Us such as We hope never tu look ~ u again.
lhe hoors at the tw" large ware rooms vrrg ht,ra .
y strewn wih rhe dead and Is inr. aud Others lour.
ihS d" as last as 1t was possible Ia curvey them
praying, groahing howiug and wurhmg VA every
possible cUnioruOn OF physical agony Ia the mldsl
OF Tins confusing din. up 10 jheir arm ,rJs ma OIL and
cotton aHd b~andagvs, we luuud uur .tuise worthy
phl SicIuns-hke good SHnariIans doing guud-quI.
ely and silently, but with The euerg, und ACTIVITY
apparently OF fifty pair Of hands-nJw washing a
Oufn' now dressing a wound, aud anon spluieImg a
fractured limb. Indeed our citizens grnemliy, eIe.
~ man aud mothers son, appearod only aux Gus as
." how they might render most service TO Ihe poor
understanding and black, without distinction.
The following are the most important particulars,
rs far as we have been able To gllnes ,bern:
Pa'seHg'rS-L. Thomas, m,,sing;J J. b. Muhiam
al co.. mission merchant, New Orleans, und one
sHia'I h"y' wounded. Deck Passengers, | wounded.
, not hur.
Capt Siurent escaped unhurt; NJ Bessy, chief
clerk, missing, aud the second clerk killed; John Ty.
SON chief engineer, badly woun ed; Wn Sumter.
I'd engineer, thrown $50 or 200 yards through the
rooi aud gable end OF "A house into The back yard
against TIE ience-nne arm was tern off and the
lragmenl- OF hs carcass scattered over the trees;
W Nelson, 81 engineer, free man al culIr killed
Amanti }. Laraud, PIiOl, missing; William Wall. %
lot Killed; john Pe'ersun, male, badly scalded,
though likely To recover; Gabriel Puoi. carpenter -,
missing; waichman killed; chgmbermaid saved VA.
hurts stewards all killed or missing, two uI he cooks
Killed aud "ne wounded eighi Grcmen killed OF ms
sing; lour deck hands killed or missing.
1t may he well here enough 10 slate. that all hose
We have put down as missing, are doubtless dead, Us
every search has been made Iu The vicinity to recuy.
er Their bodies ia yaIu. They have doubtless found
a watey grave.
The waichman. a While man, was thrown alive
100 yards. through ihe sOlid wall OF Baker's Hotel.
inIo a bed. lie retained has senses perfectly Tor some
tine alter. LuI The poor follow expired during The
evening.
The C bin boy was thrown about 200 yards lhro'
the root Of u sned, and vas picked up IN a n.dngled
condition
MI Thomas. a grocer Of Blysu S ,ra had bhI just
taken leave oi his wife and family and stepped on
board when the explosion occurred. HIS vile and
child. aud another ltdy aud chiid who happened io
he with her hearing The upruar, ran Immediately To
HE irlni windows Ia ascertain The cause. They had
done 50. when, with u d~cafrnIng crash
driving IA a IhIrd Of Ihe enure muf in rs descent
lay a vast fragment Of The boiler Oh the very spot
they had quilted!