Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-10-13
GRIMES. ACCIDENTS. 60.
AvFtIL STEAM. BOAT EXPLOSION.

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The New Orleans papers Of the gid furnish
the particulars of terrible steam boat explosion
The Bayou Sara steam packet Clpper, C"pt
Laurent while backing out OF the wharf al Bayou
Sara on the 9th blew up win tremendous ek-
plosion-nIl her boilers bursting at once. An
extra from the Pcayune office gives this dreadful
account;
Machinery. vast fragments of the boilers, huge
beams Of timber, iulnithre, and human beings, IN
every deglee OF muiation, were shot up perpen-
diculary into the air. On reaching the greatest
height the various bodies diverged, ike The Jets
OF a fountain, in all dlrectons-ialing 10 Inc EARN,
and upon roofs of houses, in some Instances as
much as two hundred aud fifty yards from the
scene of destruction The hnpcss victims were
scalied crushed torn, mangled, and scattered IN
every direction many into the river, some in the
streets, some on the other side of the Bayou, near
Iy three hundred yards-sone torn ossunder ny
coming IN contact with pickets and posts and
Others shot like cannon balls through the solid
walls OF houses at a grent distance from the boat.
All i'm front of the wheel houses appears ms
though swept by q whirlwiud. But anything IKE
adequate description OF the scene oil wreck ana
ruin is utterly out of the question. what re-
mains Of the hull has been firmly dashed TO the
Shore bat it seems to have broken in TWO and
partially sunk. She had just tuken on board, at
the railroad DEPOT about So bales OF cotton, nearly
all of which, together with the money chest ana
most of the cabin furniture, we are glad to learn
has deem saved.
On reaching the spot the scene presented was
such us we hope never To look upon again. The
floors of the two large warerooms wire literally
strewn with the dead and dying, aud otheis pour
ing in as fast us il possible to convey them
praying, grooming, bowling, and wrhng III every
possible contorlion of physical agony. In The
midst of this confusing din, up to their arm pits
in oil and cotton and bandOges, we found our
praisewor!hy physicians-ike good Sanartans
doing good--quetly aud silently, but with the
energy and activity of apparently fifty pair OF
hnnds-row washing IL burn, now dressing a
wound, and anon spIintering fractured limb.
Indeed our citizens generally appeared only
anxious as 10 how they might render most service
to the poor sufferers and black, without
distinction.
The following are the most important parlicu.
lars, as far as we have been able to gather them:
The crew consisted of l capialn l mute,
clerks, 3 engineers, pilots, carpenter watch
man, chambermad, stewards, 3 cooks, 10 hre-
men, deck hands--43
Passengers. - l.. Thomas, missing Z. Is.
Mohtamat, commission merchant, New Orleans,
and one small hoy, wounded Deck passengers,
/ wounded, not hurt
Captain Laurent escaped unhurt; Mr. Bessy,
chief clerk missing, and the second clerk killed
John Tyson chief engineer badly wounded; VIM.
Sumpier, 2nd engineer thrown $50 or 200 yards
through the roof and gable end OF house into
the back yard against the fence one arm was
torn off and the fragments of his carcass scattered
over the trees; VIM. Nelson, 3d engineer Tree
man of color killed ; Arnaut j. Lavond, pilot
missing; VIM Wall, pilot, killed; John Peterson
mate, badly scNlded though likely to recover !;
Gabriel Pool, carpenter missing; Waterman
killed chambermad saved unfurt; stewards all
killed or missing; two OF the cooks killed and one
wounded eight fremen killed or missing four
deck hands killed or missing.
1t may he well enough here to state, that all
those we have put down as missing are doubtless
dead, as every search has been made in the vlcn-
iiy to recover their bodies, in vain. They have
doubtless found watery grave.
The remains of those picked up on shore were
inferred decenlly.
The watchman q white man, was thrown alive,
100 yards through The solid wall OF Baxters hotel
into bed He retained his senses perfectly for
sometime after, but the poor fellow expired during
the evening. The cabin boy was thrown about
two hundred yards through the roof of a shed,
and was picked up IN mangled condition.
Dreadful Explosion. We learn from passen
ger who came up last night in the steamboat
South America, that a powder mill, at High Falls
aboui7 miles west from Calsklll, was blown up
Yesterday afternoon about o'clock There were
sir persons in the building at The time of the ex-
plosion, all of whom were bloom 10 atoms! Some
300 kegs of powder are said TO have been in the
mill when the accident occurred. The foreman
was indisposed, and the person having charge Of
been intoxicated. The report OF the explosion
excited considerable alarm at CaIsk many per-
SONS taking il for an earthquake. A similar ncc-
dent occurred at this same place three or tonr
years ago, when four persons were killed.
Albany Euening Journal
Another Murder in .Mew Hampshire. In Exc
ter, on Friday, Sept. 22d young girl living with
man by the name OF Hill was badly beaten
by him that she died the next morning. 1t was
found on examination that her skull had been
broken and one arm, and was otherwise much
bruised. She about Twelve years old, and
was taken from the poor house in New market.
MIR. Hill has been arrested, and will doubtless
have 10 suffer the penalty OF the law. What can
be more awu-more inhuman, than beating a
poor inoflensive, ard iuIherIess, las is probably
the case,) child TO death in such way Surely a
man-it a man he can be called-must have a
heart of adanant-dead TO all feelings huian.-
BeliowS Falls Gaz.