Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-08-31

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A terrible ecciden happsned a. -
ing = the Delaware neariy oupc,se ~
ket strsst, . ths ,new sSeankSr1 by $50.
mouaA, Capssin Jaa6 sDsvoe. n Th.n"'
mouth hid started nom ArcA streef 80.
1t half past 8 o'clock, with between go
and fifty passengers, ON an ercur,;or
the Bay, Breakwster, &c., and ,fter :.
ting fairly under way, and when ~ ~ ~
CINE had performed some eighteen or ~
~ revolutions, the stay bolt Of the ~.
part Of the steam chimney, near then :
The boiler, drew ca, earryiae ~
portion Of the iron, and disckarr;n. i.
steam and hot water Ahroueh he 2sS ~,
furnace doors, into the engine ,Dd ~.
rooms, and through the steam chinnev -.
Of the smoke pipe, to the distance of -
seventy feet, and also through the deel .S
The second engineer, Edward Steven. =
New York, and an elderly passenger IL
longing to New Castle, Del, who ~ !,
the room, named Thos. Massey, wers 40
dreadfully scal,led from head 10 ioos ~
neither, il 10 feared, can survive. The a.
engineer. Isaac Ames, Of New York. -
covered with ashes blown out fror 4.
fires, and could scarcely be recognized.
He was scaldcd, though not 50 bsdlv I. n.
others. Gilbert jackson, black ca =
New York, who was sitting near the 4.
room door, was severely scalded o. a.
hands and arms. Mr.. Stevens. the ,e...S
engineer, while his clothes were I'M =
steam, and his sufferings had almost phres.
zied him. begged to Be thrown overheard
His request not being complied with h
threw himself into the river, and cu,vM
to the tiller, where he chung and was nv.
ed BY boat. His idea was to cool him.
self, but the act--the, impulse of the mo.
ment 10 obtain relief of his agonies--v,.
desperate, and has doubtless added /, tbe
fatal character ofhis injuries. The injured
persons are all at the Pennsylvania Hos
pital, and are receiving every possibly a.
ten,ion. The passengers were most Oh N
at the time ofthe accident, and escaped.-
Some few were forward, but none Of these.
asf.r as has been ascertained, were injured.
If any were hurt their injuries were slight.
The explosion caused no report or Der.
ccptible noise. A great many Of the pas-
sengers were hardly aware OF the accident
at all, and some did not know that any one
was scalded. The CONSERVATION on board.
even among the ladies', prevailed 10 very
limited extent. The alarm aud cries
brought one Of the ferry bouts, with small
boats from the shore, 10 the steamer, and
the passengers were taken Of and landed
on the wharves. The Portsmouth foased
down the stream abreast Of Dock strss,
where she anchored and was Afterwards
towed up 10 kensiHgton b the steamboat
State Rights. Capt. Devoe, at the NO
ment Of the accident, was on the hurricane
deck, over the boiler. He made IN ex.
tremely narrow escape BY rushing ihrcsgh
hatchway. He attempted 10 drag one
Of the engineers from the engine room,
but his mouth becoming full Of steam, he
was compelled to rush aft. The cause q
the accident is attributed to the defective
nature Of the iron Of the internal part u
the steam chimney.
SHOCKING CAsE.-Thc Baltimore -
pers Of yesterday contain the particulars
Of most distressing case Of death by Vi
olence. II seems that young lady living
with her married sister was receiving ne
attentions Of young man obnoxious 70 her
sister and brother-in-law. Returning
18th L.,o hc~~c 49, n,,~,~.v~~. l. - l~..-- -
her sisters husband had slight scuills
in the hall, and the young lady left the
house and staid all night with neighbor.
TIE next morning returned 10 the house
BY the back way to get her smoothing
irons and some coal, which she had bssn
using, and found her sister, who immedi-
ately commenced m alteration and told
her she should not have any Of the cud.
The other replied that she had bought =
part Of it and would take il; and was stoop-
ing down to get it from the barrel, when
her sister seized the shovel and straek
Ter twice on the back Of her head. She
Immediately fell and was taken inssnsibs
into the neighbor's house where she hsd
passed the night-the lady hearing the
noise and running in to see what was ths
matter. This was about two weeks ~;
and the poor girl after lingering in great
distress, died on Thursday night q -
week. The names of the parties y ~
most lamentable transaction are withheld.
HORRIBLE SroRY.-The Cincinnh
Chronicle publishes an extract Of . lelas
received by gentleman in that city, i'm
his brother at Isle Royal, on Lake SnPs-
rior, detailing the following story:
A man and his wife, half-breed, weFs
left on the Island last Gall by the localm
Of copyrights or leases, to keep good ~
possession. The Isle Royal 10 aboul y
miles from the British or Northern sbns
1t is about 40 miles long, and but ~
miles in width. This man and NO.
were the only inhabitants Of this solis.y
land during the seventies Of winter. u
the 9Th Of March the man died. ~
writer Of the letter arrived there On ~
37th Of April, in an open boat, fron ~
Point. They found the woman still y w.
cabin where the two had lived, and ~
corpse Of the man still in the bed wA6s
he died! The purity and cold Of The =
mosphere had prevented the decay 80
body, and the lonely woman had been ~
able or unwilling TO remove H. Nss9
two months had she lived and slept y 80
same cabin with her dead husband, w.
tho vavf,, ov~s~.~I 81 I...:.I hscn HE