New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-07-11

TERRIBLE DISASTER --DREADFUL EXPLOSION
| GREAT Loss or LHE -DEsTRucrIoN or Tue MAR
| ouErrF YESTERDAY afternoon, about O'Clock most
caamtous disaster occurred at ihe steamboat landing
near the foot Of Poydras street At the time mentioned
the steamboat Marquette. Capt T. IurPin while back
ing out from the wharf burst her boilers WIN moster
hc explosion scattering instantaneous death and de-
sfrucuOn around. The report Of the explosion was tire
mendous shaking the very Foundations Of the buildings
on New Levee for several squares The Marquette as
are informed had not made more than one or two
revolutions when she bic IN.
Piece. OF the w1eckv own with human bodies
into the and AZ immeusa istances The boat was h
! erary blown % atoms
How many lives have been lost By this terrible acct
dent il not known-indeed i never be accurately
a-ceraned several who going passengers had
registered their names and u Is feared thht many OF
the deck passengers are lost The ladies' and children In
the cabin were all saved and escaped injury. except
small sirl who we learn was scaded but not MORALLY.
One dead body was taken from the wreck II wastha'
of man. name unknown who had his legs literally
blown away and otherwise mangled. Three other
persons died their way TO the hospital Last night
there were Eighteen persons In the Charity Hospital and
one in Dr. stones taken from the boat These are all
more or less injured-many OF them it IS feared. NOR
tally.
The officers of the boa, Capt Turpin slightly
scaded l., mate Robt Smith slightly scalded clerk
J +. Lee bruised. but not badly bsr<eeper, John Or
rick. OF GreeusbOrJugh, Ala, badly bruised lst cng
neer Saml Hayes scsded but not dangerously 2d ens
neer John Hazard dreadfuly scalded, On the Hospr
81 engineer Hannibal slave OF the Captain, badly scaid
ed On the Hospital 1t pilot Theodore Ostrader
vcrely confused and scaded, On Dr. Stones Hospital
2d do, -- Powell missing.
Cabin Passen gers-Mrs. McCord and child Miss
LYDIA Page Miss sarah smith, Mrs Harriet Cook all Of
Mobile: and Mrs. Eimira Lacy U! Cincinnati-al Of
whom escaped unnjgred The number Of gentlemen
who had taken cabin passage 10 about nine among them
Black ~ Martin. Captain OF the Belle Poue, al Mo
bile much injured, but not dangerously; Geo w Wood
hull. clerk of the Belle POule. missing Luther Hatha
way mate OF the Belle POule arm broke and face
fused John Milton. OF New Albany Ia -caded On the
ho-piia) Mr. Martin of Tennessee. missing
Cror and Storage Pas:sn90s-We could no, obtain
a let OF the number Of the crew or steerage
passengers Capt Turpn that he thinks the for
mer numbered about ten and the latter some thirty
Mrs Decker and her child sbou, nine moths old, Of
these passengers. are known 10 be lost.
Besides those already mentioned. we found the follow
lug persons all less injured by the 0phe.
IN the Charity Hospital last evening Many Of them
feared would survive TIL morning WA. B.
Daniels Il Boston, badly scslded Andrew Troy ire
land dangerously scsded Mary Troy his wife and ha-
~ Ann and Margaret their children 81 ghtly scaded
Christopher Gueydsln and Francis Leglaise natives Of
France both slightly scalded John Westhesd, Liver.
pool scaded Johanna Mccarthy. Ireland sca.ded l..
Harkins Ireland. do. John Domsn. unknown. do; VIM.
Ramsey Alabama do: John w. Lee, New.fork, do.
The prompt and unremitiing attention paid By the Sis
OF Charity the unfortunate sufferers showed them
70 ne minlsterin: angels indeed. y. o. Pic. July 2
The Marquette wac just over from Noble, and was
leaving for Cincinnati for repairs We have heard half
dozen causes assigned FOR the a ccden nearly all al
tributins il 70 gross csrelessnessor negligence.