Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-01-13

STEAMBOAT GNPLOSiON.-We gblncI
few more particulars Of the terrible accident
on board Of the steamboat A. N. Johnson,
which boat our readers will recolect, ,expo-
ded her boilers near Maywllc, Ky, few
days since.
! Mr.. Williams and lady were in ,he ladies
cabin. A horrible crash aroused them. Mr..
! w. feeling the steam penetrating The state
room, seized his wife, who had sprung up
and envelopcd both her and himself N the
| bed ci",he-, saved themselves ttom being
scaldcd by the steam and hot wut'r, which
soon wet every thing around, Lo"ki z out,
! IN a few moments he found that one of the
boilers had blown aft directly through the
boat, tearing away the floors OF each cabin,
and carrying off the front of the state rooms
on The side opposite TO them Front OF the
wheel houses the gentlemen's cabin was all
blown sway or fallen down. Mr.. w. and
lady on the guard besidi Il cir state
room, winch fortunately was on the side to-
ward the shore, (close to which the boat lay J
aud by the assistance of the captain got safe
To land. They were the last uha left the
wreck, through which the fire was then rap.
idly spreading
/ On the shore there were two small cabins,
but they could sffIrd little accommodation
for the sufferers Mr.. Williams procured a
skltr, and with his lady and a gentleman
started for Maysvile, ten miles below, TO
send up aid. ! hey go, down about 6 o'clock
~ the morning. The Boone had just got in
from CncIunuu with her buckets broken by
the ice, and could not 90 up until they were
in some degree repaired. She did not get
OF before Q A. NJ.
Notwithstanding the reported statement o'
the dying engineer, II seen to me To be the
general oplalon that the horrible accident &C
Cured from want of water IN the boilers,
which in turn was occasioncd by an lmpcr-
lection IN the pumps.
She had three boilers, and it is though, the
hues of all collapsed. One IL supposed To
have gone down through the hull and ooca,
stoned the rapid sinking which took pace
another passed at, as already mentioned
tearing every thing before u, and landing m
a corntield some 800 yards below while tho
7 third broke Into two pieces, one OF winch
wns found in the bank close by, and the 9th
er IN cornfeld some $50 yards above,
hsnpar ns can b. told there were % cablr
passc ncefs, and is deck; from GO to so are
killed or missing. There were six ladies' OF
board-all saved 1 or ) children, also saved
/ ! ne DbOle WtnN up lIbHl "hDeN'l't w wv
scene ut disaster, and brought 81 dead an'
wounded TO that place, aud or TO thu
/ city.
I Five Of those lort at Maysville we're TO
'rxpccted TO live when the d. Boone left
There were ~ horses on board, 6wete saved
The circumstances Of the death OF the frs
clerk were reported as most singular. liz
was blown some 100 yards on shore !--spran!
.Iup, ran some distance INTO Deighborn!
house. ran und.ra bed. aud when person
got to him, he was Just dying. ! he "a en-
glnccr SAID, befor" he dlcd, that he had iile'
the boilers Just before the accident md fonn
plenty of wuter ~ them; but the clerk soy
he heard the engineers complaining severa
unes, after they left this cny, that the pump
did not work well
1 The scene Immediately after the cxpld
sion Is represented rs hortIblc and heat
rrudrpr IN the cXtrcmc. The groans Of ih
+ badly Iuilrrd, the shucks ot women, lh
.conluseG and eager Efforts of nearly all, NJ
dr,ublud, To escape from the wtcck, hcgga
description. |, mast have been ! orrld w
kong ou oi deep sleep ~ The sll hour OF III
night
One wpnsn. w,th three children. threw lh
( eide, overheard, and, with the youngest
r her n'm-. sptang after them. They we're a
, rr,cutd.
Had lhc..plosioa' 'akcn place any consi'
rtshl, distance from share. scarcely or
: would have cscalel 10 tell the inle aud .
u II was, Mr. Williams tLiuk, Tint himscIt M
{ lndy, aud two ur three others, AZ most, oi
u oil vino escaped entirely unhu't
=, Rulph Waldo Emerson has been invited