The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-12-01

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standing near him, and the poor fellow, gIanping III
doctors coat as he fell, tore il in the violence q
his agony. His grasp, however, was sooh Ieieas
ed by death. Mr. Paradise, OF the hrm oil rare
| disc & Lawrason, who was on the wharf at In
time had his coat and other clothes torn TO ribbons
and yet was unhurt.
| Coon AND BAD DEKDs.-Occuuences like thi
never fail TO develop the higher as well as III
lower Qualities Of humanity. During the confu
sion OF the scene following the explosion many Q
our citizens threw themselves, with characteristic
generosity, promptiiude, and energy, into th'
crowd Of The dead, the dying and the wounded.
THIEVES AND RuFFIAss-The calamity tina
spread far and wide among our fellow-citzens o.
Thursday evening, by the explosion on board th'
Louisiana, WIS a signal for The heartess thleve'
and rufians who abound here at this season oil IN,
year 10 engege in their nefarious business VIII
more than usual audacity. While oilers wh(
went 10 the leyee on that occasion 10 initiate The
good Samaritan by binding the wounds OF the vic
Tins who still had life in them, OF TO put IN PIac
tee the laws Of humanity by assisting 10 remove
for the purpose of receiving decent christian oura
tie bodies Of the killed, or the fragments OF The
human temple that lay profusely scattered about,
those wretched fellows were busy on Their villa
nous errands 10 despoi both quick and dead. hob
Goods Were carried off from the wreck, and percels
picked u? aud appropriated, ss ii the population
had been invited TO a general scramble. Inc cara
ness which 80 soon came on threw protecting
veil over their wickedness, and the whole night
v as employed by them in obtaining p-under.-
Some of them have been arrested, and various
articles Of property have been traced TO receiving
houses. We invoke the arm OF the law 10 PUNISH
these evil-doers with the utmost risor when
caught
The Mayor himself, il appears, received proof
CT the activity OF the thieves on that occasion.
While assisting, with some other gentlemen, 10
identify the BODY of a man killed by the explosion,
a watch belonging TO the deceased was handed TO
bis Honor fer safe custody, and oy MN deposited
in his coat pocket In an instant hand nom Inc
crowd divea into the aperture Teseaie1 oy the
worthy iunctioBaIy's movement, seiLeu me uine'
piece, and made off with II unperceNeo. lhe
MAYORS surprise may be conceived, when lew
moments afterwards he felt for The property Just
deposited with him, and asceTtained II was gone.
Nume 10 us incidents OF an extraordinary ana al
fsctins nature are attached 10 this dreadful event
The melancholy history connected with The death
of DR.. +. J. Marsh of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, calls
forth cur wslmest sympathy. From memoranda
taken from ais person, we found thai ne had been
toilins for some time in the mines OF California,
and with the product OF his labor, after undergoing
hardships, he was Fastening TO return
10 his family ia the Far West! HE arrived in this
city q few dave since in the Alabama, and large
amount Of gold was found upon him. Alas Tor HUI
man hopes! Withloyful anliclpations oil The meet.
irg in store, with warm feelings thTonging around
bis heart, snd glad thoughts Of the happy future,
he swept away from earth, and his distant
home made dark and desolate!
The body Of VIM. G Read, was recognized yes
,erday morning. at the BsTonne stIeetwatch house,
by two ofhis friends, and removed for the purpose
Df taking II back 10 his late residence, Fulton Mo.
Mr.. Reed MAS one of party OF six that left that
place with tie design of proceeding 10 California.
Da their arrival here, not being able 10 procure
ickets for t1e whole route by the way OF the
lsIhmus, 1--WE concluded 10 return and await until
eSt Decem5er. OF the five, Read is killed, and
Thomas ane Crock cit Harrison, badly sCaided.
A number of ampuGations have taken place IN
he Charity Hospital, and the medical faculty have
Invariably used chloIoioun, with the greatest sue
cess. A vast amount OF suffering, IN this catas-
10 phe alone, has been saved by this great discOv
Fry.
The pilot of the Storm, when he head the eX-
liJsion, supposed IL was the boiler o. his own
;, At that hal burst He instantly fell PROSTATE at
he foot OF the steering wheel just Ell the mo
nent u neg:o was blown into the pilot house aud
ell beside aim The pilot escaped with slight
ga the hand, occasioned by he falling
negro. The latter WIS picked up lifele@s.
Mr.. Frederick A. Wood, clerk in ely lumber
ard, was wounded in very extraordinary manner.
he Was strick, at a distance Of two squares from
he scene of the explosion, by piece o! curved
ron, which fractured both arms without touching
my other part OF bis body. One Of HIS arms has
been anpuiatej.
We think il would not be eXtrsvagsni 10 esti.
nate The killed and those who will die Of their
wounds from the explosion at $50, and the wound
q at 100 more, making total OF 2bJ persons,
Ii led and injured by one steamboat, explosion.
Il is almost impossible TO arrive at anything like
L -. oF .,.sI. hy - Ara FFaf
event. On comparing our lists Of yesterday morn
ng and eVesing and of this morning, we may put
4 down at eighiY-oue killed, sixty wounded and
eight missing. These are Known. butH we take
INTO consideration the number Of idleIs, skitfmen,
DUys negrces, sIrsngers, emigTants, Caliiornians,
ieck -hands, &C., who were scattered on and
ABOUND the three boats ir every direction, and who
were for the mOst part strangers 10 eaca other, IN
different 10 every ones tIte but theiI own, IL we
hink how many were swept of by The stTesm,
how many blown into mere fragments, and whose
% mes will never be known, We cannot far err in
the total amount Of casualties by this
catastrophe az not less than two hun
hred
The conclusion was 80 great that it shook
the houses 10 their foundation for m,ny squares
distant The Louisiana was lying alongside the
steamer Bostona, Capt. Dustin, al the lime
Of the disaster, and the steamer Storm, Capt
Hopkins had just arrived from Louisville, coming
in on her starhoard side. The upper works OF
these two boats are complete wrecs, their chin
news having been carried away, and their cabins
stove in and shattered in some places 10 atoms
The violence of the shock operating on the boil.
eTs was tremendous. part OF one OF them, q
mass Of considerable size, was hurled with incon.
ceivabIe force on the leFee. II cut mule in two,
killed horse and driver Of drsy To which they
We're attached instantar eous.y. Another massive
portion Of the same, twelve feet Ions, and of i'm.
mense weight, was bloun 10 the corner of Canal
and Front streets, distance Of 200 yards at least,
prostatirg three large iron pillar VIII supported
wooden shed or awning which stood before the
coffee-house there. BeiOre coming in contact
with the iron pillars, the fragment Of the boiler cut
through several bales Of cotton, which lay in its
passage, making the staple scatter through the air
as II il had been run through cotton gin.
The news spIesd like widhre, and our citizens
rushed from all directions 10 the scene OF the dis
aster. Already on our arrival, snumoer of bodies,
in every conceivable state of sad n1utiation, had
been dragged from the wreck, which were sur.
rounded by the dense crowd that had assembled.
Hacks and furniture cars were seIt for, and the
wounded were conveyed away 10 the hospitals.-
The sig1t of the mangled bodies which strewed
the evee all sides, and the shriels OF the dying
were appalling, making The blood curdle with hor
ror. We saw one man with bis head off, his en-
trails out, and one leg of. A woman, whose Ions
DARK hair lay wet sn6 matted by her side, had ons
leg off above her knee, whilst her body was shock
ingly msngled. A large msn, having the skull
crushed in, lay a corpse, his face looking as ii i
had been painted red. Others, Of both SEXES, alsC
with legs and arms off, mere trunks, lay about il
dlfferert places Two bodies we found locked
together, brought by death into sudden and clos'
embrace. But is is utterly impossible TO describ'
all the revolving sights which met our view
Suffice il TO say that death revealed Their
under almost every variety of appalling horror
The Louisiana sunk about ten minutes after tn
explosion, and II is supposed many who went Of
| boaId 10 assist the wounded were carried dow
with her. This, we judge, from the fact of sev
eral persons, who had escaped the first effects O
the explosion, having jumped overheard at IN
time of her sinking, and who were pIovi1ent;all