Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-12-06

Fox, William WEIGH, Clinton Smith, MI
ley Mulley, slave of Moses hurry, Ga.
and her two children; Jno. Evans, VIM.
Burke, VIM. Tucker, Henry Tucker,
Missouri: James Ma,thes, Juan Montre-
al, WIN. Nee, James WEIGH, James Flynn,
John E. Baber, VIM. Way Mo-; VIM.
Riley; Daniel Kenne, George Zimbleman,
John Lynch, Joseph Wilbur, Edw. Nc
earthly, Thomas Simmons, Isaac Miller,
Herman Sibold, both legs amputated Cor
nelius Mccain, John O'Leary, Mrs. Gal
lagher, this lady lost one child John KEEL
", Daniel Mccarthy, John Montgomery,
John Laws.
Wounded admittedin DR.. Stones Hospi-
tal.-Thomas Harrison, Fulton, Mo-;
Sam'l Corley, Frederick A. Wood. -rMr
Rea is also at this establishment.
Wounded admitted in Marine Hospital-
Crockett Harrison, Fulton, Mo-; George,
a negro, and negro child.
Missing. Gillespie, J. Mensing,
Mr. Edgar, Mr. Elliott, clerk in the house
OF Marsh & Raulett, j. w. King, of the
firm Of E. J. Gay s. Co, St Louis Mer-
rift Morris, clerk of Small & McGill; a
son Of Mr. Bareille, the Sicillian Consul;
Mr. Stone, DR.. Bienville, John Dairie,
WIN. Hopkins, St Louis J. Leonard,
Alton; J. Mumford, St Louis.
A number Of amputations have taken
place in the Charity Hospital, and the med
ical faculty have invariably used chloro-
form, with the greatest ssccess. A vast
amount Of suffering, in this catastrophe
alone, has been saved by this great dis
covery.
To-day the Mayor has called upon our
citizens to testify, by signs of mourning,
the irreparable loss sustained. We feel
assured that this mark of grief for the
dead will be respondedto. Already each
heart feels the calamity, and sympa.hizes
with the bereaved.
INCIDENTS.
The event Of Thursday was the most
disastrous Of the kind that ever occurred
in this city. The extent of the mortality
will exceed our highest estimates. All
the facts discovered thus far, gives color
TO the gloomiest apprehensions Of the num-
Der killed. More than sixty-four dead
have already been recognized-more than
forty were exposed in the Baronne street
watch-house yesterday, and at least twen-
ty were in the dead houses of the several
hospitals. Several have died at private
houses. Many others have no doubt float
ed down the stream, and will never be
heard Of again. Others have been crush
ed under the weight Of the wreck, and
their bodies will not rise for some time.
Early yesterday we visited the scene of
the disaster. A large crowd was assem-
bled on the Levee. Not vestige of the
Louisiana was visible, but the Storm and
Bostona lay in the same position they &C.
cupied when the explosion occurred
There they were, the Storm a perfect
wreck, riddled and crushed from the boil
ers to the stern; the Bostona, a costly and
beautiful boat, also, with her pilot house
knocked of, and her wheel house badly
crushed. Amid the general wreck of the
Storm, we were painfully impressed bv
thespectacle Of a beautiful little girl Of sew
en- or eight years, who stood near gen.
tleman, apparently her father sitting in
the cabin Of the Storm, with his head in
his hands, seemingly in deep grief.
The expression of dependence, affection
and grief Of the little girl, with the sor-
rowing attitude of her father, surrounded
as they were by SO many signs of disaster
and desola'ion, made picture which we
shall not soon forget. We have since
learned that the gentleman was Mr. Moody,
clerk Of the Storm, whose wife was killed. |
The little girl was his only child.
The wharf, the barrels and sacks living
on II, were still sprinkled with blood, and |
the debris Of mutilated bodies. A mum.
Der OF persons were engaged in fishing up
bodies. Six were taken up whilst we
were on the levee. In all, eleven were
taken out Of the water yesterday.
Several news boys were killed. The
destruction Of life would have been much
greater, had not the explosion passed over
The great number of persons on the Levee
near the boat. The fragments were hurl-
ed in every direction; large piece of one
Of the boilers was thrown upon the Levee,
and one, entire--a mass Of iron, Is feet
long, and weighing thousands of pounds
was thrown 600 feet from the river, land
ing within three steps Of the door of the
'White Mansion Coffee House," at the
corner Of Canal street. This almost in
credible exhibition Of the power of steam
IAN now be seen there. In its passage it
struck against some bales of cotton, which
essened Its force, or the huge mass would
lave penetrated the house. In its fall it
;illeo two men, and a mule attached to
ray! another piece Of the boiler struck a
Ign in Natchez street, and parts Of the
wreck were carried for squares from the
Gene of the disaster. Several iiinbs of
he unfortunate victims were found neariy
pposlte to G'avier street.
This terrible calamity has clothed our
ity in mourning, and to-day, when the
ad truth that many Of those now only re-
orted as missing are numbered with the
cad is mode known, it will shade still
eeper the gloom. Last night hundreds ,
'ere seeking friends and relatives amidst .
,e wounded and dying, and the wild grief I
those who found the objects of their :
earch stretched upon the ground. robbed,
the twInkling Of an eye, Of life, made I
'e scene most heart-rending. 9
"A number Of our city officers were car. {