Washington telegraph., 1849-12-05
From tile ~. O. Crescent, N0v. II.
THE LATE TERRIBLE DISASTER

Full Particsia lars OF the Exp OSAOh Oh TIC
Steamboat Louisiana
Yesterday morning we gave all that
could be gathered at the time, relative
TO the almost overwhelming catastrophe
that has clothed our city ia mourning,
and made desolate the hearts Ot many OF
its citizeus But the sal record has large
Iv increased, and in the mOurutul lists
below we present a full statement up to
! The present time. The list 0t the missing
is st,n very incomplete; 40 register has
beel found of the passengers ot the Ill
tated Louisiana, aud uutii the rlver gives
up its dead the blank cannot be hiled.
The eniyranls that througed its deck
have .goue TO that tar oil country from
whence no traveller returns The bright
eve of wonen lies dilIuued beneath the
weight oi waters that press upon 1t; the
strong mans agony has passed away III
its embrace. Anxious days--months-
will he spent oy loved ones tar away, and
yet no words oi joyous welcome can ever
fail upon the duh cold ear OF death.
Fathers will bend beneath the blow that
is now flying, a switt-winSed messenger
| of sorrow 10 the homes that can know
| the lost no more; mothers hearts Will
! nruu, 10, .i.v id,i, .l.s.e long o..sl.~S..
ed; brothers will bow i'll manly grlet. aud
sisters pour out the gushing tenderness OF
their wealth of love. uniIl the fading
forms give sorrowful earnest of another
victim. -u,
Thlrty-six hours since gay assemblage,
| clothed IN bright hopes, gathered ON
| board of the Louisiana Where are they
| now! Aud on whom does the awful re-
spousibiilty rest of sending into eternity
so many souls!
We are told that the origin of the eX-
plosion is not known, aud yet we know
that the FIRST Engineer was on shore,
with leave to join the boat at Lafayette;
and that the Second Engineer must have
been absent from his post from the fact
that the instant before The explosion he
returned to the engine, found that there
was something wrong, cried out TO the
mate to run for his life, and saved his
own 10y rapid movement to the stern.
Negligence the most culpable is too plain
ly seen. The boat was within few
minutes Of its departure, when officers and
crew should have been doubly vigllant
aud yet how different froin this are the
facts shown.
The steamboat Storm, having just
come IN from Louisville, had her larboard
exposed to the explosion, and her upper
works were made complete wreck.
Death was hurled in the midst of her
passengers, with the giant force of steam
! aud they fell amidst the crashing timber
that overwhelmed them.
The Bostona, also lying alongside Of
the Louisiana, shared the tate OF the
Storm. Her decks were strewed with
the dead and dying, and her cabin pre-
sented dreadful sceue.
The crowd OF persons upon the Levee,
| bidding farewell 10 kindred aud friends,
| also added their quota to the terrible
work that H. an instant summoned two
hundred human beings 10 their last ac-
count.
A number Of clerks of our mercantile
houses were on board oi the boat receiv-
ing their bills of ladlng, aud their names,
as fal as we could CLEAN them, are IN The
list of the ''.nis>ing "a word that Tells
their fate at the present hour. News
boys eagerly pursuing their daily trade,
became early victims TO the dread deS-
troyer, aud their humble homes are III
mourning. as sincere aS the residences OF
The more favored of fortune. Grief levels
all dl>IIuctIous->ide by side we found
yesterday the -pemiess and the million
are, searching among the bleeding mass
of di>igured corpses! Their tears niugl-
ed together-words of sympathy came
from each. -
Wenow proceed 10 give the sad details
conveyed in The lists of .he killed, wound
ed and missing:
KILLED.
Mrs. Robert Moody, wife of the clerk
of the Storm. Major b. g. Edmondson,
OF Missouri, distinguished as gallant
officer in The late war with Mexico. DR.
Thomas NJ. Williams, OF Lafou:che, pac-
ed amongst the missing in our report
yesterday. Peter Walsh, a trader Oh
the river; his father resides i'll Missouri
Simeon Wolfe, of New York. relative
of Mr.. Isaac Hart of this city. Capt.
w. P. Brown, of the First Municipality
ferry. Johu Sullivan a newsboy. Horace
Gold>tern, of Cape Girardeau, Mo. j.
N Craft, OF Memphis. Denuis Abbot.
of Lafayette, the deceased belonged to
the Order of Old Fellows, and the body
was conveyed by members of that Order
10 his late residence. John Handerhin,
a boy of 10 years of age, native of
Ireland. Richard Kelly, aged 32 years,
native of Ireland He was drayman
of the city. Alfred Watson, pilot of the
Louisiana. Joseph Clushman, of New
York. aged l9 years. IL. J. Meyers.
Edward Hubert, commission merchant,
50 Poydrass. who had gone OH board of
the Louisiana to deliver letters. Levi
Prescott OF Mem nhiS identified by due