Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-05-10
Incident of the late E,xpIo.ion.

The Clerk of the Wayne reports the number
of persons on the boat at the time of the disaster
from 80 to 100.
The two starboard boilers were thrown into a
perpendicular position by the explosion, SKATER
ing the cabin and the hull terribly, Oar inform
ant says one of the boilers was thrown through
the massive timberS of the boat, high as the
hurricane deck. The State Room OF the Cap
tain, next 10 the steerage Cabin, was blown to
pieces, and his bed blown upside down, but he
was unhuFt lie Immediately went into the hold
aud found feet of water there. The clerk be-
fore leaving the boat, tore ffsayera doors which
he threw overheard, for those WAC were in the
water.
The Wayne sunk in fifteen minutes after the
explosion, going down head first; carrying away
the Storage cabin above SCATTERING the hull bad
ly, and carrying away the 'orenast, on which
were SIX persons.
The yawl was launched and twelve persons
reached shore in it. Tie life boat half filled on
launching and leaked badly, bur six persons got
ashore in It after six hours eXe:tions by baihng
constantly.
10 adj to the terrific scene around, Just before
she w Mt down the fire had communicated 10 the
hall, AID the tiaIn were Just bursting ont in sov
eral places. This with the inevitable destruction
that emed to await the survivors who were
I
| beggars all scrlption. After the huh sunk and
the cabin tluated oil on which We're the principal
art OF those saved, bat one life was lost, ana
| that was woman. Those who lost their lives
were killed or scaldCd at the time Of the expo
sion, and those we have conyersed with think
tGera was bat one person lost after this, and yet
We have no statement TO the contrary.
Immediately after the explosion, the captain
(Eddy) and i've others, sprang into the lit-boat
and made for the shore it, search Of assistance
The mate, with some dozen others in The yawl,
espied vessel in the distance, made for ii and al
last succeeded in reaching the schooner Einra,
which Immediately commaLced bealing down to
the wreck, which she reached aboat haIl-past
seven 4. NJ and took off the unnJured, scalded
and dead from The deck.
When the hull went down. the cabin foated
i'll two pieces, the smaller remaining attached to
tie mast by the shrouds, and the latter to the
stern, by the tiiler ropes On the first was Mes
SIS. Molten and Petiinger, and some six or eight
o;hers--on the latter, Mr.. Eddy, 3 others unin-
J.Ire badly scalded and dead. The cabin
II ated, but the doors, panels, &c, being carried
away il rose as close to the top or hurricane deck
as bedding, chairs, &c would allow, leaving the
deck abOGt two feet above water. Ga this deck
tn Survivors and the dead remained, long hour,
whi.e this trail support heaved with every undu-
lation of the lake, shaping itself to the waves.
-Four women and two children were on the wreck
and they bore up noby. Those on the forward
portion were most e. posed TO the action OF the
water, and were nearly frozen.
Mr.. Eddy was able to walk in the cabin under
the deck, and pull out the mattresses, blankets,
&c, for the comforts ofthose above. In attc mpt-
ING u convey some of these 10 the other part of
the deck, he was washed from his raft, and had
come difficulty in raeaining his old posti n
The water where tie hull sunk was probably
about twenty-five feet deep which was exceed
ingly fortunate, as, in deep water the deck would
have been pulled under, unless the shrouds and
dcr ropes had parted--& thing by no means
probable
After the Elmira took off these on the wreck,
and the dead bodies picked mp the yawl, she
made for Sandusky, and meeting the Islander,
the passengers were transferred to her, the
wounds of the scaded dressed, and the others
cared for. On arriving at Sandusky, the ready
hand eXtcI ded to all who had suffered from the
sgdlen and terrible calamity
One of the firemen who escaped says that Just
before the accident he tried the boilers, and there
was plenty OF water in them.