Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-02-09
A TERI16LE sALAMIrY AT NEW YORK.

factory Of ALvA TArLoR No Hague street, adjoining
Hull 4 Sons Soap Facoy, exploded at twenty-five minutes
before O'Clock this mdning with disastrous effect
The entire building, whh was of brick and seven stories
high. was instantly azec its foundations buying in the
ruins as number Of he workmsn, many of whom were
killed outright.
II had bean much less disastrous had the flames broke
out in the ruins which, despite the efforts Of the emen
still continue 70 sdvanc, and no orb, numbers have been
literally ested 70 dssl BY slo~ ss The sroans of the
sufferers, soms a whom could ~ j ,nciIy seem were truly
The quantity of rubb.h and brick which covered them
the wahang sr into the interior Of the buldine) was
SO great het ~ tsso removing seemed hopeless. Mum
bes of femen, hes, piled themselves with energy and
effected ~ several individuals In the mean time
conltsiion M by the Mayor with the Chief Of Police,
and under y iy Of the latter some one hundred men
wsrs ttos sz1a6s sAs whsrss and =. 70 work.
Ths ce bstsssn the fse and ysie i absolutely sp>l
palng The poor victims heard now crying the Gre
men to throw on counteract the growing hestnow
to desist TO save them from being deuged and drowned
1t is supposed that about hundred men were ia the
building at the time of the explosion large proportion of
whom are missing Though many of them still able to
converse giving directions the remen the quantity of
water proper to be hrown on, their condition approaches
| desperation.
The explosion was 10 powerful to blow out portion Of
the front wall Of Hus soap factory adjoining sixty feet
| distant.
The New York papers are filed with the par
ticulars and incidents connected with this melan-
choly occurrence. We make the following extracts,
mainly from the Journal Of Commerce and the
Commercial Advertiser.
The appalling disaster in Hague street, by which from
fifty seventy men, almost all ingenious mechanics, natives
Of New England or New York, have been in moment hur
--~.z.
water and superintendent ruins. have yielded to the mex
orabe summons has spread gloom city which
nothing but great calamity apPrehended calamity
able to produce Every effort made by the Fire
Department and Police the sufferers from the ruins
but with only partial Many must have been burnt to
DEATH and others drowned though it is probable that most
of them would have died Of their wounds it had
been possible them. of those Of
migated to which poor humanity occasionally subject
and which makes survivors wonder why merciu God did
not interpose to prevent their occurrence.
The conclusion caused by the explosion distinctly felt
circuit Of half understanding earthquake in
the sensation produced The mutlated remains of the
fuunate workmen, still quivering with life, promscu
ousy strewed among the ruins of building while the boz
dies Of ohcre crushed between the falling floors or n
paled by the shattered tmbes One Of the prominent
Pecacles that caught the was that Of man who had
attempted escape BY flight but who just be making
his exit caught by the neck between the ends OF two
imbers and Instantly killed With the blood gushing from
his nosrls, and the clothing stripped from bis frozen imb
calculated excite the commiseraon Of the behoder than
that Of those who simply confined within the ruins and
had but to await the approach of the flames death IN
doubdesv the fate Of many fo but snox elaps-
ed hctweene saton of the building and the time when
the flames broke out from It's ruins The groans Of the suf
erera, of whom could be distinctly seen, truly
agonizng.
The Of young lad particular excited peculiar
sympathy He in the basement of the building Heavy
mbers ntervened between him and those who would effect
his head, in which the flames ragged ercey If the water
was withheld, the fire advanced If il thrown on. the
unfortunate boy exposed be scaded to death by
water which streamed in upon him from above to perish
from cold. And thus the Of the elements contested
This boy encouraged the fremen to continue their efforts
and also encouraged those who confined around him
keep up their spirits This he continued to do till he report
ed that he the only survivor As the afternoon
away, and he still rescued, the anxiety pre-
vailed He complained Of being cold and showed signs of
exhaustion
length the ruins were sufficiently cleared away to allow
persons hand pass in him. Through this opening
little food and hot coffee passed to him, and he revived
Soon the opening sufficiently wide for blanket to be
through After aboring time at this opening the
asceraned the sheaenng fact that he could not be
ed in that direction account Of his legs being ammed
der some machinery. He sufficiently collected to be
aware Of this and said if they wished him and his
companions they must begin the top and work downward
II was now dark but the task recommended in good
earnest. AT about nine o'clock much of the super
incumbent ruins had been removed that his condition was
more accurately ascer,aned and found that he
held down by heavy iron bar which had fallen across
him and the ends which imbeded the bricks and
timber around him. He could only his left and
turn his head slightly For two hours the most
efforts were made but the ends Of the bar could not be reach
ed vet the head and shoulders could be plainly At
emps were then made the bar but these proved
eciua for want work. and because of the danger
Of bringing down the rubbish upon him by the concusso
At midnight the poor lad began to despair and told
those who were working that he did think they could
him. Al about one o'clock the bar removed from him
It was then asceraned that another bar of
legs. The lad could s, speak. but evidently sinking
He begged that they would pull him out they drew his legs
off The feelings his deiverers and bystandes who
In their intense excitement remained veted TO the spot all
night in spite of the cold wrought to the highest
PITCH and of the femen sad Keep up your spirits,
noble lad we'll have you out, legs and ALL And hard
and zalouy did they labor for it, and at o'clock this morn
ing amid the hearty cheers Of ALL Samuel Tindal lifted
from his threatened grave where be had been inmured and
suffered for tscenty hours.
He Immediately wrapped in blankets and ead to the
drug OF Mr. Taphagen He did not seem to be NOR
tally hurt though bis legs and knees severely burnt
As to be expected be became deous but there is
faint hope that with quiet and due care, he will recover om
that well from his wounds. Had ever so powerful
pen, could adequately commend the noble fellows
whc amid the severes of such night persisted in their
whom they rescued.
This poor lad died Eve hours after being released from
the ruins.
We should Judge that from one hundred TO hundred
and fifty men engaged in exhuming the remains
Their Efforts especially directed to reach the basement
aoo where thirty men were employed whose bodies
expected to recover.
The whole number of dead bodies recovered at latest
date was sixiyl
DEar OF ALAnAnA-A part Of the debt of the State Of
Alabama win fall due the present year. and another portion