New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-09
BY THU MIDNIGHT SOUTHERN NAIL.
Things in Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA Friday, Noyembera.
You have received by telegraph, brief account
of the dreadful explosion on board of the steam
propeller Telegraph" near New Castle, Del,
last evening. During this morning the Bulletin
has gazetted the following additional facts:
The telegraph Ia high pressure steamer belongs
to The Philadelphia and Baltimore Steam Boat
Company and is one ofthe boats of what is known
as the Ericsson Line. She carries passengers and
freight between this city and Baltimore, via the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. She was we
believe built Mt kenslngton, IN lol1 and com
menced running in the fall OF that year Her
boiler was only about three years old, but had be
come much worn.
The T was on her regular passage from thls
CITY to Baltimore, with her usual cargo OF goods
and some forty passeugers-the total number OF
persons on board, including the officers and hands,
being about fifty.
Al the time Of the accident those in charge of
the boat say that she was going at her ordinary
rate her engine making its customary number Of
revolutions and that the head OF steam was not
greater than common. The officers ana employees
who survived declare the disaster to be unac
countnble, and that they cannot assign any cause
for it.
inner part of the steam-drum. This collapsed and
the vent upward being thereby partly closed the
main escape of the steam was downward, IL
blew out the door OF the smoke-boX, ana tushln9
aft filed the engine room and kitchen ana maze
. total wreck of all the frame work OF these apart
ments. with every thing in them instantly killing
tine cook and steward and awluly scaldlng the
first engineer and fireman The second engineer
il missing. and was either blown through win
dow into the river or jumped overheard and per
shed
The deck passengers were collected around the
IL, t,ofla +C %
warm. and there were two OF the cabin passen-
gers in the engine room. They were all complete
" enveloped by the steam, and some oil them
yiehtfallv scalded. The deplorable scene that
ensued can only be imagined To try to describe
it. would be giving at best but faint idea OF 1t;
The report Of the explosion was about as Loud
as that Of a gun The lamps were all blown out,
aud the vessel left in momentary darkness. AS
soon as the first panic and confusion suDsded, tne
attention of the uninjured was directed to the
condition of the wounded and dying, and all was
done that it was possible TO do for their reiIef'
The boat was got ashore with all dispatch, and
the authorities and citizens OF Newcastle e&e[Iet
tbe1os elyeg in the most humane manner ID Oehai,
ofthe sufferers Dr.. a. H Grimshaw and several
DeIayrare Dhysicians were in attendance, andren
dered efficient medical aid. S1r Chaikley laylor
and Mr.. 7. S. Robinson OF this city, attended 10
norton Of the sufferers all night.
c;[ dead bodies were brought to the city and
have been taken in charge by coroner haas'
who will hold inqueSs upon them tomorrow.
These persons or most ofthem, died on the pas
sage nd Nine other persons, dead or fatally IN
uTed we were informed, were left at Newcastle.
Among the dead brought to Philadelphia is we
understand, gentleman from Baltimore, named
YIN. Stevens He was one OF the TWO cabin pas
seDgers that were in the engine-room
The first engineer, Mr. John Miller, areaident OF
the upper section Of the county, reached the city
alive, but expired somewhere in the vicinity OF
Second and CaowhiIl streets, as they were con-
7eyipg him home. He leaves family.
The name Of the second engineer, who is mis-
sing. was John Dennis. He was unmarried.
Eight persons were taken to the Pennsylvania
Hospital. Their names are John Meredith deek
hand, aged 20 Patrick Blaniord, aged q James E
Harder, "a Michael Sullivan, 90; Daniel M d
thy wdower, "a Patrick Tobn, Il Allce u atter
40, all Irish, and one unknown who was 90 90 Of
wards identified as Joseph Norton asddab ef,re
Southwark, fireman of the boat DE al9 Grsen is
he reached TIE Hospital The woman, I badJy in.
seriously scaded Some Of the rest a abe MORALLY
f1lsG1 but none Of them, it was thought i1'
wounded. -. tbe commander OF the
boat, who was lying u MA