Washington telegraph., 1850-02-20
steamboiler Explosion--lOoLives Lost.

steamboiler Explosion--IO OOLives Lost.
New York, Feb. 4.-Tle boilers i'll
Taylors machine shop, in Hague street,
near Paul street, exploded his morning,
and it is supposed 100 lives were lost.
Fifty bodies have already been found.
The fire is now raging, threatening
more damage.
SECOND DIsPATCH.-A boierin Taylors
machine shop and prin;ins press man
ufaclory exploded early this morning.
The engine was ia the cellar. ST. John,
Burr & Co., hat manufacturers, occupied
the first floor. The secoid and third
floors were occupied by TAYLOR, and COIL
tained six heavy power presses, and other
heavy work. In the foru story there
was a book bindery. Altogethe. there
were about $50 persons employed in the
building, and it is supposed that no less
than one hundred persons we're killed al
most instan;aneously. Th. whole build
ing was raised six feet from the founda-
ton, and tell down with a terrible crash.
Thirty dead bodies were taken from the
ruins up to noon, and sixty or seventy are
still buried. Voices are still leard among
the ruins, and the cries of the unfortunate
sufferers are truly distressing and heart
rending. The bodies that have been re-
covered were mangled in the most hor-
rihle ioannnr rendering their recognition
almost utterly impossible. a-
A large crowd is assembled and work.
men are engaged digging out the bodies.
Various opinions are expressed as to the
cause. The general impression seems to
be that the boiler was defective. A man
rescued from the ruins said it was an old
steamboat boiler that had been patched
up. The proprietors state it was new
boiler. and the explosion was owing to
the frost last night. A great number of
those who were buried in TIE ruins have
been drowned, as floods of water have
been poured into the building since eight
O CLOCK this morning.
Had the explosion occurred an hour
later the loss of life would have heen
much greater
New YORK, Feb. S, Mat noon to-
day % dead bodies and q wounded
persons had been taken from the ruins
OH Hague street The worknen are still
engaged in digging. 1t is impossible to
tell the cause of the explosion. Many
persons perished 10y fire, AMI others by
coEd-yesterday being the coolest day of
the season. Many of the unfortunate
persons could be heard impoing assist
ance. others begging TO be saved from
the fire which had attacked heir limbs
and others praying for the water TO be
stopped from the engines. Aad, ten or
twelve years old, while in lis horrible
prison, manifested great heroisn oy cheer
ing the men whom he heard ;bove him,
and encouraging his fellow sufferers with
the hope of release, and chidiig their i'm
patience. Another exhibited emarka bic
GOODNESS who was rescued aftd being in
the ruins buried for six houk. When
the rubbish was cleared so Is to give
access to his head, brandy and water was
rendered him, which he refused, as he
was Son of Temperance. His recovery
is doubtful. The scenes in Hague street
and the vicinity of the Station house are
horritying in the extreme. Women i'll
mournful anxiety as to the fate of those
most dear to them crowded erery avenue.
and heart-rending are the cries of distress
when blackened corpses are found to be
the remains of husband or father.