The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-11-23
From ,hs ohio stale Journal.


From The Ohio stale journal.
Explosion OF the steamer Buckeye Belle.
The following letter from friend al Beverly. Wash
nglon county dated November 18th describes one OF the
most terrible steamboat explosions that have ever oc-
cured
hasten 10 inform you OF one OF the most awful eatas-
trophies that has ever been the LOT OF any one 70
the explosion OF the boiler OF the Buckeye Belle lhs after
noon about four o'clock, al the Guard LOCK- Just aoose
The town. in the canal The boat lhe most eople's
wreck that was ever seen Even se ibs, hardly
remains whole plank forward OF the wheel house, ana
The cabin pilot house. and everything back OF The wheel
house shvered 10 atoms, ana sewn 10 ne ,ou ~aaos
around with kndIing wood, furniture. trunks and bag
gage limbs and bodies OF men. IN the most awiui man
ner that the imagination could possibly conceive
There about forty passengers on board, besides
the boats crew. among whom were seven or eight la
dies from this town. with their children, every one
OF whom escaped with their lives, and with only one or
two slight injuries which most remarkable, as the
ladies' cabin completely broken up-%ven The hoor
fell almost 10 the lower deck but as fortune would have
IT, the cabn-deck did fall TO crush them. They
manned on The stern of the boat outside OF the cabin until
they were rescued by their friends IN skins From
among the passengers and crew seven were Killed out
right and two have since died, and probably one or Two
more will die before morning. Their names could not
be ascertained, except MIR. Barbour, from Pi,sburg
Among the wounded are, Leland Murray, who Is badly
scaIded and somewhat bruised, but think not danger
0usy; Mr.. c. c. Convey, formerly OF NlcConnelsvlle,
right leg broken below The knee Mr. Okey
tive from Monroe county badly sca,ded Mr ba W
representative from Washington county, do Mr. WINS
son. clerk, leg badly broken Calvin Snll, pilot leg
broken Mr., Evans. do Mr. Daniels, engineer, badly
scalded Mr.. -, male, arm broken eap' ram,
scalded inwardiy aud injured and hve or SIX more
that have broken limbs. or ara scalded more or less
And there from six 10 ten or twelve that are missing
who probably among the ruins Of the wreck, or IN
the water, which cannot be told unhl tomorrow, when
the wreck is cleared out =,
The boilers were completely blown 10 pieces Inc
largest piece (about ta was thrown more than nifty
fha h<ot Tho
up another piece upon The guard lock- and other pieces
more or less in size sewn IN every diseclonone large
piece aghng near the top OF the hill some three OF Tour
hundred yards from the wreck and some OF the bricks
Of the ae found in the LOT on the top oil the nigh
est hill above town.
The people have shown all the sympathy that such a
scene calculated call out in taxing care OF the dead
and wounded, and doing all that humanity could prompt
in relieving the distresses of their fellow men
The explosion undoubtedly occasloned by the care
lessness Of the engineer IA letting the water get loo iow
and the moment the engine was stopped 10 lei inc boat
pass the gsurd lock exploded with such shock as 10
shake the houses all over town.
A teegraphic despatch received has the following
No ladies' were injured The killed, as FAR as known,
are, John Barbour oil ritsbug produce dealer James
Daniels. OF Harmar engineer John West OF Soalfgn
s. S. Butler, coored; Edward Anterior, OF Beverly
William Stul and others The injured are captain
Ham. arm broken, and badly scaded Mr.. Wilson,
first clerk, leg broken. and both feet and ankles
smashed-prebabIy viii die Calvin Stu; Senator c. C..
Convey has his leg broken Edward Biackmar and many
oIhers known. The boat is torn all 10 pieces
Every nue collapsed IN DOiler Tue
not be found. The acclen, is attributed 10 the gross
recklessness OF the engineers OF whom was on the
safety valve at the time OF the explosion he carpenter
says he od the engineer not hive minutes before Inc ex
posion that there too much steam on.
Mr. WILSON, the clerk OF the Buckeye Belle, has died
OF the injuries received by the explosion The editor oil
the Zanesve Courier has conversed with several per-
who the fatal boat, and thus reports The
sensations OF two OF them at the first moment they were
conscious OF the accident: One gentleman was sitting
reading about midway IN the genlemens cabin, and the
knowledge he had OF himself be was lying in the
ladies' cabin He supposed that he was thrown upwards
through the hurricane roof TO considerable height, and
then fell through the wreck into The ladies' department,
distance OF sixty eighty feet from where he was sill
ling. He assisted the ladies of The wreck, but was
scarcely conscious OF what he doing and insensoie
the effect of scads and bruises until alter
the excitement Another gentleman, who was
asleep in berth Immediately over the boilers, says that
be hal sensations similar 10 what person might I'm.
agine he would have BY falling over roaring cataract OF
several hundred feet and although but moment or two
in mid air." the incidents oil lie passed through ms
mind. He recovered his consciousness alter falling
into the wafer. about Ioi or two from shore. Where
the latter gentleman reposng everything around
blown entirely away, and scattered into thousands
OF fragments.
A letter 10 the Columbus Journal makes mention OF an
OF discretion and bravery the part OF young lady
passenger highly credlabe Senator Convey was sitting
which he was sitting was thrown upon him and broke
his leg young lady OF our acquaintance, Miss Char
loe Stone, OF McConnelsvle, manifested great presence
OF mind By her exerons she removed the hot stove
from Mr. Convey, and took him from the cabin wreck 10
the guard OF the boat She then procured mattress and
put him on il till he could be removed The hot stove
with IFS burning contents was on the floor, and would
have set the wreck fire. She took blankets and
sheets from The beths and pungng them in the water
threw them the stove and floor, and thus avoided
that danger Intelligence was received al Columbus on
the 18th instant that Senator Coyey could not survive bs
injuries.