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rERRIBLE sTEAMBOAT EXPLOSION!
GREAT LOSS OF LIFEl

GREAT LOSS OF LlFEU
About half. f.past 2 O'Clock, Saturday, the
Madison and Cincinnati packet Redstoue, pass
ed Carrolton. When about three miles above
she landed on the Kentucky side, and as she
was backing out her boilers exploded with a
tremendous noise, tearing the boat to atoms,
and causing her to sink in twenty feet water
in less than three minutes. Several gentlemen,
whose attention had been attracted by the
boats racing, and the great quantity Of steam
she was working, saw the explosion. Her Chin
Reys were blown half way across the river.
We GET, the above particulars from an extract
81 rFdlten ner. Since the arrival OF the
louisville Ind Bfaals0H steamers, VT have OBJ
tained the following additional particulars:
The 2edstone had lately commenced running
between this city and Madison as an independ-
ent evening passenger boat She left Madison
on Saturday, at - NJ, and the only landing
she made before the explosion was at Carrolton.
She passed on to Scott's landing or Craig's bar
three miles above CarrOltOn, on the Kentucky
side--to take on a passenger-Rev. Perry A.
Scott, formerly Of COvington. While the steam.
er was backing out from this landing, she had
some difficulty in turning as the wind was
blowing hard shoreward, aud when about 100
feet from the landing the explosion occurred at
the second revolution Of the engine-three
boilers exploded at the same instant. All the
upper work Of the boat forward Of the ladies
cabin was blown to atoms--the hull swung
round with the current and Immediately sunk
at the bow, in 90 feet water while the stern
rested on the bottom near the shore. There
were on board at the time about sixty five pas
sengers, of whom it is thought thirty five must
have been killed.
There were but two lady passengers on
board, both Of whom, aud the cabin maid, were
saved, and but slightly injured. Among the
killed are the Rev. Mr.. Seott-(whO had been
on a visit to his parents-whO, with his sisters,
having Just parted with him, we're standing on
the shore and saw him blown to fragments,)
Mr.. Goble, editor Lawrenceb'g Press, and Mr..
Myers, foreman in the same office. Mr.. G.'s
body was horribly manged, and all the hair
scalded from his head. The first and second
engineer, aud all the firemen were killed in
stantly.
Mr.. Soper the first clerk, was standing near
the office, and says the first intimation OF the
danger he had was being lifted up full 100 feet
and falling into the river, and swan ashore; a
moment after he heard the cry Of distress IN
the river a few feet distant, he swan out and
rescued a drowning person. This was the Cap
tain. fPats0 who had one of his legs broken.
The second clerk was accidentally left at Madi-
SON. The pilots were badly injured. Capt.
Wright brought Mr.. Langley, one Of them up
10 Aurora; he had both Of his legs broken. The
other coull not be moved, and it is probable that
he will not recover,
The awful force Of the explosion can be con-
ceiyed from the fact that large piece of one
Of the boilers was blown half mile, lacking S
or yards, from the wreck Eleven bodies
we're blown into a cornfield at some distance
frem the water. Among them, those Of the
first and third engineers.
The people Of Carroltou and vicinity hurried
to the scene, and twenty. five dead and wound
ed bodies were Immediately borne to a small
farm house on the top Of the hill which rises
back from the river, and which was converted
into q hospital. The inmates Of this house
gave up their rooms, bedding, and everything
10 their possession to the suffering. The scene
here beggars all description. The mangled
and ghastly corpses by the side Of the wounded
and dying, with inadequate medical aid and
means for the care Of the latter, the floor Of the
rooms covered deep with blood this, and the
view Of the scattered wreck and the awe-strick-
en- multitude on the shore below, made up a
scene Of horror before which the intensest
paintings of Sue and Dickens pale and grow
dim.
The river for some distance below CarTolton
was streWn with the fragments Of the BOAT, ma.
chinery, furniture, and clothing. Small pieces
.of bedding and clothing were found ct dis
lance Of very nearly half mile back from the
river, while the trees along the shores were lit
tered with tie fragments Of the same and Of the
wreck
The Hoosier State, which came along soon
after the catastrophe, rendered every assistance,
and took on board fifteen Of the Wounded-Oi