Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-11-18
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FROM Tie ZanssUilte GOuries,
The RueIssve Belle Disaster, Further
Particnlars-Thirty Lives Lost
wefpublished in, our paper Of Saturday. tie
news of the explosion OF this bpat ~ the Beverly
canal ON her way from MARIETTA to tits place on
Friday evening last about clock but the. de-
tails are much worse, and the extent ofthe caiam
ity Infinitely greater than our first reports me
boat is q totaltwreck, and was sunk IN a lew MN
utes after the explosion. Portions oil the ooileiS
having went down through the hull, in fact IN al
directions through the boat, sweeping oil every
| thing between decks and the cabin as lar back as
the pilot house. The balance of the cabin helns
depfiyed of Its principle supports, fell down INFO
the wreck in a short time after. OF the p'issen
gersin the ladI IS cabin, Is in number, not one
was killed. OF OtheTWseseyefely injured Win lns
execution of Hon. o.. o. CoYeyy member Of St1s
Senate, from the MORAN andN w ashington ulsuiCh
who being there at the time OF the explosion, tne
stoye falling upon him and breaking his leg It's
said that a lady by the name OF Stone, from NC
Connelsyille was instrumental in saving his me-
and th.t she displayed more presence oil mna ana
bravery, than all the other passengers comDlneoi
and was likewise the means Of saving several
others from injury, There were only two OF three
of our citizens aboard as passengers, OF whom
none were killed. Amos Laymen, Esq, editor oil
the Marietta Republican, and lady, were paSsen-
Eers and escaped without injury. They came up
Yesterday morning on the Clipper. A. II. Dillon,
son OF Isaac Dillon, ESQ.,, OF this city, had very
| Presidential and remarkable escape, being blown
out OF his birth TO which he had retired short
time previously, aud falling among mingled mass
of the wreck into he canal fortunately receiving
so Iittls injury, as to be ableto swim ashore. We
are gladto state thatseyeTal persons reported and
published in our Extra of Saturday evening rs be-
ing among the killed are saved and that MIR. Dan.
lei ZenmaSter of this city was not on the boat at
| all, and not away from the city: We have been
1Mnable to procure only small portion OF THE
linnmes of the dead some of them cannot be ident-
! fled, and some will probably never be known, as
There were number OF strangers on board.
Il Killed, Mr.. Frank Hamrick, inn-keeper of Dun
cans Falls, i'll this county. His body was found
near Hosmer's Mill, half mile below, much man
gied; supposed to have been blown into the river,
aud washed down that far. His remains were
brought up yesterday to his late residence for in
terment. He was among our best citizens, and hlS
loss will be very generally lamented. o.
1 Mr.. John Barbour, produce dealer, Of Pitts
burgh, killed. Mr.. B. was well known here among
our business men, and was esteemed highly as an
1 upright md honest man,
~ Mitchell, of McConnelsYille, killed
VIM. Stull, I'd clerk, killed. young gentleman
of much promise.
First Steward, - Butler, colored, Of Mari
Captain j. II. Hahn, of this CITY, slightly in
iured.
since amputated. ~. 's9.r
! Pilot, Calvin Stull, leg broken,
Engineer, Daniels, severely wounded.
Engineer, David Muncy, slightly injured.
Clerk, Milton Wilson, part of his foot taken
off, and otherwise injured. Passengers say that
| he cannot recover.
C. q. Covey, of Marietta, leg broken. I'D
T. F. hewitt, of this city, severely ScaldedS but
but will probably recover.
Mr.. Pool, of New Orleans, slightly scalded.
Mr.. Pickerel slightly scalded.
There are number ofreports in circulation about
the names of others being killed and wounded, but
the above are all that are ascertained here with
J certainty. .-tG -...,s1
OF the cause of the explosion, there are num-
Der of rumors in circulation, which, if true, will
! fasten on to the engineer, Daniels, who was on
duty, the most damnng charge of reckleSSneSs, and
misconduct, by which he caused the loss of the
boat and the lives Of thirty or more persons As
tins affair will probably be investigated, we will
say nothing more at this time, only that we hope
\ that the mattar will be made the subject of the
most thoroughS investigation, and if any one has
been guilty Of this horrible crime let the axe fall
| and justice be done.
Upon the receipt of the intelligence at McCon-
nelsville, the Physicians Of that town immediate
ly proceeded to the wreck, and have since been
constantly and unrenittingly in attendance oil the
! sufferers.
We have been kindly furnished with the follow
ing letter from A. HoSmer, Esq, of Beverly which
is the latest intelligence from the scene of the dis
aSter. It will be read with interest:
BEVERLY, Nov. Is, 1852.
Mr.. H. K. LOVE,
Dear Sir:-You, no doubt, have already heard
the principal particulars of the explosion of the
Buckeye Belle. There arc now fourteen recover
ed dead, ten known to be missing, and how many
more none but God will probably ever know. AT
least FIVE or six more will probably die. The first
shock and sight of the calamity was terrible be-
yoRd description, though not comprehendedto half
its extent, and every hour since brings additional
hoTtor and gloom. From every section OF the coun-
try, come friends and relations, fathers, mothers,
sisters, brothers, and in some instances, the bosom
friend dearer than all, to look upon the blackened
and tnutilated remains orwitneSs the death ago
ny of the hearts idol. May God in His infinite
mercy deal gently with those who have so unex
pectedly gone to eternity, and mildly temper the
affection to the surviving and hear-broken Tela-
tons. -s.4yl
Milton WhiSSen cannot live but few houFs
longer. S. Murray, il is thought, cannot survive.
Capt. Hahn and Pilot Stull will recover. Hon. o.
C. Convey had a leg broken only. -
All the fues collapsed and both boilers explod-
ed to fragments, tearing everything as far back as
the wheel house, from beneath the lower guard to
the top of chimneys, into amilGon pieces and shat
tering the hull, and driving directly on to the bot
tom OF, the canal. Nota board, plank, staunch-
con timber Of any kind, was left forward of the
wheel-house. The shock was felt for miles abound
and fragments was thrown on top of hill three
hundred feet high. The ladies' cabin was not en-
tirely demolished all the stanlchions were swept
from beneath by large piece of boiler that passed
out astern, but not lady (Some 10 in 1umber) was
injured in the least.
This is probably the most complete wreck ever
made of boat by an explosion. OF the cause it
is useless to speak. ! have my opinion, which all
the testimony in the world could not change. /
was on the boat not more than ten minutes before
Hastily Yours,
Fondness for Fishing.
The Nev-York Spirit of the Times relates the