The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-03-27
TERRIBLE DISASTER AT HURLGATE.

| Two of Mons. Mnillofert's Assistants Killed
| by the Explosion OF their Sub-NIar1ne
| Battcry-MOns. nIaiIlcfcr. and another As
| sistant severely InJurcd-Mons. MS Bro
| thcl-in-l"w slightly Wounded.
Ono of our ship collectors yesterday afternoon
sent the following report Of terrible explosion u
gate -
The schooner Jenny Lind Manchester from RockIand has
arrived Capt NJ ryports that whom psss,ns ari
H a. IL SR Ss G pc @ g sra ' Tss1.
,'sf .. a" s snS s p"s s. tho
blast tho rocks Tho supposed to have been
About three hours after tho above received. the
following additional report sent to us
The schsoner Uncle joe Capt Butler has just arrived
d sn o m sIfa ra a' By %
in blasting the rocks at url Cate and which hvo
brought ne Uncle 200 to the city state. thai
o ' @ Sa s sne @e .aS IN
iet And were taken ashore ia boats as soon Is possible
that survived wore Prof haiilecrt and his foreman
Our reporters Immediately proceeded Hurigato and
ascertancd the particulars Of this dreadful accident
ACCOUNT or THE DISASTER.
Yesterday afternoon. about two o'clock while Mr.
Mallefert engaged in blasting the rock called the
Frying Pan at Hurlgate, terrible catastrophe took
place, by which two of Malfcrts assistants we're in
family killed ono II Is feared fatally injured sovo
raj seriously hurt including the professor himself II
appears that Mr. Mnill,fet in undertaking his blasting
operations employs two boats in of which contained
the gayaDc battery and in the other which placed the
'anniters Mir. Maillcfert himself guides the former
which on this occasion Of Francis life boats
while the latter Is employed by his assistants 1t also
appears that Immediately before the occurrence OF tho
explosion one canister, which contained about hun
dr,d and twenty pounds II powder had been already
sunk in the water ly the assistants and was fixed on
he rock, while another canister still in the boat
Mr.. Mnilofcr who is generally about forty feet from
the beat containing his assistants then approached them
for tho purposc Of receiving the wire which was
to the canister that sunk in the water by some.
msnhnag mont or ether he handed tho wire ut.
tach,d to the canister in the boat instead that al
ready Fixed On the rock Having to the proper
distance hn then brought the wire in copact with the
magnetic battery, the natural consequence of which was
the explosion OF the canter in the boat while the charge
under water not fired ut ali Tho boat of course
was instantly blown to atoms, and the men, three in
number. were scattered in various dirocions; of
th' 10 being instantly Killed and tho th!IJ shockiny
mutiated The boat Of Dir lIallcfrt, VINO acsom-
panied by BIZ bro,h,r-iiaw. also greatly duna.ed
and he hims tf thrown to height OF sky in the air
snch was ihe Notncc OF the ,xpuion tha tho effect
wn felt oil round the uclhbo ihood to the distance OF
t.voral JheH Boats nom shoro were impediat,Iy sent
70 The tecne ot dastcf tc dead and the wounded
Ick'd NJ ana brought to Astoria The following is list
Mr. Maiciert received several serious in terrl INJURIES
but 10, beyond recovery. II Is sald
Theodore Souiart terribly u,utiatod, having Largo
rmtitn of liz side torn op,n that hs entrais are
exposed 10 view Slight hopes entertained Of his
ncGYcry
doe - Was picked w dad with his arms and legs
anu portion ~ his tkUli bloSn on
Another naue unknown, was entirely missing for the
greater pbrt 81 tho afternoon. Int nderstind that
iowiIds The evening his body washed ashore near
| Astoria
Tho broihorin-law of mr Maiofert received some
ghi brus and had several of hi toet n knocked out
Nv the conclusion
We understood that in the course of the afornoon
Nr Msiliof,rt visited by hs friends and relatives
Si hiaeicr. bas now been engaged for more than
scar in hastings sub marine rocks With thc utmost cccs
END his death would certainly H. ofgrcat io2tD the com
nrrs intSr'at ~ the city We hope he viii recover
from his iiuric. aud ibis fearful catastrophe was not
caused by defect IN hs invention but merely the
rcfult of unfortunate mistake Will b. abie 20
commence again his bastrg oreations VII ch he has
hitherto conducted with elc and bcncloisl
results.