New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-07-15

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THn Acclpssr ar sfirKs IsLANp.It has already been
announced by telegraph that terrible accident occurred
at one Of the Staten Island ferry landings the 5th
| inst. The NewYork papers which yesterday con-
tain full particulars. @ r. r
1t appears the steamer Hunchback Of the Staten
Island ferry boats had just arrived at yanderbs wharf
with about 1900 passengers and that 800 persons who
standing the wharf waiting for passage to New
York. insisted upon passing the Hosting bridge at
which the boats stop that they might reach the end Of
the wharf and to break down the gate unless
it raised It was finally raised and the crowd passed
1 on to the float. .f FL ,-
This float was about 20 long and IL to Is feet wide
and was sustained by chainpuleys designed to raise
lower the bridge at different states Of the tide to
MEDIATE the boats landing at it. When the throng dis
charged itself upon the float already sufficiently loaded
ton of those upon the bridge into the water Some
counts say 100 not less than ZOO went in
A few were Immediately taken out, many of them more
less injured The pit completely filled up with the
bodies piled upon each other men women and children
all struggling for life and tortured by the weight resting
upon their bodies limbs The shrieks and groans
the victims below hardly more appalling than that
which from the bosoms Of parents and brothers
and sisters and children on the wharf agonzed with
doubt lest of their circle were among the per
ishing, -t..-....
Seventeen dead bodies had been recovered and it il
thought still larger number lost their lives. Mr. Greene
one of the editors of the Herald and his sister,
among those who precipated into the water Miss
G. taken out insensibe but by prompt measures
tortnnatev restored Mr. q. WINS considerably bruised
INT ,,ot sar;o,.,,, i,,i,r.a a
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| AccrDEsrs ON rHr FlFTH.-The number of accident
attending the celebrations the 9TH in the Northern
cities unprecedented and large portion of them
the result of gross carelessness At NewYork during
Sunday and Monday there were less than twenty-five
fires the city originating generally from recrackers
The loss in any case was serious large humble
of accidents also occurred boy named VIM Moore il
s;x Ima. u poro,ov Voc sbot in Tho .rr, ;+1
u.aa;nc ,vb;,o ,v.,br, I'M prosdvav with b;s 1;f Nd
ward nfoore SAILOR ,yas ser;o,s,v ;n,red hv tho v,o
sion f .an,on na p,,v.-d I1ova and pb;,;n I.,no,,
H bv Tho d;scbaras of nsto,s vonpo man namaa 7opo
II bsd Mo avn tT from b;s hoav aud Tbomas w.rr;oto,
lost bo, NV th hrtno az nsto, Iarcs ,,,rnba
Of other accidents not of very nature
and several riots and rows ara recorded amono the o;na
4 of tbe dav Az Exeter N IT cannon exn,oded wound
inc four en Two ~ whom ware mt exnected IN sri
Il C,aa,o s,,, . ,;,,, - 1,s+ Nv A. I; =
a. "iion nc was ni'ns' "a, ~, H. oeors
:" 80 f''eu ~ wy VI
4 M.ss.cvrsryrs Fnrs sou Coyyr,r,or-Tbe Mass,
c1,,setts Freeso tonveton assembled Mt Worces+ar a,
the 9Th inst Renort has II that m ware
lonp series of resolutions we're aonte annroy;n az tn
National Convention tn he held at Pittsburgh decarirs
Mr. Hale the first and Senator Cha the second cbo;c
for the Presidency adoptipn intervention doc
tr;nes in favor Of internal improvements nv oneress
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pAAs' - VIC pat'' " si4' o'on
ane esa ano opposso ~
:, a',v lseo iAon iaiss
49, saa =, W. anu eise
"As-e' 'ne wig Auu 'en'''i"'o pa'lofl's
"Au recommending . sillo vloAes.
Dprp.,r,rn To K,,, ,,, w. mentioned SOM. Tim.
yonndea ,aa
b;s da,rh+er fay aa,.v s;noa NJ ,a 1,'..
distance in tha oo,ntr, ;tI ;s t,,, ss1s s.o.
creor,ar oa;, HI ra,, ;nto ,o,,,. .uso,,~as
enn which he ave,ed ~ Nv n ,d . -
fr;,,, x,ho,, :, lo,, ,rla - IL, -, - -,
49,, - d. ~ 80, -. up .n'
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I've 9'e Ne' D1'''A '--"-'s' -' tesi-
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SPIRITUAL RApp,ses-The ST Ion;s Ifnan s,ys +b,+
the belief in the mmateria character of these manifesto
tions is gaining ground so in that CITY that cue
has caassd to ha +ba rronor o,a &c ,,; ;., a,
on"'
- =. 1isA' -" oAesi 'a'' 'ne .rue
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misses No 1r;, ~ ~ as N.'n tne
VA. ~ " oue' W na'e 'heir ciaims
'e0'S "
nost,., NJ. a, ~ of 5o.orn+;o. 80 a., =,
5th-the accidents incidents atc mo ,;, =; -
of the northern cities was on vca,, Th O. No..
many Society of Nevyyor,r had ,s5 oa,os-.t;.
GRAFTON was delivered by John q Matber Jobn var