Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1852-04-24

,uuaiely the fire Did not spread 10 the buildings
on The Levee,
In our statement, Of the injuries 10 the steam
crs wing near he Gcncoe, when she exploded,
We failed 10 give all he particulars Ohe OF her
chimneys. We are informed. struck the alter
cabin IF the steamer Georgia, demo,ishlng
completely. The starbosrd forward guard OF
I the Cataract was greatly damaged.
Some slab, from the table Of the Glencoe, fell
on the hurricane roof ol the Aleck Scott, pene
ra6ng il il several places. One of the scare
+ pipes entered the Texas OF the Western Word,
/ demo'lsamg several state rooms. FlaIIened
sheets of the Giencoe's boiler lodged on the al.
I ncent steamers One Of her lles was driven
+ 10 the ladies cabin OF the Cataract. imeers
we're slrewu on shore, and bricks from the works
Y about the boilers, cast a considerable distance.
/ The report of the explosion was heard fat IN the
westward extremity of the city, and the concus-
slon felt as high up as Third street.
/ The Deaa-N went into the Health OH
GERS room last evening, where portion Of the
lead OF the >hted Glencoe was collected aud
examined particular, the bodies those who
have never had the painful task Of witnessing
death in this form, can but family imagine the
gaastly and horrible appearance which steam
explosion produces. In addition to wounds aud
bruises, and The attendant violent d.6guremeni.,
there is paor aud peculiar effect upon the
body, the result of scadjag water and steam,
which almost oblllcrae> I.' natural teniures,
and renders teScerdngly difficult 10 recognize
even an intimate acquaintance The bodies
with two exceptions, were horribly nuulalcd,
The limbs seemed al 10 be broa.n-lleray
cfushed-and in several insan,ies many Of
them were separated tom the trunks.
Bot one female was in the group Her face
and bust wole apparently bat slightly injured
,ud we nudge b', 10 Be about tweny or TWEEN
y.fse year o' uge She bore the appearance
Of respectfully, and was more than likely an
emgmnt Two boys were among the number
one tie 9 puns son, Cat last recognized to be
such by hi,cahng, for lhe body was IN pieces
aged ten ,ears md The other an emlgran's
child, we could suppose, few years older. The
later was not badly distigured, and while we
we're present, we noticeda Gentleman endeav-
orng to ascertain if he bad not yet some life in
him. Mr. John Denny the clerk Of the boat,
was among the number. he rest Judging
from their coths, were deckhands, fremcn or u
may be passengers,
The maouty Of these persons must have oc.
GU lied exposed situations. With two or three
exceptions. the bodies seemed to be Utterly
crushed and ia two instances they were torn al.
most into fragments, portions of them not yet
having been obtained. The group formed bor.
r'lie spectacle flushed IN the silence OF death,
they lay mnilated and p4rbolcd, while the liv-
ing were examining them, with the help ot can
de-, To recognize, il possible, some hneamen'
, of comleaauce, some peculiarly Of ornament
or dress. With the exception Of Capt Lees
little son. and Mr. Denny, the clerk, no recog
milton was made Of the bodies.
The catastrophe is one Of those which, from
their disastrous and general effects, boeou all
. means Of asccranng the numbcrand the names
Of the sufferers. The book containing the pas
sengcr list is gone, with every thing else in the
clerks Office, except the freight record-the
clerks themselves are dead the comparatively
few bodies recovered arc unrecognIxahIe, aud Il
seems impossible tina; even the loss Of lie vii
be correctly asceraned.
The Wounded on The Glencoe-We visited
last night, al eleven o'clock, the Hospital Of The
, Sisters Of Charity, in company with Dr. M'Phe
tcrs. and by the ladies' shown all The wounded
persons. So far as we could, we obtained th'
names of all those yet living, They are az fol
f., lows;
VIM Callahan fireman, from Ireland. III
: is not dangerously wounded.
Jesse II. Harrington. from Cooke county, H.
= formerly OF Ohio. lie had fracture of thu
{. right thigh and wrist, with injuries on the face
Samuel Sloy man who went on board alte
the boat arrived. Probably MORALLY wounded
T. Daniel b. Herman, from Warrick, Gibson
county, Illinois. Ills arm is broken, aud be i
d badly scaIded.
Louis Mclean, Of Oho bad flesh wound AM
y badly scaded. II is doubtful if he recover.
e Thomas Carroll, of Liverpool, injured in tn
head and shoulder, and dangerously.
= VIM. Brelhwad This man is so badly won
!. drd that it WIS difficult 10 get anything ou, d
n him. He will not survive. As far as we coul
d learn, he is from Berchand England, whore hi
father keeps hotel. He had about him arg
g amount Of money, which has len taken car
Il Of and another amount was in his trunk, which
i Of course, is lost.
d David Crees, passenger, from Belfast, Ire
d land; very dangerously wounded.
t, VIM. b. Ca,hefwright lie lives in MIs.is
,, sppl, and was passenger on bis way 10 via
d his relatives in Galloway county The Doc'o
: thinks he will recover
y Frederic W. Badog Of Gsrmaoy NOT NOR
tally wounded
i John Graham, only sprala o. the ankle
e Thomas D uoh3, q Dubuque, badly nure
s in the head and one eye.
It Patrick Mclaughlin, -1 If.Lman, from New
;. York.
d la addition 10 these there were in he Dea,
House two women one Of them girl abou
= thirteen years Of age, and a man, Henry Bro
0 perutt, the second pilot.
e 1t was certainly one Of the mos painful sight
we have ever Witnessed, and the recovery Q
= many of them IS extremely doubtful.
STEAMBOAT E1rLoHov-I Immense Loss 0
"A Lifeline steamer Sdludd, bound to Counc
Bluffs, exploded her boilers on the 9th insl-Sh
had large number Of Momons on board, an