The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-21

steamer
(Fron the Ohio State journal
The relieving letter from . friend ct Beverly,
Washington county, dated Nov. 18th describes enc
Of the most terrible steamboat explosions that has
hasten to inform you Of one Of the most awful
cAtastTephes that has been the lot of any one
70 witness the explosion of the boilers Of the Buck
eye Belle, this afternoon about four o'clock, ct the
Guard Lock, just above the town, in the canal The
boat Is the most eouplee wreck that was ever seen
Even the lower deck and hull are 90 completely torn
to fragments that there hardly remains . whole
plank forward of the wheel house, and the cabin,
pilot house, and every thing back Of the wheel
house shiyered TO atoms, and strewn to the four
winds, covering TIE ground and water for a great
distance around with klndling wood, furniture,
trunks, and baggage, limbs aud bodies Of men, in
the most awful manner that the imagination could
possibly conceive.
There were about forty passengers on board,
besides the boats crew, among whom were seven
or ght ladies from this town, some with their chill
dren, every one of whom escaped with their lives,
ard with only ons or two slight injuries which was
most remarkable, as the ladies cabin was COM
petely broken up-eyen the floor fell almost to the
lower deck; but fortune would have it, the cabin
deck did not fall TO crush them-they remained on
the stern of the boat, outside OF the cabin untl
they were rescued by their friends in skiffs From
among the passer gers and crew, seven were killed
outright, and two nave since died, and probably one
or tive more will die before morning. Their names
could not be aseertaued, except Mr.. Barbour. rom
Pittsburg Among the wounded is Leland Murray
who is badly scaoed and somewhat bruised, bull
think not dar gerously; Mr. G G. Coyey, formerly
Of kcConnesvile, right leg broken below the knee;
Mr.. Okey, representative from Monroe county,
badly scalded; Mr. Bartlett, representative from
Washington county, do; Mr. Wilson, clerk, leg
badly broken; CALVIN Stull, pilot leg broken; Mr..
Evans, do Mr.. Daniels, engineer, badly scalded;
MI. -, mate, arm broken; Capt. Hahn, scalded
inwndly and arm injured; and five six more that
have broken limbs, or are scalded more or less.
And there are from six to ten twelve that are
min mi vhn nkanlx he
wreck OF in the water, which cannot be told until
to morrow, when the wreck is cleared out.
The boilers were completely blown to pieces. The
largest piece (sbout half thrown more than
fifty yards over the boat, down the canal (the boat
was going up,) another piece upon the guard lock,
and other pieces less In size srewn in every
directon-one large piece alghting near the top Of
the hill some three four hundred yards from the
wreck-and some OF the bricks Of the fue were found
in the lot on the top OF the highest hill above town
The people have shown all the sympathy that
such scene is calculated 20 call out, in taking
of the dead and wounded, and doing all that hui
mainly could prompt in relieving the dstresses Of
their fellow-men
The explosion undoubtedly occa,ioned by the
careesness OF the engineer III letting the water get
too low, and the moment the engine was stopped to
let the boat pass the guard lock it exploded with
such q shock as 10 shake the houses all town.
telegrspbic despatch received has the follow
ing -, H., ,;u.a :. -
known, aTe-Jobn Barbour of Pittsburg, produce
dealer; James Daniels, of Harmar, engiaeer; John
West, of Coalron; s. 5. Butler, colored; Edward
Anterior, of Beverly; William Stul and ten others
The injured are Captain Hahn, arm broken, and
badly scalded; Mr. Wilson, first clerk, one leg
broken and both feet and ankles smashed, probably
will die; Calvin Stull Senator G. g. Covey has his
leg broken; Edward Blsckmar, and many others,
names not known The boat is torn all to pieces
Every 1ue collapsed in one boiler; the other boiler
cannot be found The accident is attributed to the
groes recklessDess Of the engineers of whom was
I he safety valve at the time of the explosion.
TIE carpenter says he told the engineer, not fv
minutes before the explosion, that there was too
much stea am Oh.
Mr. Wilson. the clerk of the Buckeye Belle has died
az the injuries by the poon The editor of
the GAINESVILLE Cc,, conversed with persons
who the fatal boat and thus reports the
tions two of them at the first moment they
scous Of the accdent-Ope gent 'man sitting read
ing about midway in the gentemens cabin and the
knowledge he had OF himself he lying in the ladies'
cabin He supposed that he thrown upwards through
the hurricane roof considerable height then fell
through the wreck the ladies distance
Of sixty eighty where he was sitting He
assisted the ladies OF the wrck but scarcely
scious OF what be doing and nsnsbe to the effect of
some scad and bruises until after the excitement
was over Another gentleman who asleep in berth
immediately over the boilers says that he had sensations
similar to what person might imagine he would have
by falling roaring cataract of several hundred feet
and although but moment or two in mid air. the in
cGents OF life passed through his mind. He recovered
his CONSEQUENCE after falling into the water about
rcd or two f. ON hoe Where the latter gentleman
repong every thing around blown entirely away and
scattered into thousands OF fragments
letter to the Columbus journal makes mention of an
act Of erection and bravery the part Of young lady
passenger highly NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Covey sitting
in the ladies' Goblin and in the crash the stove
which be was sitting thrown upon him and broke
his leg young LADY of our acquaintance Miss Char
lOtte Stcne OF McConnesvle manifested great pre-
of mind BY her exertions she removed the hot stove
fom Mr. Covey and took him from the cabin wreck to
the guard of the boat She then procured mattress,
and put him on it till he could be removed The hot
stove with its burning contents the floor and
would have the wreck fire. She took blankets
sheets from the bertbs and plungipg them in the
water threw them the stove and floor, and thus
avoided that danger Intelligence received at Col
umbus. the 18th inst, that Senator Coysy could not
survive his injuries