Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-07-21
THE LATEST NEWS.
c,a late steamboat Accident on the
North River.

About two o'clock on Saturday. morning the
steamer Empire, when five niles 4 W POUCH.
,ansie. n. Y, on her down passt, was run
TO by soop with such force as to knock one
# her boilers and some parts Of her machine
= overheard This caused the steamer almost
IMMEDIATELY to take fire, spreading the utmost
conservation among her passengers, who were
orouse1 from their slumbers by the force of
the sloop running into them.
Thev we're, however, all rescued and SAFELY
brouobt on shore TO Poughkepsic b, schr'.
went Ten or twelve badly sceld ed and three
- four killed. 1t is feared some of the mas
lsapoers leaped ovrl board during the conster
n,tion nd wetc 'rowred. The fire on board
the boz; was extlng'iished as speedily as pos
,ible, bat she is badly injured A dispatch
from Poughket,sie says;
The steam pipe that connects the two boil
ers was, by his collision, twisted from lis place.
and the steam from the pipe rushed across the
deck-carrying away some fifteen OF the state
rooms.
The steamer Immediately carcened over on
ber side. about three rods from the shore, IN
which position she remained at last accounts.
heading up the river. Two persons were killed
outright, and three died of injuries received
soon after, one of W HON was Mr.. Stafford
Mr.. Cushing, also Mr. Austin, an assistant
engineer, were badly, but not dangerously
scaded. Two Indian squaws, and two men,
names unknown, were badly scalded, and ia
ken to Poughkepsie. Several others are re-
ported to be cry slightly scalded.
Peter V. Vasburgh, second engineer was
SLIGHTLY scalded. He was taken home 10 Hud |
son.
The prooeller Wyoming, sloop of Anstafford,
and another sloop came to the rescue of the
steamer as soon as the accident became known,
and rescued all the passengers aud baggage
The injured persons were taken to the Elk
change Hotel, Poughkepsie, and at the resi-
dence of Mr. Van Res>alaer where every care
was bestowed upon them. When the accident
first became known there was naturally good
deal Of excitement among the passengers.
From an extra "Ponghkcpsie Eagle" we
have The following in addition:
Among the wounded are J. d. Scott, book
pedlar, Edward G.. Slrtan, second engineer,
and Mr.. Gushing third engineer.
Charles Cushman. fireman, Mary Beedes
and Mary Wooster, Robt T. Cunningham, OF
New Haven, badly scaIdcd.
A. S. Bullitt of Washing ton, ID. c., two
deck hands. named james Johnston and Peter
an feaden; also, u. 1dffllt, OF New Jersey.
All of the ahove are badly scalded, and prob
ably some 2 or will die.
The boat is badly shattered, and her MA t
chinery much injured. 1t is stated that snon
after the collision one of the steamers boilers
exploded, which was the cause Of the great
loss of life.
Quite large amount Of freight Is lost In 1t,
md some very handsome safes intended for
he Crystal Palace Exhibition. |
PoUGnKEEPsIE, July l6, l PM Among
he scaded is Mr.. A. S. Bullet, Of Washington.
D. c. Several bodies have been taken from
he river. 1t is feared that the loss OF life Is
much greater than was at first anticipated
Many ofthe passengers state that mey Saa0 {
10 appearance Of any slOoP that could have run
nto the boat And they Of the opinion that
he accident resulted from a defect in he boil t
n.
The boat drifed ashore, and nov lies strand. q
ID, head up stream. on the fats about seven
niles below Poughkeepsie. a perfect wreck f
paddle boxes blown off, pipes shattered TO PIE 5
es, and decks crushed in. The river for about
wo miles. was dotted all over with fragments
# the wreck. [