Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-05-18
THRILLING AND HORRIBLE DETAILS.

! THRILLING AND HORRIBLE DETAILS.
The San Francisco papers bring US the iul Pa5uc-
ulars of the explosion on board the steamer Jenny
! Linn, which occurred on the 10Th uitlmo, on tne
passage from AViso San Francisco, with ITom 10
TO $50 passengers. Il appears that when off Pulgas
Rancho, and while the steamer was going al o.u l
nary speed, violent tremor was felt througneu' G
boat, like the concussion produced by the nrlhg u
cannon, and, in second after, a tremendous lsPoi'
was heard and the whole vessel developed IN oenSe
cloud of scading seam The plate on inc alteI
of the boiler had been blown OUT ana me STEAM ~
boiling water rushed out with fearful Vioience.
bulk head separating the boiler from the caoin'
was aft was shivered into thousand fragments oy
the force of the shock. :. L. O
Tbe cabin was closely confined room, 10 oy .
feet, with small windows looking out upon ?G,s
In was inst about dinner time; the table was
and few minutes before the ladies' anu cni.uieN
and gentlemen in charge of ladies, had been lht!o-
duced into the cabin that they might not be lpco
NODDED nv the rush to the dinner table when the bell
should ring, and were about seating themselves d.
the table, when The explosion took Pisce anu u L
volume of steam rushed into the cabin. Al III 'ie
room were stricken as if wilted ty heat. !hey were
scalded frghlfu!y externally, and all inhaled me
fearful steam. No escaped. Al! were el'hel
killed instantly or have since died. Many OF them
had their clothes torn from them ana Inc sAih GIL
tlrely burned off their faces and bodies.
The sirht presented was horrible beyond descriP-
lion, not simply the scalded, but all were more VI
less mangIed by the fragments OF the ooler anu JUN
head, anu streams OF blood Howed HoM Tue hui'"'eO
bodies. ,
Some few of the gentlemen managed to groPe thelf
way If the cabin, crying Plleousy 10 lhoSe dooE
10 save their wives and children. Wheh soWe VI
the passengers who were unhurt fuSHeu oelo"' a
sight presented itself which staggered 'heih, anu
some became faint. They found the dead ana oylng
lying In confused mass upon the Hoor' coVeFeu WIN
fragments Of chairs, tables, furniture anu uoeI' anu
horrible TO relate, were wiring I'D Tie scdio'NS %
six inches deep on the for. Poor little children
were crying piteousy for their mothers, VINO coulo
hear, but blinded could not Mothers shrleking
in agony, and calling upon some one 10 save 'nel
children. The picture even In our reeoieIuon 10
heart-rending. Such the scene In the caolh'
The violence of the steam struck as we nave sdlu
against the bulk-head In The rear oil the ooile' anu
the greater portion burst through the caOin !" It's
mission OF death whlesanother portion recoto' anu
rushed The forward part, killing Instantly one 0l
the 6remen who was Standing i'll 'front.' OF the furnace
DOORS mortally scadng another on the IoT"dfu oec'
and killing several OF the passengers no were s'a
ing On the forward part Of the lower deck.
Those of the passengers Standing on Inc Iof"aIu
part of the upper deck we've nearly all saved, lew
Only scaided and those not dangerously i"ose
about mid ship, right ever the boiler, were ehely
uninjured.
But the most terrible destruction on the after
Pert of the upper deck, just over the CABIN. neIe
large number of passengers were copyrighted. AlteF
the steam had done its work OF destruction In 'he
cabin, burst up in the COMPLEMENTARY ana IN al
instant swept those in its way 10 The deck. MOI
man around stood. Fifty lay PROSTATE, scalded and
wounded, shreking In agony, and some lhoai hli's
out their last moments OF life.
AS soon as the CONSERVATION had subsidized, those
who had escaped rushed to the assistance of The SUIT
ferers, who brough: up on deck and LAID OUT
some of them mattresses and others on Inc pare
planks, with the OF number OF hogs angeu
on the decks as pillows. The cries OF pain were
fearful. Some lost their senses, and raVeo Hiaoiy
others were seen staggering blndiy about, me SKIN
hanging in threads from their bodies and from ther
hands, like gloves turned inside out.
Many of Them had their clothes literally Torn OF
them, and shivered in the cold while burning inter
nay and crying for water. Many were literally
sea ped their hair melted off, it were by the steam.
Some who were rushing around frantic will pain, had
to be seized TO prevent them from jumping overheard.
Their clothes were stripped from them as soon as
possible, but horrible 10 Iela!e the SKIN from thelr
bodies peat d off with it.
Some went to assist a poor fireman who was
scalded terribly. lie said to them: Leave me and
90 some one TO whom you can do some good-Im
d dead man - and in few moments alter expired.
Mr.. James TUbiD, late of the firm OF Iobln q
Duncan standing near the companion way Lead
ing the cabin, and talking 10 Mr.. Shelton, when
he felt the tremor before alluded TO. Familiar with
such accidents the Mississippi river, and know leg
hat it purtended, even before he heard The eXPlo-
sion, and simultaneously with the rushing up OF the
seam with extraordinary presence OF mlnd ne JeIkeo
apart the fastenngs around his neck of heavy cloak
he had on threw 1t entirely over his heau' "rdPPeu
and his hands in the folds, and Frustrated himself 10
the deck. The furious volume OF steam rushed over
and around him, but he lay with his hand c'asped
over his mouth and held his breath This he did as
long as he could, when he made a gasp TO recover
himself, and again held his breath Even through
the thick folds of his cIoak-th!ough his hand-low
down on the deck-half minute after the explosion
the air was painfully hot. In little more than
minute, raised his cloak 10 if he could brealhe
found it still hot, and covered himself up a.
gain. In two minutes he uncovered, completely un-
hurt-he had not even been singed. His cloak was
burnt, and almost dropped to pieces. Beside hun
lay poor Shelton, to whom he had just been talking
fearfnIly scaIded internally and externally, and now,
poor fellow, dying. He was the only man OF That
whole crowd around him who rose ur. His escape,
under Providence. is due to his presence OF mind
alone.
A lady in the West says the Richmond Examiner
has been kind enough to furnish copy of Andrew
epitaPh on his wife, 1t is known to have
been his own composition, yet, although 1t has been
read by hundreds on her tomb it has never appeared
hoEu sinrular inscrniioa reads thus