Litchfield enquirer., 1854-02-02
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S;rfoen Psrsoas Bloua io Alone.

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 aunis,rs abprliuw catastrophe. ia a.lde'l sh tie hsns lisS re hs1e ,p.t tii1 q iet Nlt|s trcusded On SaIut.luy sIlctnsnse bsll earigidns uiendfatsulf ih Eu1eusucaid, .. \. blew up; si.e haillinK Eas sfitfly ah- suikiIa,eds aud c VfEshiss~%I8 .. whom were cl,fdrrn-- ueru ii1siassly kiilrd. Tue l,Sasrs iur mtilea aEuthd were sisakrn ns 't by an earssquake; windows were sls'ver. etI. ifureS tuFa flawn, trees sEEFtul tlselr lanlss, aud the gFpnHd l;,r a'q9nFier d mile arnulla ecoVefnli wifls llaWap limbs, arms, lrgs, hands, Iert, heads. htaiEs aud EenirMiIs. We dD mn fccullect in ail eur cx
 prrience ai prslilrnce. explosions. wreckss
 iifrs and iall.hK buildings, any scene sss,s isssesseIy sickenina and fiugiHiully heFril'le as que. we now ni.etRlsi, splar as words scanl d,, n. l,o .lescr,l,p.
 Ravens.A,ss,d is s smail village, cs,mpo>l srd n,ainly uf'c0tts0e feSidencgs 0fseiiskesisl If New Tufk. sIl ss t,h fhe stiase aIl He. Eass Rlver, op,snsile BaUkwelI's Island,
 hetween Greene Paint mnd Astoria. The houses are scalsrreL alvng tlle Asior,p slusnplke isfpHll.arls fur Nhsp, lwp miles The northern parlinn is called UppeFs and ,he snushrrn, [w6ere the explosion occat- ledl LOweE RavensNuod.
 The explnxiuh occurred at O'cloCk, ih
 the aEseFna0ts. Shine pefs0hs on asbaat in
 the rive. who happened t0 be inaking in 1 that liseesi,,n say ihe building disappeared,
 aslighi ssnOke rose from siife place, and then tcsme she duIl s.an.;aa shock pf the sxnlo- Or course, all who tc6uia get there ~
 ance ran 10 the spot ailliSllg them the par enfs, bg0iherss and HiSsefs Jf the khlesi, ail 1 uuccrtain br 6fleir late, but ifaniic Wish
 fear. calling in sthe most piieous er'es tor their chilasen ganH relntivea.l lanab eagerly examining the mDsilaiea feagmeaissnI sbs,r dies iNi,irl were strewn afpund. For Nmes itD was, dsngefurs 10 cvnie near tl.e place; the packages of ball cartridges were casually expl,uing, scattering destruciion over field where Dralb was slready iri- umphanl. assaSA A%Ag
 'i'hs gathering ap lf the frsgaiehfs oi the deaa swassal wHrk eufuexfEene dan1eg and ,hb6n lhe bydles were ip 2 fewsin stances nearly whalei; hut the greater 'iatfai;; Der were isrn ,o shFvds. Men were bueY aH the day aud evening In looking lar miss ing Iairii0Iis af some half recovered body. Here aii dffl, crnstedan blackened ihere | siaOi burnt anu siiriveled; yandeFa strip oI' flesh impaled ap.,n'a pckei i; ,E one sidela scalp, the ti0hg beautiful hair scorched and htandy !; under iadl, f,sFl qf "a skull, wlase l slippery c0nvexiy has nearly 1tri2pcd lhe tiorFified searcher:. llisre,a mass Oi brains Irrzen. lo the, consistency nf slnne. On l every hand, nndsr every iihiber, oii every 1 adjicehi building, ip all tliet sllrubbery l around, were these dreadful evidencess1 ~ l 8ss& tsl kRwaF yf8t4 se}k estfNs,f | ! Bntiwe cannot dwell upon such painful 1 sorrnrs.a We mus. leavealhei scene slO she snaginsaioD-- vet no noinsaEinalipiI cam DOT, ray tue actual icrrors Of il,e scene :-ibe | .eall'yis hr more terrible than any picture hal fancy can create. '.i.'s9 4rripal of ths Ohito- $l .O0o. .o0o,iih Gold. |