Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-03-01
California Intelligence,
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ofthe many appalling calamitits which, os a
public Journalist, @e haze been called upon 10
record in California during The lasl FIVE Yeats,
none have Produced III this community tue iiIl.
ins excitement Of Thai del0iled below The shock
fell uEon this city rs suddenly as would That OIL
III earthquake, allh the excitement which imme'
liateIy followed hos been scarcely ~ The slightest
degree allayel up 10 the present hogE.
The, Ltsh pressure steamer Pearl, Davis, rnaSeE
Ien Matysyile ut O'Clock, @Ittl IN unusual
crowd Of passengers, tlnlnteEIlE as nearly as con
he ascetlalnel, l0l, ofwhon ~ were Glllhanell'
Tie aoclden! oocarte al precisely Eileen minutes
before one o clock this afternoon, and when she
hail almost reached the city, aud Was just below
te mouth Of tho American tiYtr, when an expo (.
s,on occurred which Tilted The tot%arl deck, and
threw itljtcvtly over The bows. Tie Dol leFs. Ex'
nlo,Ird ii the forward patt, and The accident IS
said 10 have been occastUned by want Of wafer W
them.
There were fifty OF sixty lives lost by this
dreadful disaster. Nearly lozell wttt blown H.
10 Tie or, and one OF Two 10 height Of sixty OF
seventy feet.
'Tlle wheel house was blown overheard, and The
pi!Ot wheel was biukcG into flyc 0r sig pleees,
but strange 10 say The pilot was HUt Killed, AL
though tfe is considerably injuFtl The upper
deck was blown completely OF, and the passnSeIs
'clung IN crowds tai and to tue guards Of the Hosl
OF liz confused mass ilOaIei down tlle EiyeE, q
line was made fast tUa tee opposite Gays mil,
above tho mouth Of the Slough, whete tie wreck
now remains. -
Immediately after tho explosion, sEitTs wele
manned by Stt0ns aims, AMI we're hurled 10 HE
wounded and Struggling victims.
The explosion took place III The forward paIt o.
the boat, and tIluSc who were III HAT part "l The
vessel were nlOsl seriously iUjuFed' I Il suppo'
svd thai tile iltnMel were also lost, whilst tue en-
gineers ESCAPED with hut little injury
There w0te fortunately but = ne ieh1ale1nn me
boat, MI VI whom were saved. Que, French
lsdy, was blown overheard, and SavtI herself by
clIItging 10 pIanS mil picked W., One gen
tlelnan, q Citizen Ot MaEysrlIle, WHO was s!Fo
blown overboatd, was saved ny rs tt':, ll'l se't
ell him by the llalr aud supported tlt'
In tlu confusion wB hte NnablU t0ylye all The
uoInpy Of lhe lost and wounded, bnt the Iul'er ME
10 u founJ on Uoatd lte GanatIce, or al tue city
hospital.
Every possible assistance has been rendered hy
nnt citizens and Tic physicians Oi our city atc he.
s,oSiag lleit utmost attention upoN The unIoFu'
nate Victims Of this calamity.
Thu appearance of the hospital Is Truly terrible.
TIT NlES HFe covered with the victims Of thlS'lire
disaster, ul In every conceivable Statc OF Sulsr'
ing. >
. Ii is presumed that there will lrn found amid
ahilS, in tho hold NJ The hoal, n number Of The
missing, luaSnuch IS that place Is I'1puat resort
for So, untl class pasSengeFS Cinnamon aud otcS
Amid tho inIellse excitement that prevails, 10
impossible 10 gel mn accurate account Of tho lost,
hui from sources considered 10 be eliublt there "
ertTy reason 10 suppose that OIL leaSl iiIIy llayn
bten killed.
AS0TIER ACCOUNT,
The Pearl left MatySYilc This morning at eight
1rlOus, will uLOllt fly passengers. principally
Chinese, and o slnall QuantlIy Uf freight. Tie
Oyetlaulel aud passed By the Pearl. When The
boat reached bend IN Tho river, short distance
above this CITY, her biler burst, scattering flag
mentS of Tic DUats mud liz bpdes Of lls I'aSselI.
gers III the air. The llont iS'a complete wreck
The dcsiractoroi lives aud ptOretIy Is known to
bc fearful, but the exact extent Il is impossible 10
calculate. Capl, Dayswas killed immediately
Nj. Gilman, clerk, Is missing, aud ttoln Ills posi-
ton at tlr time, 1t is Oft than probable he shat'
ed thvJSnme fate. The piIui, MI Williams, was
thrown considerable distance IN tle sr, aud fell
III thu river within fow teet 0( The Ynlu AlluIe;
h. Vas subsequently, picked up, AMI will, doubt.
less recover Ills ESCAPE Is Celtdlnly miraculous.
The appearance Vi The wounded, tanI scatcely
one escapcd,) was soul Stckenins sight, Tie
Chinon,er atl women eEDalletl and walked IN a
most awful manner, Tho explosion wos distinctly
seen many from the !cYeg, AMI moment afIel.
words, innuHeEab!e Doats, and also tie ferry boat,
tuuning between this and Westinghouse TO tie
scene Of disaster The bodies were picked up,
and A party Of men proceeded h Cleat away the
wreck fOt tho purpose oil sowing OF recovering
those remaining on board, II any.
The bow VI the bonI was literally blown intu
ten thousand pieces BY The force Of The explosion,
and here II wus TINT most Of tie paSsslgeIs al u.s.
selnbIeI to caleb Tue tlra HIIulsv Of lhgir deSli
nation. In the cabin The flVtt was tom up by lie
sca pine communicating (tlU Peat beiUe stttti
wheel boall will tlle engine sHil, Several grn-
tleRlen were found here, badly Scalael, and some
IN n dying condition, Tie bvat, OF rather lie
wreck, then conlmenceA' parting, ong half hciug
mule completely destroyed than tle other, broke
uoSe ft0IIl The remaining portion Of The hut.
In tile meantime several hutles tsolne Ut them
nuttIuIed IL o shocking mannHt) were removed
from among The fragments oalIug IN Tie river -
Thu humber OF missing Is aIUllt lhIrlyj while
eight dead bodies have lten found and also sever.
al persons who were wOunicd.
IS an incident worthy VI note, may mention
that large and powerful dog, u the BLOODHOUND
Specles plunged into tho river SOnll after llIu acct.
dent aud reSCnted Nj. James Johnson, WIN WINS
slightly SoaIIe,, but nevertheless hripless, aml
would have IeGn dEuwretl but lur the dog.
The ttaSnrc box VI Wells, FatgU & Co., ron.
tanning $1,000 was recovered yesterday afternoon,
by yruns man named John Aver. That Of
Rhodes Il Co., llAs not yet been found II Mas
supposed 10 have been touched yesterday. Sub
nullle amor has been sent fur to The iay " prose.
cute the search Tot II,
On Sunday boot was touul containing Tigh,
foot aud u portion VI the leg. Tue body 10 which
Il belOngC1l was lOltntl yesterday, but we buicYe
has noi been recognized. II Is remarkable tint
although tho leg was unputateL SD. low down lle
boot was wholly IN inbred.
Nj. William Nicholson, Of Manchester, Eng.
land, WIN was standing M tho forward deck Il.
hU line Of tho explosion, was blown some dis.
tuuce Into the ali AMI fell back upoa lltu wreck,
Quo Of lis ltgs was batlIy broken Just above lie
ankIc, he wus also considerably bruised AMI Sca'
I'd, lul wlIl probably recover. liz was the only
l,ttS0n tint lull back upUn the wreck and was
lakcnolf NIive. d. R.'f. liuiIlOtl, Of San Ftan.
cisco, who vas IN company with Nj, Nicholson,
aud ha, left Inn 10 80 Of temporarily about two
minutes previously, escaped uhinlute,.
Thu total nulnDtf Of dead tecOvetcd amounts 10
fflythtec.
Thirteen bodies were living at tho Station House
IaM evening upon which Iuquesls will 10 held
Lstof The Dtad.-COI. Alex. Anderson, allor.
unyat law, uf Nesadai llossot lIaSsino, ftuief,
Of San FEauc$ou; VIM. Mcbride aud 7. u, Mount,
mcsAcugets Of Wells, Fatso s. Col Capt. 4, T.
Davis, Capt, Ha,IdalI, lHate; q. a. ShultS, Of
MaDsYlIvj Moie Mereux; JOHN Boyder. VI Alatys
vile, fEaucis Fluket, Long lslall, N, y; Mr..
Williams fMmetIy III employ Of brown Il Co.. Of