New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-26
NOTES BY ONE WHO WAS BLOWN UP.

pss,i A. Sacramento vss Mr. David Moa,oe, Of this
city He escaped with a cut and shsh' scNd on
ne face II. inform. = tina, the Pearl LEFT Asry--
yila AZ FIVE minutes pact clock Saturday., shout
ten minutes IN advance Of the Enterprise, sad hst
taken in q supply of wood some distance do~a ths
riyer before ste was overtaien by toe opplell'n
boat She soon left the latter. hos-v-r aud Mr.
Monroe thinks. without any extraordinary inretse
of sp.ed. He ss~ nothing 10 produce the imp s-'on
that sbe was racing. The boiler OF the Pssri Ess
what lie termed a tubular boil-r or more commonly
Known az q locomotive boiler, loca'ef sb)It amid
.tips The Engineers position Vas IN the rssr, and
the water g5u.es il the 'front.' of the boiler, where tbs
freu n were located. II WAS very Involvement for
the FL sine.r therefore IA ave It's position u test
tie eau es end in Consequence !hst dlty VS. gener
suy lei, 10 the fr.men Mr. Monroe Of the
freue On try the kauge al Fe mont, about twelt5 ave
miles above Sacramento, al when ne there Vas
plenty Of water in the boilers. He has hsf e1-
IereIce himself in the manas emtnt Of stea n.en-
eIes, and il of opinion that the explosion cadsed
by the va er getting too low and the introduction Of
! cold water in The heated boiler, Thereby general
ing suddenly sn imEeLse volume OF steam, ina,
neither bolts Dor plates could resist tie Sas
sanding on the s,srbo8rd side of the deck, az
little to the right vf the MIDDLE ot the boiler whoa
the explosion took place. He was har ed into the
river With higbrol violence distance OF 100 fe-'
from the bot While struggling 10 the water, lady
GOT hold of bin, and bo'h salk itsppesred % HI n
amost to the bottom. When he rose ag.i1 - the
surface the lsdy hsd lie, 60 Of him. He YVES shortly
after pick ed up by tEo men in small boat, 10 which
De lOCDO TIE Iduy WHO EOuS nun SIC
escsped en'iiely unI jur.d. WIN be strl tbs
water be nuliiiuces Of poor puSes s,rugg ing,
wrhiTg al d sinking around him. Gee mao MAJ nod
Of fe-preserviDg stool shsped like al hour s-s,
with air tight compartments, which seemed % keep
BIN conf, rtsbly above The water. N-a him VS. the
body Of poor fellow, with hsf OF his head blown
off legs arms and eads detached from their bodies
were scattered around him, bu, soon dsspper~f
He sensible for some time after his rescue, bat
rfctiX ed Ii kinc st attentions from The officers and
Others at the pa OF bonn be speaks 10 t1e
est t.rns. Considering bis proximity 81 the boiler,
he considers bis escape almost miraculous.
The UasOH says
Boycen, the deceased leaves, we understand,
vile old two children, resident at Greenfield, NJ rs.
He oied possessed OF considerable prOO.rty.
To illustrate the sudden aud unexp' c'ef ,'ure OF
the explosion, il NAV be mentioned, tht' gaen tina
BODY OF Kenton was found. both h,nis wer4 buried
il the pockets OF his overcoat, though be had been
stsroilg perfectly uncorcerned.
The death OF Captain Davis ~as probsh'y Instant
aLeCus Both eiblts and the elbow ofh's night srn,
found 10 be di.located, and a severe AID deep
fracture above the lett eye penetrating TO the bc.n.
II will be remembered thai deceased stood On the
hurricane deck, almost Immediately over ths boiler,
q, the time of the explosion, and WIS probably gra.p-
Ing something Stationary with his right hand. lis
Wa'ch a valuable article, was recovered with the
BODY. sud was siill ing.
On the body of one of the dacaased-sppsren an
ItalisI was found a memorandum book c,atslning
the names OF DuraDd Lagrange, Jean B,)ti-e,
Patten.
On arother wa, found Letter from A EASTMAN,
dated Micsnopy, East Florida, in which the person
TO whom il was written Is iamliarly addressed d.
Tobey
In letter picked up on the river written by Anna
s. ADnab e. of Augusta Maine, to her husband, was
found a bill of Exchange for ESQ IN her favor.
The report that no woman was los 10y the eSpo-
ZION is erroneous. The body of female Vas ai'ed
in The river yesterday, bat unfortunately was lJst
again by the rendipg Of her garments.
Valuable papers were found on the person Of G II.
Wellington, and letters denoing tina. he leaves
wicow resident at Ne~-Orlrans.
Active Efforts in progress to raise the wreck OF
the P.srl, ano will soon prove successful.
MIR. Marie MtIoux, at the Hotel CO France, was
ba " scslced, sud sustained confusion OF the eve
ord spraDed snkle. lie is doing we'll, under the
care of Dr. Logon.
Edward Is Springer, the bar-keeoer, WAS badly in
jued The ba' wss totally demolished and the watch
of Mr.. Springer crushed upon bis pereon.
One OF tie deckhands " no WIS bat slightly H. jared,
wss blown up previously on the Helen hensley, at
Ban Francisco.
A gentleman who was looking at the Pearl At the
time II Q boiler burt says that he could see the bD-
oies persoDs. together With pieces OF the wreck,
thrown some OF them, at !. ast three hundred yards
Some boci.s 10 fall IN the water very nearly
on he opposite SIDE OF The river.
The sympathy expressed by the Chinese in the dis
portion of the BODIES OF their countrymen has been
general and praise~ortty. In many Instances they
have seemingly been lavish in thtlr expenditures To
.eged the telegraph Office TO transmit Intelligence
conceI ming the deceased 10 inquirers at the Bay
In the annals of California disasters there Is none
comparable 10 that which now shrouds this entire
con nuniiy in sorrow. Fues and foods We have e1-
periepced but these have ruined property only, and
the Losses are by DO means irreparabls Acciieots
similar 10 the misfortune which nov afi'cs ths peo-
pie have occurred before, but never attended with the
horrible results Of ibis Ibe explosions OF tha Secre-
tary, Jenny LId, American Essle, Page, Ranger
Ss. bmoTe and San Jo1qun, we're indeed deplora0le,
I 49,. fula afpnu To IaU
Yesterday, ssys The STATE Journal, two more bod
les we're recovered from the river. Oae has been
recognized Thomas McCabe. of San Francsco, the
other has not yet been identijed He has evidenty
been q miner, and a consijefsble amount Of money
wa found about him. Coroner Smith yesterday held
nquests ten bodies. Toe evi ieDce taken throws
10 additional light the OF the a. ;den To-
quests will to-day be held on the tso bodies found
Yesterday.
Mr. John Ayres connected with the Sacramento
City Bank recovered Oh Monja, afternoon tho box
Of tIessure belonging to Wells, Fargo Co. IL con-
! tsin.d s. 600 The same gentleman recovered yes
! tercay uorpirg John Rhodes treasure box which
contained els 600 Ii is somewhat remark sDe tha',
although upward of 100 m.n were dragging the river,
Mr. ASres should recover both the boxes Of teasure
Jucge Heard of The County Court issued ,1ifd
ordtr Yesterday. 10 compel Coroner Smith % pass
over all the treasure and yalutbes IN h4 possession
found the corpses 10 the Publ, Aininslrafor
! lie also appointed committee 10 wait upon the Cor
OF er and learn his determination. Coroner Smith
si coucuces that county ohc.r has rlght 10 In
/ terft To with him in the cscharge Of his dG're.
! A. the body Of the female that wts drawn 20 the
surface Of the water has Lo since been seen, eIer
| tons should slacken so long as there s probI
! blliiy OF finding il. The body -, no doubt that OF
/ tie Mexican wOnsn who wss standing With chli in
her The forward par, Of the bo st, snort tlms
! before tie explosion.
| rBE KILLED ASD woUSDED-ARREsT OF THE ES-
! GINEER-HIs sTATENESr-PCBLGc FUSERiL, ETC.
The following lirt Of the dead includes thOse found
| up 10 10 click on sunday evening:
/ CHARLEs CROwELL. from Maine.