The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-13
Terrible Steamboat Expulsion In Canada.
ELEVEN PERSONS KILLED, FORTY WOUNDED AND
sCALDED, AND A AUMBER MISSING.

Terrible Steamboat Explosion In Canada.
| ELEVEN PERSONS KILLED, FORTY WOUNDED AND
| sCALDED, AND HUMBER MISSING.
| From the Montreal Gszst,e, June 10
Ery yesterday afternoon the city startled with the
Intelligence that The Grand Trunk Railway ferry boat had
poc cd her boilers while lying the Longueni wharf
We despatched reporters TO the spot As
the OF disaster they approached the
sceIe the boat seen sunk beside the wha r. her up
per works the tulSarks being bove the water.
Men hoapg about in sr1all boats her decks
Hesrct Tor the BODIES OF those All
the baggage of the passengers beds, SC were floating
about IN every oirec ioD and ecrts beng
recover there also.
or sndirg the larboa-d boiler weighing several tons
ourc hed out OF tbs hold OF ard pitched
BODILY on the wharf. a5ou hundred iest from the
water It crushed int perfect wreck, the de-
eris steam pipes anc fragments Of machinery scat
tered far and vide. One o.1iron Weighing FIVE
six huadred weight had bsen Lifted high in the and
had eu third ugh the root Of the freight she'd crushing
it's wsy through every thing ti 1t reached frRa.
The tsboard boiler also lifted bodily of the hold
and siling the bow If he vessel, crushed 1T, and
letting in tie water, c~used her to siak
TIE viAsgers sne Grand Trunk employees we're actively
engaged about the and the wharf collecting tcgs
thsr the deal aud the wounded, and caring for the
woeDds and relieving he suerDgs of lhs latter. Among
these WIS most prominent and zsalovs Dr. Davgnon,
who tn ugh himself on board Ms boat and sufferer by
the explosion, foremost in relieving his fello
He blown of TIE boat into the river, but
ashore and commenced his forthwith. The mA
surgeon ST. Heens seeing the accident took boat
immediately and REARED 70 the spot and rendered DR..
Davgnon most effective aid Here and there ths dead
were wing scattered about the wharf the wound
ed shresing in their ageny The scene was altogether
The story CT the accident CLEANED from the bysand-
ers. was this
The boat was uoored at the wharf The train FROM
Quebec ard Island Pond had lust in and ths pas
bavI board boat about TO start.
The creator number OF passengers s,herei aft
Anlorg those that went aboard Captain Lssper-
sn,-, of Loasueui It 10 said that observing
the condition or the bollera Sc, he lefs the boat,
OF 70 h ae' ss haa not Zoo
ieet from the boat when u explosion took place. The
Captain Sevsrat had taken his position in front of the
whes house giving bis necessary directions for urmoor
ing and starting ne boat vaen the explosion took place.
itiIg him ara part Of tha upper deck which he
stood high into the all and css,ing him down again
sojonipg wharf l50 distant. He jumped imme-
ciaey 10 his Feet elapsed his hands TO his head and
his ears and nose and he fell insensbie to the ground
Little hope entertained Of his The at In
mediaiely eurk.
Immediately after the accident the off ers of the COM
psry in Montreal teegrapnec send farther msd
cal aid, and within three quarters of an hour several
MEDICAL enuemen we're SER ever.
OF the passengers and the crew blown
the river upon the wharf, and hsrs is opposed
together In he after part the boat seemed generally to
have escaped cor par atvely unhurt.
For moment all was conformation and panic seized
the bravest and most Those who hsd escaped
harm were so stricken with astonsbment, that they
could mot M M M sss .s Then 70,
assistance and ircm the establishment of the company
the village streaming crowd OF hum ane
eager to do al hat they could for the :sasrsrs.
The dad gathered tcgetcer and laid out in the
freight depot The ht Of their mlugled and disfgured
remains was terrible The wounded carefully
cs1red up the different houses In the village,
where their wants kindly cared Tor.
AS the sccidedt perceived Mr.. A. A. Dc.
Isle Chair and Mr.. Merry the Secretary Of the ST.
Lawrence and Cbsmpaia Com pany, repaired on board
the Prince Albert Jerry boat OF that company which had
just arrived heavily lacen with freight 81 Lambert.
and took her, without waiting to discharge the freight
to the Ct tie disaster and paced her AZ the dis
posal CT those who sfordrg relief the sufferers
Thoe gentlemen also attributed heir personal exer-
tens to aid The COED work oher steamers from the city
size also piled between the two shores Of the river tax
| ing aid over and bringing passengers back.
|, is very difficult dscde upon the evidence of
floating what the immediate cause OF the
plosn. The boat ard boilers quite new, We learn,
and built by r Cantin. of the best builders in
the province. The engines in charge of eng
nee- from Mr.. Cantins establishment and another re-
Gently brought cut from England.
Ia addition to the rumor We have given above about
Captain Lseperence we may add another, shat man
named Pay cite, who IL in the habit Of frequently
ing the IIver had warned Mr. Csntin at earlier hsur
of the cay that the who had charge OF the engines
snaairg matters badly that unless they
locked to they would blow them up. Mr.. CAntin there
them 1t is rposed they had allowed the water TO get
too low in the boilers but The particulars OF the neglect
| vii probably never be asceriained.
Bo engineers lie pilot missing; the captain
dsneerouslJ If not n,crtaDy. wounded, and the lrsmen
also killed missing. What can be known will be
brought out At the Cororers inquest be held day.
Corcper Jones repaired yesterday TO the spot, took
charge OF the bodies, providing ccns, &c Tor them and
has summoned jury for this morning. he mss taken
|
informed and most experienced with respect to
steam engines in the city. They viii make no doubt,
the evidence will be valuable IL ia s9mewha. singu
that 10th boilers should have been lifted in the man
descfibee as If boh had exploded though there
DO connection between the two This Is the second &C
cfen. Of this nature which as ever happened so far
.e know upon the st. Lawrence-as FIRST, IL We mis-
tats net, With low pressure boilers.
| KILLED AND WOUNDED.
The following Is list OF the killed ssd wounded
| Humble two irenen OF the boat, (they belonged
IN 0kraA ant Ercu axUo.f
Latonie from st. Hyacinhe; Isaiah schofeld engineer
the BreckviIe section of Grand Trunk Mr.. Maddsn
Post cffce conductor; Pierre hsreeeu. Since dead, g.
| There we're quite a number sca'ded and otherwise
could only find out the of befoowing, rs they
were Immediately removed 10 houses in the village.
| We have already mentioned Capt: ssysriss Beside
Sir Hinsan McQusig Of GIengarry, seriouy
henry e.llersy, belonging 10 tire American line Of
srs, very badly scalded (since dsadD Mr. Lalond
aveIe Deinle leg broks David Davidson Ltngueui
tosret do. jos. Robertson Of sherbrooke, brother TO
sessrp A. G. Robertson, Of this city scsded and two
es broken Mrs o. Lsrtsu, OF st. Hyacinth, with an
pfsnt child, seriously scAlded, (she sister inlsv 0.
| Nr Labonte who is killed. An eyed man, named
Corbes Who sold fruits the boat, also badly scaded.
one Of the Sisters Of Charity also scaded severely.
| Csss Pierce, express agent, leg broken aud badly
| Ssaced
| number Of women, names unknown, we're lying in
different ncuSes snd several seriously injured
acrc-s in the other steamers sent One poor
bad tasy blown ous Of her arms and the little thing
Is nisce dad The herse severely injured.
Asother csid s also since dead whose did not
| learn. mother observed upon the wharf going
about among ne crowd in distracted state looking
| sInong ths cesd and wounded tor her SOD, who WA
| missing.
Col Jobnan of Melbourne, pitched into the river
but escaped We are happy 20 learn without injury
Or. Davignon coming TO Montreal with s75 In
bis overupat pocket retire note OF the banks
he lest hs soat and money in the water These
the OF this terrible accident to pro-
/ last night. We shall, probably, procure still more
| complete infor nation to-day.
| TELEG RAPHIC.
Boston, June II, 1856.
despatch from Montreal relating to the late steam