The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-07-30
Our Neyyport Correspondenee.

OuA Ns6ESrt SOffesuohAS"sN'
NEwPoaT, Il. l., July p, 1856
Ih4Disoster to the Empire State-FearJ@ iact
d.ts-IHe Season al Nearport-ihe Hotels
nisic, &C., &C.
lie late steamboat accident continues TO be Tue
thee of universal comment here. lt seems o nave
bee one of those terrible calamties which could
neher have been foreseen nor prevented. The En-
)irState has been deseryedy popular boat upon
bdal River line, and particularly wi, those jour-
neng TO Newport, and her commander, Captain
Bryton, bears the reputation, both with his en-
bloers and the travelling public, of being amply
htH for the position he has so long occupied. The
eeng here is very generally in favor OF the posi-
10 which we have assumed-indeed, the accident
haexcited more attention from the fact that the
Ea River line has been so managed as to be almost
ntely exempt from those sad casualties which
la, of late increased fearfully throughout the
oatry.
the particulars OF this sad affair you are doubt
esfuly informed; it will therefore be needless to
eopitulate them here. The injury TO life and limb
ees to have been, for the most part, confined to
hedeok passengers and those Immediately about
hengine. lady who was on board, tells US tn
Olwlng: 81 was in the ladies' cabin at the tim
Il he occurrence; we heard an explosion and tue
aln was Immediately filed with steam One poo
vrsch came rushing in, with his hands extended,
rng out, oh, am burned to death! His hands
coed as if he had slips OF cloth hanging from taem.
70 luch 30, in fact, that lady passenger asked him
had been putting bandlges on his hands: 1t
eeis that the supposed rags were strips OF flesh,
Fhh literally hung in rags from the burned men,
ell Another poor creature, fireman, entered the
bGs cabin aud asked for q drink OF water, at the
an time plunging his face and hands into bowl
b ssuage the awful agony OF his burns" Perhaps
ne most singular incident Is that OF baby
III was lying in berth in the ladies' cabin. When
,ud after the accident, the child was uninlured,
uthe blanket in which it was wrapped proved to
e sained with blood. The only manner in which
lio0uld be accounted for was from the fact that
leberth window was broken-it is presumed, by
ehands of some frightened passenger in making
escape, who may have been cut in so doing,
d thereby stained the infants blanket, as above
rated. 1t is a fortunate thing that no woman or
Id was killed. One of the men killed is said to
ve been on his way to New York to bury his SON.
The affair has caused a deep sensation here; but,
lough the verdict of the Coroner's jury has not
transpired, it is presumed that the company and
GERS will be ex0nerated from airy blame.
The latest accounts by telegraph from Fall River
us that the owners Of the Empire State are pay
every attention to the sufferers.
70 turn from this dark side Of our epistle to the
'olities Of fashion and the entrGe of the Newport
son for 1866, we may declare 1t fairly began.
e hotels-ignOring the Bellevue-are full, or
dquarters of the ashonable then comes the
antic its big brother, near the Stone Mill park
last but no least, the new place, the Fillmore,
ch everybody speaks well of. Nor should we
get the Aquedneck, which is filed every year
b q set of quiet people, who pride themselves
n being steady goers, and unite comfort with
ASSURE by enjoying themselves in a sober style.
much for hotels. As for the smaller boarding
ses, good, bad and Indifferent, their name Is
on; but we have too vivid q recollection OF a
lin r,bic oh II rtr
b agreen corn diet, and a sour old fellow, who
MT believe in pianos, said 'thee" and " thou"
ed US 'friend, and didn't carry out the idea 10
treatment Of us TO recommend those places gene
y.
e have new within here in the way of steam
an, or musical steam whistle, which is attached
small steamer-the Canonicus, ii we remember
It, As we understand this igvention-for we can
describe its formation by hearsay--t has keys
those Of a piano. IL has been heard no less
4 seven miles out at sea. You would suppose a.
istance that some " demmed furiners" We're
ding an Indifferent hand organ in your imme-
e vicinity. Indeed, we despatched youth OF
Ter years to the front window under That mprsl.
when we first heard the steam playing Old
at hoiue," at O distance of some two miles
our domicile. There is even fairy story told
kind hearted lady, who lives some two miles
"a the Neck, who despatched her servants t. find
hand organ man, whom she supposed had wan
d into her grounds. remarking, "a she did so,
1t was pity that the poor fellow should come
sr with his music without reward" ~ Is need
10 say that she gave up the chase in despair
ne Germanians were here, with Hans Muller at
head, as usual-of which fact IL we mistake
some correspondent, TO US personally unknown
already informed you. But we must trea' New
in musical point Of view in some future eps
We are promised Ia Grange, and she will
full houses 10 welcome her.
Ne weather, for Newport, is very hot, aud ice
MS sherry cobblers and such like temptations
accordingly, to the great benefit OF their ven
,e feature, or, TO speak more properly chief
fion Of this event Ig, is grand hop, the first Of
and ilustrious family Of grand hops which
ct 70 be. But enough OF scribbling for the pre-
we must try and do better next time.