The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-10-24

SERIOUS AccrDKNT FROM ETHERIAL OLA
colofsd girl 10 the employ Of Mr. Dixon, who lives
on the south East sernsr Of Green and Lexington
snsen VA horribly burned on Tuesday evesing.
~ tne explosion Of N ETHEREAL oil lamp Il ssens
she was asleep near fhe lamp, and thst sls made
move and Knocked Il over, when Il burnt, and the
gu railing upon her, II became limited and she
wa Immediately envsloped In fsn,es Shs ct ones
Ian into tns street shroudsd In the blaze at mo-
menf whsn Mr.. Lewis Claggett Clerk Of the steam.
Or Belvidsre was passing with some ladyes In an
snn'ous, when hs stopped the coach, leaped out
ana Pulifng on an ovsrcoat ~ we'll a. an under
coat, seized the girl, and throwing her upon the
pavement, euyslcped her in these garments, and
,nes smotnered the flames, but not without suffer
ing seriously himself, ~ one Of his hands was
burned In horrible manner, and to such an extent
mat some Of the fingers have burst opsn from its
enscss while the whole haad Is blissered in such
.s;! NY = % cause him much agony. In addition 70
tnfs sad occurrence, which win probably Disable
MIN for some time he has also suffered the losssof
ooth his coats, they being so burned ~ 10 be
less me clothing of the girl was almost entirely
burned on, and her legs and body 20 burned that
II was then thought she could NOT recover, but she
had so far improved up to yesterday afternoon as
to be pronounced out of fdanger-Bah Sun.
TUE DISASTER TO THE CoENEcTIcuT-The
Boston Chronicle gives the following interesting
particulars concerning the disaster to the steamer
Connecticut on Friday night, derived from an eve.
witness:
The life preservers, such ~ they were, Wsre
IN the various cabins and statc-rooms. The rush
for them was awfully frantic. The panels of fhe
state room doors were stove in instantly, and one
gentleman, in his frenzy. perform cd the same one
ration On one of the large and extensive mirrors
in the saloon, Many of the life preservsrs were
entirely worthless, not being able to hold air.
To make up for this fault, one man was seen
standing ready for plunge with four of the leaky
appendages attached to his person
In the search for life preservers In the gentle.
mems cabin, one gentleman was found asleep and
reused. What shall do Z" said he. "Geta q life
preserver on as soon as possible" was the reply.
Not being able to find one, or bis clothing he
rushed on deck with q sheet around him. and be.
gan to call out, For Gods sake bring me some
clothes p
Another man was so terrified that the perspira.
ton rolled from bis face and saturated bis cloth.
ing. A fellow passenger offered him glass of
brandy, but he was too much paralyzed to swal.
low it. Numbers Of stout young men were rush.
lag about in an agony Of despair; others were pray
ing loudly. -
A company of Irish emigrants were shrieking
like wild animals. One lady, who supposed her
dress would embarrass her in the water before
putting on her life preserver stripped herself
down to her hooped SKIRT which she retained as
likely to add to her buoyancy. The ladies', as
general thing, were perfectly coel and CO llected
Many of them, perfectly resigned to their fate re-
fused to take life preservers, as likely only to pro-
long . painful struggle. On the contrary. one
gentleman took out his wallet, which he said con-
tanned several hundred dollars of money, and of.
fered ths whole of it for good life preserver. 81