New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-16

tuppoeed, sank With the boat and were drcvaed.
TScse gathered together in the after part OF the o's'
seemed generally to have escaped conparsiivey sn-
hurt
For moment al VS. CONSERVATION, and panic
seized the braves, and mo-, collected those vso BAD
e-cspei hsrm stricken with sstcnishmenf thst
they could not fH time imagine what nsppeoeu;
Then the shreks Of the wounded snd the scaaed
for Sss;Ace aud from the establishment OF the Con.
pany snc tie village came streaming down q crowd OF
huuALs perpons eager 70 what hsd happened, snd
ess esger 10 Go al that they coud for the sufferer
The desd were gathered together, and aid out the
freight depot. The sigh. OF their mangled and csng-
ured remains . terrible one. The wounded were
carefully carried away up 10 the different houses IN tue
village where their wants were kindly cared for
Immediately after the accident the officer OF the
Company in Montreal ,elersphed 10 send further
medical aid, and within three quarters OF an hour
several medical gentlemen were sent over A sst as
pos.be those among The sufferers who could be moved
with safety sen; over 20 Montreal BY steamer 10
their friends or the Hospital.
/, Is very difficult 20 decide, upon the mere evidence
Of floating ruinors, what was tue imtnediae cause oil
the explosion. The boat and boilers we're quite ne-
We learn, snc were built by Mr.. Csntin, one OF the
best builders IN the Province. The engines ia
charge Of one engineer from Mr.. Cantins establish
uent, and another recently brought out from England
In addition TO the rumor We have given above shout
Capt. temperance, msy sdd another: that man
named Payette who il in the habi. OF frequently
ing the rv.r, had warned M. Cantin, at an earlier
hour OF the day that the men who bad charge OF the
engines were managing matters 80 badly that unless
they were looked 10 they would blow them up. Mr..
Cantn ther. upon went on board the bost and remon
s,rsted With them. II is supposed they had allowed
the water 10 get too low in the boilers; but the par
ticulsrs of the neglect viii probably never be sscer
aimed.
Both engineers and the pilot are missing, the cap
tain dangerously if not mortally wounded, aud the
fremen also killed or missing. II IL some what sIngu-
lar that both boiler. should have been lifted up IN the
manner q. scrbed, a. If both had exploded, though
81, between L
second accident Of this nature which has ever hap
pened 30 far a. we know, upon the ST. Lawrence-the
int, If We mistake not, with low-pressure boilers.
xILLEp ASD WOUNDED.
TIE following is q list OF the killed and wounded.
K,Ye1-The two fremen OF the boat they belonged
TO Three Rivers, names not known; woman ns ned
aboute, from st. HysciDhei Isaiah Schoheld, engi-
neer on the Brockvle section Of Grand Trunk Mr..
Madden Poet. Office Conductor; Pierre Msrceau.
Since dead 3:-total killed 9.
There were quite a number scalded and otherwise
injured, we should say between 30 and 90. We could
OF find out the names of the following, they were
in,neo lately removed TO hOuses in the village;
We have already mentioned Capt. Savariat. Be
aide him were kngsn McQuaig of Geugsry, Sc
riously, Henry Bale;ay. belonging TO the American
line Of steamer very badly scalded, tsiDce dead,
Mr. Lalond, of Rivere Delisle, leg b,cken; David
Dsvid,on, Longuei, scslded; Mr.. Pnsonuesnt 10 !
Mr. Foysy do; Mr. Sabouret, ko.; Joseph Robertson
Of 81, brooke brother TO Messrs. A. c. Robertson
Of this city, scalded and two r,bs broken; Mrs. o..
Larsau, Of ST. Hya'hnihe, with an infant child,
seriously scalded che is sisteria-sw of Mrs. La
bonte, who is killed. An aged man named Corbet,
Who 8. lie fruit the boat is also badly scslded. One
Of tie Sisters of Charity also scalded severely.
| Chas Pierce, Express sgeot, leg broken and badly
| scalded.
| number of women, names unknown, were lying in
different houses, and several ess seriously injured
c,me across in the other steamers sent over. One
! poor woman had baby blown out OF her arms, and
the little thing is since dead. The woman herself was
severely Injured. Another child is also since dead.
whose name we did not learn. Another was observed
upon the wharf going about among the crowd in dis,
| tTscted state, looking among the dead and wounded
| for her son. who missing.
| Col johnson Of Melbourne wss pitched into the
| river but escaped, we are happy to learn, without
| much injury. DIR. Davgnon was coming over to
Montreal with f75 in his overcoat pocket TO retire
note at one of the banks He lost his coat and money
| in the water.
Mr. Savage from SheHord had gone aboard with
his csrpet-bsg, and taken bis seat beside the boiler.
His attention being attracted TO something aft, he
went tbih.r leaving his earpetbsg, and intending to
| return Fortunately he had not done 20 ere the ex
! plo-ien took place, and 40 his life was saved
| We learned Just before going to press that two
more bodies had been recovered from the wreck max
| ing eleven dead IN ALL