New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-03

had bis head completely taken of None Of the dead
,h ,be EXCEPTION of the puser have yet been recos
,iy,d From the fact that :he crew were mostly
French Canadians and all strangers mere mere "a'
ueh difficulty in identifying them. Inc snrylvots
We susreptly tuo excited 20 give calm a''enuon 10
sy,hirg Coroner Scott will hold an inquest IN view
Il HI. bodies of the dead this day Inc HceiGen' -
caused by The lowness OF the water IN Tue 49, a
then suddenly letting or cold water, WIZ su
- vas too much heated-hence tue e1ploson'
Tta H. ~ the crew We subjOiD has been taken
,,I,n the CAPTAINS pay-book. which was rec0Nere9
I'm, ,bs wreck Several other Important DooAs anu
uapers were also saved by The exeftiors OF "u'.A
and one or two other citizens Inc Io,Ce =. VI.
plosion must have been dreadful a. The amp vas i
t.r,d fro stem To STEM and the massive chaln cso'e
was snapped asunder in different pieces, portion Oh
il having been thrown 10 and twisted around tue 'op
mat which still stands. The calamity caused pau
full sensation of sorrow throughout the ey' anu lol
bours until nj ht set in. the adjacent "hat'eS "'
crowded by thousands Of anxious spectators; Z
The Hkemarn belonged to Me-sr,. Morton y
Mcintosh, Of kingston and wasun insured NJ hciu-
tosh had been in this city yesterday, ana eit u1us
the day for Hamilton; but upon being apprsed oil Inc
catsstiou he he returned hitler last night.
The IIkernann was only about two years old, Sne
was propeller of abou, 800 tuns burden. She lei
Montreal on Saturday last and arrived IN this city on
the 9th inst. She was on her way 20 Hamilton and
ST CsthhIines. She had a Embellishments cargo.
large quantity OF oats were for Toronto, which, ~ mas
b4eu already stated, were landed at fUnge street
wharf She bad tor y. JuklLc q ~, ttaNSe Vi
crockery: for Mr. Gurvne & Co., II. Caihsrnes, she
had $50 boxes Of glass and for Mr. Benson also OF =,
Cethsripes she had four chains aid three anchors, all
Of which are now sunk with her.
TIE CAPTAINS STATEMENT.
The cautaiu statement IL very bref. de says that
when he had transacted all his business in this city De
pre pared 70 leave. He working out the boat and
roundirg to for about ten minutes. After he was on
bis direct course be rang the bell for more steam bu
observing scuw coming in against him, lie eased
LII ia he %
again 10 ing for full steam, but at that moment ne
ht ard a loud noise and looking up, he saw men IN
the air and then he felt the shock ana was thrown up
himself He fell on the promenade deck. lie can
not LAY how his leg hurt. He remembers nething
further of material interest until he got on shore
BRIAN o DoSSELL's srATEhESr.
was steward Cd the lukermRnu; | aslylng IN bed
reading az the rme Of the accident Inc mt seusa
ton If ANYTHING like dagger felt was that conSid-
cred the steam for short time before working Gu
rously; il was ike steam going off. From some cause
or other the idea Of collision occurred 10 my nlnu'
| can't cay what induced me 10 think So. Mr.. Honey,
man. the purser passed by my cabin ut the time, ana
playtuly Shaping my face he SAID there was 700 niue
wafer on the boiler aud that they were letting on
steam Suddenly tel. great crash or JERK ana 'ae
next moment was struggling IL the water. got GU
board again without difficulty and the inst thing no
tic.d was that the boat had been shattered 10 pieces
I also noticed Frtuchman whose name now forget
with ropes so entanged about his neck that he was
helpless and almost StIaDgi-d; relieved him. Alter
ward. seeing that could do no further good on the
wreck ard that sbe was near swampDg, Thought II
prudert to consider my safety There were plenty
Of b, ats around and IN one of them | was taken
a,hore The steamer Highlander did all she could TO
assist u.s. escaped wholly without injury. | think It
will be- ultimately found that the whole number of
de ad will not exceed seven. have not been long at.
tacbed to the boat and did not know the names OF
many OF the men.
taken from the pay-st of the vessel, with the fate OF
each - far as gscrItaiued:
l. Csrt Nm McBROON-les broken, but likely to do well
DAVID W HoNEYMAN pgr.eT died 0Ppos; a.,, the
Bnt Of Upper canads while being W sPnTsyed to the hospital
-BIBAUp Plot-amona the dead .,.,, ,,-,.a 8, o,..
W DOHENY, fret ensneer in hospital burned n iaee
which is not oon.i3ered dan seTous, however
& md Isnd. and also injured in the lungs By nhang
His IsSoysTy so3:d .TN unlikely nrbur
F s5RER r FiTzsIMMoSs' OVERWHELMINGLY
g JULINE PARE Of Lschine, wheeismsn-'aved with a
y JAMES pooLAN, deck hand bOy-was not on board
HAVING T,.fd hi' P rr a, si ki S,Ss-rn,
II BAPTls1E sAUNET Of Point Claire deck hsnd-in
CYRIL GAVIN Of St. Anne deck hand, in hospital
in condition having become eomaose under the
IS " KELLY deck hsndiu hospital with lower extremi
"a AM4BLE IATzUNof the COteau deck hand-n hos
IS j McGILL OF Kingston, freman-missing IL is sup
ro.,d that /, hi, body which mutisted to make
iect Identification impossible.
H. JOHN OMEARA frcman-in hospital; seriously burned
IN lsd He bed when the accident took place
and received bis injuries in trying 20 escape
"a. JOHN BRENNAN. fremsn-missing
~ BRYAN ODONNELL, stewGd-sayed with slight
scratches.
70 PATRICK STRAHEY, cabin boy-missng.
81 CATHARINE ANNE McCREA Of Beauhamois-lyng
in dying Borsts Wharf at o'clock this morn
ing -. ,
The above were the crew; the following the only
passenger:
- ELIZABETH McGILL Of Kiusston-ssme as last.
The name Of SAMUEL WALSH on the pay-lst but as
flo
ID. There various statement Is Of the number OF
person. board survivor saying there were r. Others a.
aud other. q.
Dr. Scott acting Coroner, summoned Jury and
commenced an inquest Saturday noon.