New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-15

fSrId, eleven berg thoss Of FTessisn soldiers The
rrr Der OF nuss'sn soldiers wounded au,eauts 10 be
tween eighty sac ety. sni for many Of these Their
10 no rope OF recovery. The nrm ,er o. Aestisa col
dieIs Nile d sud worpded hss not been sscertased.
III vUtlcec srlUIg tie civil population SDoans T.
sv.rsi kuncnd. Are eight hour labor, woman
III ovas sesisc on 8 chair beneath heap OF beam,
end iuohkh vss rescued from desth ths' seedeo
Inevitable An irhsbitsnt Of MsyeEce, vno Esd beer
al Darn s'edt when tae dssser took place, returned
st be sIirs Of the explosion, snd Ound s hls
fam y dead on his slIiyal 4 military banquet which
10 have taken place close to the powder mag szse
When The explosion occurred, was fortunately post.
D, Fed in COZ sequence OF The state OF the Sssther.
Had. rot been for this t~o hundred Austrian officers
would in all probability, have been sacrificed. The
lss tss Seen estimated i: million of forms, and Is
ssid that The Nun icp Atty will make al application ~
the Diet foY sn Indemnity. Within fifty yards ffcn
ID. Die g zire was subteTanesn oh.niber containing
six han drt loaded shells. Tie door II this cham
vas buist by the eyposior but happily the bombs did
otisrie. Had they done so, the SEoie town would
b5ye been in flames.
Tie following are extracts Of letters from the scene
ofuisfutune;
I'VE have been vi.ited By terrible Gala nifty.
The Powder Tower fJEmerly prison, near the q Al
gaze, blew up on Wednesday afternoon. The old
kes; lch quarter is heap OF ruins. Numerous pei
sors have lest their lives OF are grsvoasy wounded,
beth IN the streets spd in houses. Thousands OF glass
psres az. destroyed. Msssse Of stoOe, weighing sew
tral hundred pounes, were projected IS fsr Is the
ard xsls continue to fall. The st. Stephens AID
eelcsl Churches are half demolished. Many
soldiers az drill the dstsit citadel wounded.
About 100 houses in the Gsu and KasIich streets
weighing q cwt. fell through the roof of the Cafe de
PsIi Rear the thestr 6urst through tho upper noors,
aid buried itself 10 that Of the sculery. corsoa OF
troops has been drawn round the principal scene OF
disaster The utmost caution is required in clearing
away the rIins Il is feared that hive shells may %
sIpo6ed. TIE number Of wounded is 50 great tina;
Il ere is a scarcity Of surgeons"
A c, ~ spordent Of the Frankfort journal describe
his own situation:
81 lived IN mission house IN the eau street, and
vas sesteo in NY room writing, when suddenly elt
tremendous shock accompanied by fearful crash
Quicker than thought the windows were dashed to
stons, the doos shaken open, and the hcof covered
over with fragments of tricks, mortar, stons and
gls,s While The tiles aud stones from the roof fe
bur;lirg into the street. thick smoke penstrated
the cpen windows and ooecued the sir, but ~ thus and
the Gust cleared away ] saw ST. stephens SHuISn,
nearly opposite boreo through like a colander. The
iLaotaIis Of our house tied scIe aiming in al dlrec
rors; msry bleeding from wounds caused 6y sploters
found my bands weIe slso wounded. The NOISE OF
geepipp screaming, IA lame nations In the streets
Was d,sienrg When / went out aud passed the
upper part OF the eau street discovered the extent
OF The p.chief All the roofs and windows smsshed-
walls falling ia lena universal state OF rat. Sol
cers aeady sao arrived with bearers TO carry OF The
dead ard woui died. Desd b. lay in the way. Tne
DE- strucor in the upper kasirich still more L.
u eptsbe The tower wall had fallen and crushed
MAY of the sojacen. low hsb.stions. The to- Is
enveoped in darkness this evening, as The gas pipes
aIe damsa.d in sDl directions.
letter from Mayence gives some further details
The stree of Kastrich and eau presented the most
bonible rcene. The most heartrending cries we're
besId to proceed from beneath the ruins aud Oh every
side were to be seen mutated bodies still writing in
the sgonies Of cath. The place where the tower
soo now presents the appearance Of large hole, oil
the masonry work, TO the foundation having
been scattered In all directions and 10 immense dis
lance. Several seniines who we're doing duty near
the place we've thrown into the ditch. Tnree carts,
each barressed with four h0rsef which happened TO
be crossing the bridge the ditch at tho
time, were also blown into the ditch, where oil the
ANIMALS were killed. Whole families have been dc.
together An drtsSte of the theater who was
i'll the street. had both egs carried away by stone as
though with q cannon ball. The Office Of the J1urnal
de Nastnce which was at least quarter OF league
from The spot, was demolished Dya lsrge mass Of
masonry work falling the roof and going through
the foundations The editor was at his desk at the
time, but providentislly e'csped almost unipured
As according TO the affirmation Of military authori.
t.s Z o one had entered the magazine the day Of
the catastrophe, the explosion must, it is thought
have been spontaneous. The streets which have bet
destroyed were principally Inhabited by tbs poorer
clSsete,