The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-02-19
Blowing MP Of "a war vessel.

An English paper received by the Arabia,
contains the following gaddltional ead inter.
esting particulars OF the blowing up of o
steam frigate in the hsrbor- of Naples;
"The universal panic produced by the
awful occurrence was almeSt incredible;
CONSERVATION reigned everywhere, unHin no
place more so thnn in the tbed,re of San
Carlo and in the Royal Palace. In the for
mer the confusion was indescribable, and
was vainly attempted to be quelled by his
Majesty's brother. Prince Luigi. With the
exception of the King and Queen, most OF
the members of the royal fnmiy were pres
ent. Doors slammed, the curtains were vi
olently agtated, and the lights were extin-
guished by the shock. The guards on duty
wished to prohibit all egress, but the rush
from the corridor 20 the portuls of exit was
overpowcring. Arrived in the open air, u
scene in many respects similar, presented it.
self, as the lights in large portion Of the
city were put OUT, and the confusion was
heightened by horses having in some nstan.
ces run away with the carriages, und in 9th
ers having been driven off from their masters
Iby the panic stricken coachmen, whilst in
some directions the cry Of 'ay,' 'hy,' was
raised, and on this many Of the alarmed in.
'habitants Fushed into the streets in thcir
night dresses. Within the palace such was
the force Of the Shock that no fewer than
I8 ,67S panes of glass were destroyed. The
Queen, whose accuuchmeRt is shortly look
ed FOR, tainted. At the .moment of the ex-
Ilplojion the King exclaimed to an officer
who was in the act Of approaching him, this
is the second draft OF exchange, 'e-9GeSt pa
secun3o di ccwbie. r'!rt' lgr
To return more Immediately 10 the ill-fa-
ted ship, its victims HRd survivors, aud the
noble and effecthdl assistance rendered by
the corvetre Malacce. The vessel went
down almost Immediately, aud property to
the amount Of about o quarter of million ol
ducats has asibeensacri6ced by yherlesTuctiun.
Her machinery was Of great value, her four
boilers, each OF fifteen tons, being Of cop
PEI, which had been fitted by an Er gtish en-.
glneer. She had also on board q;aes new
MIhie rifles. 1t is not ut present easy to as.
certain with precision the actual luss Of life,
as only two Of the sufferers have been found,
o1e Oi whom was Cipta in NJ lsseo, who was
dreadfully mutlated, having lost his head
from the jaw upwards, and both his arms
His remains werelinterreJ on VI ,nd ~ last.
He leaves wife and two children. Her
commander, Ut. Col. Fausse. who had been
ut 'hetheutre, fell down in something very
mach resembling an apople,ic fit. Thesur
vivors of all ranks are under nrrcst, includ
ing The chief engineer, an Englshman, OF
the name OF Hack. Greut as has been Tie
sacrifice of human life, it would have been
much larger but for the prompt assistance
rendered by Capt. Farqnhar, the officers and
crew of the Malacca, who picked up twenty
five of the survivors. Strongly illustrative
of the discip pline OF this vesse1fs the fact that
her bodtswere renderin! assistance of the
scene of the disaster within five minutes af
ter the occurrence, and surgical preparations
were made on board as though preparatory
TO an engagement" '2s