Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-08
THE NEWS.

A dispatch from St. Paul of the 29tf
ult says that Col. Noble, the Superintendent
| of the Wagon Road to the South pass, is
! now in chat city. The expedition is for Tho
present suspended. His encampment west
| of the Big Sioux river, having been broke,
| up on the 18th, on account Of further pro-
gress being violently opposed by the Yank-
ton Indians. He retreated to Big Woods.
Eabout 50 miles west Of Fort Ridgely. The
objection raised by the Yanktons to Col: No
bles' party crossing their country was that
they would frighten away the buffalo, their
only means of subsistence. Col. Noblcs
before leaving the Indians, appointed the
Goth of August to hold council with the
Yanktons, for the purpose Of treating fol
the right of way across the territory. Should
negotiations fail it is the intention of the
Col. to proceed with the duties assigned by
Government despite Of hostilities.
-The wife Of ex-Postmaster General
Campbell died at Philadelphia on the NOR
ming of the 3lst ult.
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BOILER ExpLosIoN-Loss OF LIFE, Yes
terday morning at precisely six o'clock Il
terrific explosion occurred, which was heard
all over the city and for miles distant. Those
who were up and near the spot, FASTENED to
the depot grounds where the explosion oc
Cured. Opposite to the depot Of. the NJ. Il
NJ. Railroad are the large work shops Of the
road, built of brick in the most substantial
manner: Between the machine shop and
carpenter shop, stood the engine house, also
of brick, in which was stationed the engine
which affords the power for all the different
machinery in the machine, carpenter, black :
smith shops, &c. At the above mentioned
hour, the boilers of this engine exploded
with terrific force. Not brick seemed to
be left in its place. The two large boilers
were torn to flinders, and the engine left in
fragments around the spot, with scarcely
enough clinging together to tell what kind
OF machine they had originally formed
The wall of the machine shop was crushed
in, throwing considerable of it on planning
machine, but not doing material damage
l he wall above a door of the carpenter shop
was broken in. The roof was thrown high
up in the air, and turned before it fell back,
and broke into fragments. But salder than
all, the charrea body of the engineer was
found in the rains, near the engine, dsem-
boweed, and with scarcely an unbroken
bone in his body. He had died on the in
stant. His body was taken into the car
penter shop, and afterwards an enquest held
over it. He was young man named Euw
F. Yoger, and had only been employed a
few Gays at the engine. He had resided
here some time 1t is said the fireman had
bailt the fire at about 4 O'Clock and went
away, and the gineer got in from breakfast
at 6, Immediately commencing to work the
engin,, when the explosion occurred. Il
was fortunate the explosion took place when
it did. Several men had just walked over
the tops Of the boilers from one shop to the
other In u short time the W workman would
have been gathered in the sh' p, and engine
room, when the loss OF life would have becl.
great. Tie loss of property was consider
able. Ihe." was of great power, how
nueh exactly we do not kno",, and .vf h. Oh
finish, with two large boilers heavy pulleys,
&c, and in Il substantial brick hoJlse- all o.,
which were destroyed. The loss will prob.
ably be five thousand dollars. Besides, all
tle works Of the shops have been stopped
for the time being. The interruption at
this til1ie'i is serious. But yesterday morning
aborEFs were already a, the ruins clearing
them away, and 8 new building and new
machinery viii soon replace the old.
To correct rumor to the contrary, un>
just to the Company, we would sta Q that
the Engineer was experienced at his busi-
ness, and brought good testimonials to those
who enrpl6yed him.-DarenDort Gde., 3lst