New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-21
LATER FROM HAVANA.
THE EXPLOSION.

The United States Mail steamship Empire Cly,
CAPT Griffin from New.York, via Havana, arrived at
New-Orleans on the 18th.
The Tacon Theater will have TO be repaired prior TO
occupation, in consequence OF damages sustained from
the late terrible explosion.
The health of the city and harbor was good
We have received full files OF Havana papers by the
Empire City, and subioin what interesting matter IN
relation to the Island We find in them.
The explosion of the arsenal still continued TO afford
subjects of note. The number Of persons killed Is
stated to have been III; wounded 1870; and the loss
Of property is estimeed at 81 900 900. Lists OF the
arms and munitions in the arsenal at the time OF the
occurrence are published and show them to have been
very extensive. They comprise 1873 pounds OF
cannon powder and 81 of fine powder; I,oo3 loaded
crenades of various calbers; ioi Congreve rockets
1876 1884 carbne and pistol cartridges; II, liz blank
cartridges 1900 rihe cartridges /, $40 small ord
nance cartridges &c. The last body We perceive
noticed having been recovered from the runs Is re-
ported in the papers Of the 9Th. There were then one
Hundred men at work searching. Among the wounded
are and children of all ages and the results Oh
the disaster sad Ia contemplate.
One remarkable case, however, in the midst OF al
the rest reported To which the old proverb = an
III wind that blows good is applied Sr. ID. Man
uel G.. Valera publishes communication in which he
states that about six months since OF his sisters,
after painful attack of sickness, which brought her
to the verge Of the grave was afflicted with mental
alienation 10 such an extent that she did not recog-
nize her own relations. All remedies tried proved
vain; science unable TO restore her reason. At
"A O'Clock Of the afternoon Of the 18th ut, when the
horrible explosion of which such fearful number of
persons victims occurred, his sister, hearing
the terrible crash and roar, gave vent to such cries
and seized by sucS commissions that all her rela-
tives thought her last gay had come. She was put 10
bed and under the zeal attentions paid her, these
immediate effects cees d; she slept without further
noticeable circumsta.ss during the night and on the
next happy Thursda corning 10 her friends and rela-
tiyes and to herself omplete alteration of her pre-
yious condition was = otced she recognized those
around her, she spolT nationally, and in short she
had recovered her int ectusl powers. How grateful
the family were fer t& mysterious effect Of fearful
an occurrence may b,2 Imagined. The correctness of
the statement appear % be abundantly vouched for.
II is stated positive that at Aquzar twelve leagues
from the city at Se4 Antonio. Nereda Nueva, and
other points in the saea-Abnjo, the explosion was
perceived-in pnces strongly that it was sup
posed that of tsse locomotives On the eijacent
railroads had ex lode while in Others the inhabitants
utterly at loss account for what they heard
and felt, &C was the ee, naturally enough, IN the CITY
itself.
The fremen and others who worked in eItricating
the victims from ber!ath the ruins Of the new sugar
warehouses which were blown down very handsomely
contributed the amount Of pay accorded TO them to the
fund for the relief Of the INDECENT who suffered most oy
the sad disaster.
With reference TO the Tacon thea,er all tina. we find
in files is the statement that at the desire OF the
authorities the Board Of Directors had resolved 10 re-
quest their engineer 81. orduna, 70 en- nrnose
of nsurug perfect sat in it, and whether they could
be effected in time to peven any interference win tne
opera season; because otherwise the trip OF Sgh9r
Maretzek to the city wSuI be rendered useless. ne
had been written 10 81 the subject but it was not
known whether he haE received the edyices In time
for him TO act on them2 ,
The next important question connected with .he
disaster is in relation 4 the effect of the Lighting the
city by gas. Tie cs<apany in published article
stated that from the yery evening of the explosion
they commenced put<y in order two Of their gasome
tiers and had ever sins kept hard at work at tnen
without further int, option than that caused by
heavy showers and r.. they hope to BE- able by the
night Of the 9th TO SUI Il private houses They add
that they had taken Xprecaution to prevent any "a
cident: and giving corp directions how those 'uppne
may themselves assist carrying out the desneS -
the company, the artiz, concludes by advising them
that the pressure c,srot be so great il was pre-
yiously to the explos] because OF the comparatively
less cspacry Of he gme;ers that can be made USE
full. benefit repr, Mutation, winch was " =" sc
been given, was postl:Sled ostensiby on aceIuns ~
the gas not being sysEsbe A decree, published on
the Eth inst a5pourxss that the gasouleters above
minded IN bsd been ~ in order but were found not
tobe capable OF suppfng even private houses IN the
more distant snbnrSs nd that tie company had been
authorized 70 confne fer supplies as they hadshown
| il necessary for them ~ do so at present. . Il,
Among the accidents We see rec9rued IN 'ne
| HaraHa is remarkable and cad one, by WINCH Elk