New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-11-08
V1RLNE AFFAIRS.
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION
HREE LIVES
az THE MONTH M

| ting Petrel, Capt. Aleu- "as P ,La hoa,
~ River. her boiler exploded, de"0' rs dsos,er
| "a killing all hands save one ms" ICED h..
'.ou,rcd of Duane street pier, az" s,o,,ed IN the
son..,ds of persons who we'' - -, o,oors Coz
',o,;,v 10 watch the departure - NJ ov.rorc.
.i..su and San Juan del No'V' -,
., ~ ~ the steamer Bfoaa"a!' a.,
v. nns,e street pier at the ''"e' ''no"' 10 mo
n .s s,anding on the huf'oa"o u''N u 10 -
- ,hs petrol posed, snd 50" SOM Yn0 wiz" M
so,,.e. fIe gslantly waved MS handkercei 10
W." and the others gay returned the compliment.
p'T "A 40 the little tug burst into fragments, and
a'o,...,ed in binding mist Of steam and spinters.
came dull, heavy report followed by crash
thunder. High up through the spliners of wood
~ y, esgments Of iron, shot human form; and, the
,os,spt il descended at his feet, head foremost,
",hreskipp through the deck on which he stood, fell
,bs main deck of the Broadway, leaving SKATER
w.. sticking behind among the splnters. Portions
s.h. wreck were thrown to great distance some of
- t.ling mon the piers adjacent. A large piece
sh-acr iron. a coat and coal rake fell upon the
-. railroad pier, among crowd of people, but hap
! ,aypo person was injured.
! Fu,sa the steam and smoke cleared away, the tug
"a disappeared from sight, leaving only mass Of
.,S.,ered wood floating over the spo. where she had
.se down. In the midst of the wrecked matter u
,,nan form was discovered struggling for life. All
~. occurred in less time than we have occupied in
,..pg II. Mr.. Lawrence as soon as possible jumped
;,,o dingy and pushed of to save the survivors.
". example was followed by several boatmen; but
f.re was only one man alive Mr.. Lawrence took
Linn into his boat and brought him ashore. The poor
sncv was so begrmed and bloody that they thought
n yas on the point of expiring. In short time, how
aver he became sufficiently conscious to state that his
,.r.s was Edward Downey and that he had been fire.
x,po Of the Petrol. He did not seem to know where
lsvss nor what had happened to him, and begged
,ss'bystanders TO take bin back to his vessel lie
". STEERING from an ugly scalp wound, otherwise he
SSpct seem much Injured, but be was not rational
enough to give any account Of the disaster, nor even
bnslze his proydential escape.
Capt. walling who was on duty at the steamship
spding saw the explosion, fastened to the spot and
caused the wounded man to be carried to the City
Hospital. The remains OF the body which fell upon
tbe steamer Broadway were shockingy mutilated
TIE upper part of the head was gone the spine wa
broken in several places the trunk disemboweled
and the legs were broken that the bones prOruded
This sad wreck was recognized the corpse of Henry
X,
len her owner of Jersey City, is said to have
been ashore at the time Of the disaster. Some people
on the dock state that they saw human face appear
above the water after the explosion, and then
Ink. The body Of the engineer sent to the dead
house at Bellevue. No other body could he found,
from which il is inferred as four persons in all said
tOhsve been on board that the other two went down
with the wreck. Those supposed TO have been lost
IL. ~ lDfip Qp1g
dskhand.
The Petrol was about 30 tuns burden and valued at
$4,000. She built for pleasure boat and had
been die all the Summer at Newtown Creek, but she
recently changed owners and since then has been &C
lively engaged in the towing business. Judging from
the detective quality of the piece of boiler thrown
sshoIe the explosion is attributable to flaws in the
boiler.
Yesterday the fireman became conscious, when he
stated that at the time of the explosion there was
pressure OF seventy pounds of steam on, which was
twenty more than the boiler was capable of bearing.
The body of the engineer remains at Bellevue Hos
pal the Coroner having yet held inquest uponit
ARRIVAL OF THE GIAsGow.-The steamer Glasgow
arrived on Saturday forenoon. She brings no later
bevs than that received by the America.
FOR CALIFORNIA.
The steamer Illinois sailed Saturday afternoon, at
soclock, with $50 passengers, the mails for Central
America west coast Of South America California and
Oregon and q rather heavy amount Of freight.
The steamship Washington left on the same day for
San Juan and Nicaragua, with llj cabin and 800
Storage passengers for Nicaragua and San Francisco.
Among the former is j. Rowland Bill, esq, the Busi
n.s Manager of the Company at San Juan del Norte.
Neither of these vessels could put to until yesterday
morning, on account Of the storm.
FOR EUROPE.
The steamship Vigo sailed on Saturday for Liverpool
with the mails IL cabin and 1913 Storage passengers,
and $l20, 900 in specie.
THE WEATHER.
The norbeastcrly storm which commenced last Tues
day terminated yesterday morning, releasing large
feet of weather.bound vessels which at anchor in
the East River ready for sea-
The des in the Hudson, swelled by the late rains,
Are unusually high in many places Overlooking docks,
gardens and fields On Thursday the tide washed
over the dock at Poughkeepsie, flooding it to the
depth Of foot This was the case all along the river,
AID it was with the greatest difficulty that passengers
soald be landed from the day boats. Owing to the
le continual rains, the creeks are all full to over
flowing, and unless they abaie freshe is inevitable.
The day boats Armenia and Metamora, running be-
tween this city and Albany make their last trips on
aoedsy, the 18th inst.
NAVAL.
Notwithstanding the large number Of recruits OBJ
'sbed soce the recent order of the Secretary Of the
Navy relative to the augmentation OF the United
Mates Marine Cops renewed energy IN the enlistment
OF available men has been recommended at all naval
posts. The stringent requirements of the service are
10 be slightly relaxed 20 that more soldiers may be
eenus,ed. This anxiety on the part of the authori-
lies looks ike determination 10 considerably enlarge
'ne military material of the Paraguay expedition.