Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-10-03

r. IN a., m; S[I 81 araat bean ii rub
bish where the funnel had stood Z from
which the condensed steam was rushing
up in a white. and therefore not hdt, va.
por. but enough to hide completely all
that had happened below. In another
minute oil the passengers came rushing
% me sPo.. ine e q ~ VINO pla ~ :,
maineo =. APE y es sa, Seat q and
Mn,G@ ys@ rapr rradsys so me-; Az sf'ths
n;s 49, s,.angtb N the yessal whan 4
iii Then them that these latter uutil theyactu,
ally saw die smash were almost unkwarel
Of the terrific explosion which had occur
red beside them. 1t was oply # the
dull heavy roar, followed BY the rafting
Of fragments IS they rained down q ana
through the skyllgbts whien Wernsa
.hem lS ,a;, somethlng oreaalIi us s,i had
fea. . gu none me new VIVA ,ha yssssI ana.
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nle y a'i9sh.t 49, ~ No. bo srera
- an enu' ulgse 1..o 80 far
$500 aa Il ~ 800 !, az - tSa 5;sastar
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hv tba wrm,ebt rem k.beagsi #
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80 $500 ,.o,, f,sed ,,.oassof hoards s.ar.
"a asrada bsna;nos mirrors ne : pi1t
"a r.. ,,,as IN sa5;niars s. Iar,,a,,,ei, E I
Tho r;cb Jill feasIinos we're broken
and thrown a1wn the brass york
r;nred. III handsome cast ironEcol.
INNS ronnd lin f,,hnel overtr,rneaBanId
istrawed ahont In tle NOR, forward
mart. ! 7stata i,a;tt;f,o room I'm Ladies
eyery sinele thing Was destroye and
Ithe5 wonden f}aorino brolaen and
wrenched m T..
7 Rnt tba danaoal;n,tb;s mart seemed
i moro Ia e,asall Sben comnaraa w;tb
the ravae,es a,naa.. No Iarvar Gael
l cabins bsneatr, Twas diffisnlt Il s.
i down tbara * All yrbola ,,laaa s,v Pa
EfIlad VIII f'agmants ofhaards chairs
tbads cah;p I;tt;nbs br;;,la,, sSaam
i mines ANA svnl,on fnhas torn nh sr!;y.
/ ita and ma:saS IF Tia inner Ana eS,scr
4 fnnnals rent = ,;aess ,;i,a cai;oo sond
LIVING ahoat. I;Ea Saan =. IF crr,,n 5,i
cardboard. Everything was ia literal
fragments. The cqurse of the eSpio-
sion conld then be seen at once The
water, Or rather the steam, in Sthe
casing hal crushed in the inner sas-
hing, blowing up the funnel ahre
/. deck, while both tunnels below it
] were torn to ;,iecesIand hurled about,
sometimes In single rivits or soaps
no longerthan ones hand, sometimes
Fit crumpled ND Jumps weighing sey-
4 eral hundred weight. Beneath this
deck, towards the stokehole, where
the remnants ofthe funnel lefta yawn.
4 ING hole like al extinct volcano, 4ete
! force of the explosion was still more
II manifest. Not only was the lion
compartment nearest 10 the boiler
partly rent. and pushed back, but 6ne
!, Of the main deck beams, an eror-
I mously massive wrought iron giraer
4 about two feet deep, ana strengthened
with angle irons, was wrenched back
and nearly bent Id halves. F
rur srRrrarH oe rHR VESSEL TESTED.
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IL. ,oy 800, i - a,,o- go
.nai ~ 80 ~, We, M
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1 affsct nrsanead ,rban tba tra,na ndosa
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