The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-02-01
Correspondence of the Charleston Evening Ne,osl
EXPI OS1ON OF A WAR STEAMER IN THE

EXPLOSION OF WAR STEAMER IN THE
HARBOR OF MALAGA.
MALAGA d ecember 25.-A dreadful catastrophe
has occurred here. suppose | shall never again
witness such sight was on the way to my no.
tel at 9 o'clock, and while stopping moment to
observe the numerous steamers in port, a detona-
tion surprising that of either thunder or cannon,
startled me, and cloud of smoke arose from among
the steamers that were riding at anchor, awaiting
the embarkation of the Sd corps dornee. As soon
as the smoke had dispersed, raging fire was seen
streaming from the deck of the magnificent steamer
Geneva belonging to Victor Emmanuel, and charter
ed to the Spanish government for the service of the
war. The air was filled with shouts and cries from
those on board.
The steamer had just arrived and had not entire
ly moored, her main anchor only being out. In the
space of minute hundreds of row-boats were
alongside to receive the passengers, asd take in
those who had jumped overheard Shortly they
arrived on shore, but many awtuy inJured-so
seriously that few days after they died in the
hospital. Some landed without shirts, others with
out pants, having been obliged to tear them off on
account of the fire; many of the poor creatures had
no hair left their heads. In the space of five or
ten minutes not single person remained on board
thousands of spectators present, as well to the
inhabitants of the adjacent houses, to escape, for
there was imminent danger.
The fire was raging intensely and fast making its
way aft to the bombs and twelve tons of gunpow-
der After some loss Of time Spanish man of-war
was placed at short distance from the wreck and
commenced heavy discharge of cannon-ball to
sink her, but nearly hour passed before the
steamer appeared to feel in the least any effect and
as the danger was increasing from minute to min
ute four cannon were posted on end of the
Mole, and another man-ofwar assisted, when finally
the wreck gradually settled down. The mainmast
had already been consumed, so that the fire had
but short distance to reach the after magazine.
In half an hour more the great danger had nearly
passed, for amid the tremendous explosions of gre
nados that had not ceased from the commencement,
another sound was heard-that occasioned by the
struggle between the two elements; but the fire
was soon after subdued, and the waters covered
the decks All was over; she had gone down, show
ing only the end of her bowsprit and foremost. Be
sides much material of war, there 200 mules
belonging to the government. There is complete
loss of everything not even any of the baggage
saved. Searches have been made by diving ma
chine, and not vestige CT anything was found.
| have seen numbers of the wounded there
over 1000 in the hospitals of Malaga
LATER FROM RIO JANEIRo.-Tbe bark Ann E.
Grant, Capt. Swain, arrived at New York from
Rio Janeiro, which port she left on the 18th of
December. Captain Swain reports that the Portu-
guese ship Arnisade, from Oporto, arrived at Rio
on the 18th, having on board the captain and crew
of the bark Brunette, of New York, she having
been abandoned at in lat. 81 N, Ion. %, the
18th of November.