The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-27
THE EDWARD WALSH



IScIDEsTs.
About an hour afier the explosion, the
bodies Of three persons we're found on
the roof Of the texas Of the Walsh, where
they bad bern carried by the c0neussion.
Two Of these were dead, while the body
of the third ~ the lGae Of diseovery was
cooking, the aesb in pieeea having been
barnl black. The poor fellow was still alive
with both legs and arms broken, and suf
fering the terrible torture Of being bnrnt
20 death, and flame from his clothes hav.
ing COMMUNICATED to his body. He
lived bat a nkiutes afterwards
The bod a. negro, with both legs
torn of, vas found on the larboard aide
Of the Walsh, the poor unfortunate at the
time showing slgnsof lie.
Connected with fhn damage to the
Walsh q strange iueidsnt occurred which
IS v0fthy Of note In the room oeca.
pied by the Captain IL The forward rart
Of the texas, WAS a bureau, every lock
on which vas wresied from It's plnoe
The bedatsad, uAshbosl, pitcher, &c,
ae, we're oatirely destroyed, as vas
everything in the room except the look.
ing glass on the bureau, which waa GOT
not Injursd in the slightest, butfailhlully
reflected The disordered scene around.
On board che alenmsr Maria Denninv.
which was lying outside 0f the Walsh,
The damage done vas not as great ~
sbas upon the Walsh. Her siarboard
whaelhouse was lifted 90 bodily and
settled down about la inches The star
board side, iaoladinx eook house. vas
completely crushed ~ ths coacgssioa.
The a,aie.fpoms on the Denning we're
all destroyed leAvlng her upper Nofksa
wreck. Pieces of lying timber. chunks
of coal and iron, ifom the Madison,
struck on the hurricane roof, passing
through i and lodging on the loser deck,
snd on The lstboafd guard Of the Den.
Ming vas found the foot u negro, sov.
cred from ths lsg q short distance below
the knee, The hesh of the breast of
a white man, supposed 10 be- that IL one
ot The Soldiers detailed 70 load The CITY
oi Madison, was also fouad on The pea.
ming
A negro, standing oa fhe Ed walsh.
was BY the conclusion carried beyond
l'oiiethelds whartboni. a distance Of
ialiy 300 yards. lie wa uninjured
TnE srrAnEE CRY op MEMPHIS,
With betwssn four hundred and Gys
a fcw yards of the Inflated boat at the
time of the accident, aud fortunately es-
caped without material damage Mons
Of those on board we're injared
orHER iScIneSrA
The heavy anshor Of the CITY Of Mad.
ison, weighing nearly ton, was hfted
from the ioreeastle, carried about sew
entyhve yards up tho wharf, aud
blried IN the earth almost out Of sight
Captain Frederick, Of the 931 lndi.
ana, who was standing on the wharf,
had BIS hsi torn into thousand shreds
by the conclusion, aud himself Knocked
down.
Throughou. the city and for miles in
the interior, the report Of the explosion
was distinctly heard, while in the city
aud its Immediate vicinity fragile aFti-
siclcs were mashed 10 pieces by the force
OF the shock. The adage that danger,
or seeming death makes all equal.
was sirikingly verified in an instance
which occurred on board the City Of Mad
isou.
A ciiscn named d. C. Irwin, with two
other geutle4.eh, one Of whom was an
acquaintance, and the other unknown,
were standing between the clerks Office
and the bar. at the time Of the explosion
Of the first she'll, The she'll passed
through the upper decks, seeing which,
Mr Irwin made for the rear Of the boat,
followed By the other two. The strAn-
ger was caught by piece Of spar, which
impaled his body, while Mr. Irwin's
friend was blown into the river aud
drowned before assistance could reach
him
Mr. Irwin himself succeeded 10 getting
into the river, and aouudering about sor
some time, erawied up on a floating bulk
head. A boat approached. one Of the
inmates Of which desired him 10 get IN.
This he refused, telling those in the boat
| 70 save others who were in more danger
| In = moment al officer, a captain. hold
/ ing on to wheel bucket, cried out most
| lustily TO be taken on board, Yelling at
the top of his voice, Tn an officer; l N
en- officer; Tn an Oh" One Of the
I dsekhands Of the Madison, son Of the
Emerald Isle, WIN, was also in the water,
lseonically rebuked he captain, remind
ing bin that drowning men ARE equal
Says Pat: Bedad, II yez ar an officer
on shore, shure yer no ranker than eny
nv US here. The officer was saved, and
SO was Pat
BOATS n FoRr
The boats in port al the time Of the
sccident, and in the immediate vicinity
Of the City of Madison, were the Walsh
Maria DenniBg, Era, Glasgow, Illinois
City Of Alton, and City of Memphis-al
of which suffered more or less in ths
breakage of glass, &c.
THE SCENE At THE LANDING,
Immediately after the explosion, vas oni
OF the widest excitement
Almost iustantAneoasly upon hearing
the report, Vieksburg emptied its popula
tion Of citizens and soldiers on tb'
wharf. ~hieh happened to be eovere'
vita large quantities OF ordnance stores