New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-12

adys band-box The freight trafp that was lust ready
TO sart when the explosion happened s shattered In
nearly every though not pas. repair and had the
unintercsng satisfaction Of seeing where ny remains
would probably have lain the heads Of the vhisky
barrels II had remained in the cor first occupied
The Pine board row in which wore the Post. Once
Adams's express Office and Qusrtermastors Office,
was also crushed by the conclusion and the heavier
forces brought against It like band box but foru
nately rather miraouously none OF its occupants
were seriously injured. The neigboring suffers while
equally nnfortunat, ia the demolition OF their establish
ments, were equally fortunate. understand. IN the
safety Of their persons with perhaps two excep
tons which wibe found in the accompanying list OF
Casualties
Every frame house In the torn ives Jared ny 'ne
conclusion aonc to the extent Of having its ih'ue
paseiing knocked III. !es'Se other damages " i"s
silcs, &c. Against the houses AID other oVuuc''"ns
peaf tie wharf and even npon the Shl' "uho'e"s anu
perhaps thousands OF broken. twisted sNu sp'n'e''u
muske,s ans such debris lay in drifts Like sif"
by tie wind. and all over lie ground for the a.
d,.arte. OF nile from the OF tho explosion ib~
she'll cold shot grape. canister smusket and mimic
balls pieces OF shells. nails Screws bos and bo't'
heads, and fragments Of almost everything w"osen'
IL on and leaden you tiuk Of strewn and dred
like ha and chunks Of ice immediately after dreadful
bail storm.
One Of tho Santary Commission clerks who has a
post at the edge Of the water two hundred yards rbove
whers the explosion occurred. picked up wash-basin
full (perhsps my sixfy peces Of shot and pieces OF
shell. that fell within few feet Of him. Up Oh the bill
two hundred yards from the scene Of the explosion
noticed one shattered mnsket among msuy others
lying around stuck mu,se fst into the hard street to
The depth Of moro than foot and tight that could
not b. pulled out BY any one men- This was near
where tic twisted section Of boat keel lay. Every
where are seen the rents dents. deep sbrasoas and
Scared burrows OF the iron and leaden Storm The
thousandh part cannot be told
And now for the casualties How many were blown
In atoms into the river from the Keudiiok never " he
heard Of Ia not known. Probably they viii not exceed
a dozen or So The captain Of the kendreh is safe,
having been sbsent at the time 81 tie explosion. on
another boat The other boats entirely Destroyed aud
sunk were the Gen Meade ard the j, G. Can pbcll.
Capt. l.. Bailey Of the Meade Of Somerset County Nd.
and his steward, Wm. CoeInsD (cooied} OF washing
ton City all tie pertons on board, ore both Sie tie
former eomewhat bi used. O. the Ito Of the ere" OF
the Campbell have az yet heard nothing. The dend
and wounded taken out Of the rnas OF the wharf and
warehouse vii be found IN Tia appended list OF easu
aiea
81 with the killed ard wounded on tho railroad tnn.
ouly saw oae dead Oh the train-Soomon Leon
va l79;h New-York. Poor FLOW lie was a convn-
escent s, going The iropt Several others Of these
we're wounded BY being tlovn of tie cars and other'
wise The uniortunales Of TIRE Kead'icl. mostly col
bred aborers, 4, IL Supposed were not al blown into
the river Hands and feet aud scslps II colored men
were rared about the town Issw several. snd heard
Df more.
One sight particularly unpleasant Up In the
most quen,ed pert Of the town. where the part oil the
bUat hulk Ly. there object Ike tie eutrails "
beef oiled over In the dust IL recognizable homan
BY hand and foot being at,sched noticed one noble
horse Wounded as II By long Whitworth solid shot
,oning tlswn through his back Oh. bow piisbly 10
zroaaed ard throed when soldier pot bis cruel. death
ieaiing musket 10 bis bead Other generous stceds
shared the iron Storm and many poor. pltett mile
was sadly repaid for his long hiety.
don't know how many names OF killed viii bc able
to srpeud saw twelve collected at one place on the
hill some identified and some not Enough names All
be found. however, 10 mako enough hearts sick
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