Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-08-19
IHE EXPLOSION AT CITY POINT

Potomac During the afternoon word rame
that boat loaded with ammunition had ex-
ploded at City Point, causing frghtfu de-
struction Of property.
When the correspondent Of the associated
Press reached the scene Of the disaster
spectacle presented itself utterly indescriba-
ble. Buildings had been demolished, tents
thrown down and horses killed in every di-
rection. The depot building, which had
been just completed, was mass Of ruino,
while the ground for hundreds Of yards was
covered with property Of every description.
The dead and wounded had been extricated
from the ruins and carried some distance
back, the former for burial and the latter to
be sent TO the hospitals. The boat, loaded
with various kinds Of ammunition, was being
'unloaded by negroes Of the Quartcrmaster's
Department, nearly one hundred in number,
and the only theory advanced as to the cause
Of the calamity is that a she'll must have been
dropped by one Of them, thus communicating
fire to the entire mass.
The noise lasted about thirty minutes,
witnesses say, and the shock was felt for a
long distance On the side Of the road in
front Of the landing were located number
of Offices and stores, among them the Post
Office ard Adams Express office, which were
almost entirely thrown down. The large
number of persons occupying them miracu!-
ously escaped with slight bruises. In the
rear Of these buildings is a steep bank, COW
eteo WIN zen" on tue summit, occupied
enemy oy coIorea laoorers ana 'heir ymihes'
Had the ground been level the loss OF life
would have been greater. Shells, balls and
shot of every kind struck this bank IL per-
feet shower, while the ground ia the vicinity
IS actually covered with all kinds ot stores.
large number OF old saddles ana pieces oi
harness are among the deoris. boat loaG-
ea win stores S'nS alongside was torn 10
"eceS' la,B'' Po'"on oc'ns 'alseu comp
]! OUT OF 'ne water ana lh'o"h 'hiousn 'nt
stoieIou'e ON tuo uocN' OaP'' psHeu'c' anu
N"p' Ames oi ,ne comnlssaty department ''
were 10 'ne cunning anu ouf'eu oenea'u 'ue
RUNS out ai'er consluetaole u'lncu!Y were
eA'Hca'eu' ne,'hg' ue'nB '"'a'll ny al,
,nousn souu uea' o'u'Scu' zap. DHu'ei
~ " ue!' VINO was Ia MS tent qu''e us
lance from 'he 'Po" was struck Ia 'he neat
oy piece oi sueiI ana injured 'nousn no
J dangerously MI McNe ms c'e'S, was
severely luJ li9u @nu cannot recover a "
paA'et' o'tlNin "on Colu oPrius' ~ 81
was Killed ~ LAhe oi the navy was sish.'
~ 'uJ Juteu' James hotP' cieiA 10 'he oru'
nance oul'e' was Al'eu' ".' ray VI 'u'
e SANITARY COMMISSION. was si8nuy iNJu,e
hica~a stone, a citzsn' was hilea' MI
Spencer keilei Agent was slightly lnJ urea,
B me casuAlues are uei'o'eu 70 oe oV A'leu
ana ABOUT loo Wounueu'
number OF ooales oil colo'eu person.
were louhu besides 'hoss aoo'e "'en'loneI
ana 'nc'e 4Ic e'A'eeh IN .ne Poa' 81
WINE oIneis arg scattered vi u'Hefen' logat
B ues. i"en'y-nFe coloteu men more or les'
- Wounueo were taken 10 'no Oo'orvu "oueI1
f. ho'plthl, "here several anpu'a'ons nav
oeen performed rive sneH5 Passeu 'htouB'
G the SANITARY commission ooa'' out ieftu
h hatsiy no one was DJureu'
y IL Is oelle'eu tha' many oouies were o'o"i
- INTO the river Wu'cn Wi never % tecV'e, y,
ed' capt schuyler tne FFo'ost Marsna'i
"no was sHe"s v" sue ''P Vi 'n0 '''e'
oanh' was ll'eu up ana o'o"n o's'enCe o
'en oI WE'VE ise'' receiving Sho"er o' auei'
arouhu him' ou'' strange 70 say escape'
without scratch: our lo's IS put uo"h o.
B, him al ABOUT shlfty klIeu ana seventy
e elgny "ounueu, '"sNe oi tne A"l.H ue'"'
B, soiu'ets' No'h'ng mas ye' oeen u'sco'e'e'
- as TO the cause oi calamity In the Oom",s
10 saty department SIX men are known 10 d
q kilea ana some twenty-five Wounded lh'e
4 men oe'ohglnS 10 the ra''toeu were lnJ u'ou
- nc loss oil properly Is not Kho"n, OUT VII
. pe large. ne zu'n we" lork Eoiuu'.er
10 i''e s'A kiied ana seventeen wouhueu' a
lao ONO iose 'nree Ai'ieu ana i'ui "ounueu
Inc boat Lewis caught nfe "neh "'esA
e ing tug ran hef ashore ana extending ne
It nose pu' SIX streams On we n'e' Suu 1A'lh w
e 6ulsneu 10 'hu' saving large aniouh' u am
mun'uoh' :,
NASHVILLE Aug, II:
Information rom Marieus on INST CIV
- the parucui9rs OIL 9'onehHn ia'e y" Jul
# 2"h' Inc ON ana olh lhuiaha cavalry an
+ TWO sections oi tue zf'h lnu'ana oat'e'y sc
j, out Tor Macon TO 'eheFe the Ehior onicef
j. imprisoned 'nere' me eAPeul'ioh arrive
?. 100 Iate' ne feoels hau removed we o,ioe, ,
= 70 pace oi eIea'e' safety Nen, h0OoON
e iotee started az the same uhe 10 euec' Juhc
f uon win Zen stonemsn, ou' were oVeI'a
f Ken ny an oVerpowering force ana oohgeu
let otoneman command cut lts way out
y 9o,h "a ~. en',o,,or,ort lasted ali NAT da
y mil loto a. nig6t sunday mornin, foun,
u ,bonn con,nleteIy surronnded
Col Ads,s foding resistance boneless es
: c.,ed 70 Msrietts col Canrop with hi
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