The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-11
ANOTHER ACCoUNr.l
THE ENPLOSION AZ CECY PC

THE EXPLOSION AZ CECY POINT.
WAsluNGToS, August ia letter from City
Point, dated August 10, says About II O'Clock
yesterday, noise resembling the explosion of
magazine was heard a. the headquarter of the
Army Of the Potomac, and many surmises were
INDUCED IN as to the direction from which il
came and itt cause.
During the afternoon word came that boat
loaded with ammunition had exploded ut City
Point, causing frightful loss Of life. On the
correspondent Of the Associated Pross reaching
the scene Of disaster, spectacle was presented
to him utterly indescribable.
Buildings were demolished, tents thrown down.
aLd nDmbeI Of horses killed. The dopJt build
ing, which had just been completed, was mass
OF ruins, while the ground for hundred Of yards
was covered wi h property Of almost every de-
scriptiOu.
The dead aud wounded had been extricatel
from the ruins ana carried back the former for
burial aid the latter to tue hospital
boat loaded with various Kinds of ammuni-
ton was being uplOaded by the negro IS OF the
Quarte!masieT's Department, (neaTly q hundred
in nunll eI) and the only theory advanced as 20
the cause OF the g c.lamity is, thai she'll must
have been dropped by one Of them thus com
municatDg 10 the entire mass.
The MORE lasted about thirty seconds, and wit
nesses say that the shock was felt long distance
on the side Of the road.
IN lIObb VI ING ldnulDg were located u number
OF offices and stores, among them the Post Oilce
and Adams Express, which were aliuOst utterly
tom down; the large num"cr Of persons Occu.
pIlng th'm oscapiug with slight bruises.
In the rear OF this is steep btuk, its summit
being covered with tents, wnich arc Occupied
chiefly by tho colOred laoOrers aud th -ir f,miles
Had the ground beeu level the loss OF life would
no doubt nave far exceeded that which resulted.
Shells balls, &c, struck Ihis 'Amp in perfect
shower, while the ground IN The vicinity was ne.
tually covered with all kind- ut stotc,--l large
number of old saddles. and pllcs Ot hirnes, biting
amongst the debris. A boat llnccd wltl these
stores was lying alongside, eudHnothrr was torn
to pieces large portion being rdi.Cd completely
out OF the water and through the storChIuse on
the dock.
Captain Benedict and Captain Ames, of the
Commissary Department, were IN the building
al the time, and were buried beneath rhe ruins
After much labor they were cNtr.catcd from tueir
perilous situation, neither being tat Ily iujured
but good deal bruiscd.
Captain Drliel ID. Wiley, who 81 - in hi, tent
quite distSUce from The spot Va, srruck un thc
head b! n ircc of shell aIld injured though not
dangert usiN. His clerk, Alr. Mckee was 30
severely INJURED ~ tue saiue t.ay t!t't tao usnuut
recover.
A. Nj. Baxter. ciyiisu. from ,M Spring.
stand.
Private, Auscll and Metca.f OF che Fith
Cavalry, were killed
A stIgerur uaued Morris, ia tn, Ordnance
Office, Wis injured, spa died soon after
LCutt nmlt Lane, Of the Cavalry depot, was
slightly injured, as was also citizen named
Wright
James Ihorp clerl, in the Ordnance n1ice WAS
Killed Mr.. Fay, Of the Sanitary Commissioa
was slis htly injured, aud Richard Stone a
cltlzen, killed. Mrs Spencer,a rellet agent re-
colyed slight injUlics.
Inc casualties are believed 10 be at lea5t 50
killed and ueaIl! 100 wounded
nnmher ot the bodies Of eolored rcrsous have
been iouhd besides those aforementioned and
there arc sixteen in the Post Hospital, while
others are scattered q different localities
Twenty -hye cOlCltd men mnfe nr lole ,ro,,,,Iod
were taken 20 tho ooiored General Hospital nuder
charge tt Dr Calhoun, where several ainpdt llous
were performed. ''
Five shells Iased through the root OF the sani-
tary Commission boat but no Que upon /, was
injured.