The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-10-30

Biown tp-A Terrible Catastrophe On
the North River.-Tho Grand saloon
live lsches Deep with scaIdins " nter-
Two Hours With the dead. Lying, and
suncrtns seven Killed, 4, sca4ded and
One Missing, Etc.
Yesterday morning at about . quarter before sI
seloct and while .breast Of 9jth street North River
the port boiler Of the Steamboat st. John Of the Peo-
pies Line exploded and -ithout an instant rarnins
hurled seven nuooen, being, into enity and befo,e
the bar Of God, and sixteen others, many Of whom
we're quietly dreaming In their berths were thrown
into the mos, fearful toriurcs and one poor fellow to
save vo,e fate ungod Into tho river and probably
found vate.y grave. All this death, this sudering
and misery was used In an instant Of time aud
Without The slightest warning. A there we're but
about l~ passengers on board at the time the casual
ties we're small In comparison 20 what they might
have been had IL been at the height Of the summer
trsye, a. iI il, quarter Of ali the passengers are
sufferers BY this tad calamity. A. the time Of ,he &C.
edsnt the engine vas making about IL revolutions
pr minute and carrying 4 steam pressure varying
fiom 20 10 q pounds per square inch. The ST. John
usually oarries 30 pounds and is licensed for 81 but
the taiciy valves "Velshted" Ct IS pounds, None
q: tie ensinrer p.eseat could give any idea OF the
cause o; tie explosion, and al regard tho whole
thing profound mystery which can only
~ solved BY the most thorough investigation.
men in the boiler room, one Of whom, FTenehrnan,
tnane unknown jumred overheard and sFarn 70.
.he tho.s Ho lad not reported up 70 late hour,
and IL iea,ed tha; he vas dioEned. The other ran
At on the main deck and escaped al harm. The
te.n owing 70 the POSITION and character Of the t1-
plasion did not effect the main deck much as 1t did
The n in saloon deck, but John Anderson, one OF the
deck hands, pretty severely burned on the lover
deck The rent in the boiler which fortunately
Iocated the guards, 10 shout elk feet long and three
feet deep leaving opening into which three or four
meu could easily ener the boiler. The whole UPPER
sdge Of the sheet !, Of a, neatly a. II cut re-
'eans the entire inner part Of the boiler. The ap.
permre 10 on level with the saloon deck, a. that
vhen the sheet and Lofts gave way the tteam va, fol-
lowed BY ton, Of .chling bot water, which pafsoI
through state Nos 49, i2i sad 123, and roll
ins in torren, the deck entered The opposite
state rooms and in lev seconds tho boiling
SEA pm st least hyo inches deep on the floor
aud in the sdsceu! roou.. Tho explosion
proper. completely demolished state rooms l2l
and 123, ani wrecked No. ll9 IA terrible man.
per tralnr ~ the hurricane deck, ing splinter.
Tor long distance around Tho gallery aud ths
s,Aierooms over tl~e specified al.o badly shat
tered. I he large lar In Ihe centre OF the saloon
b. perforated With probably piece Of flying iron.
Mhils the rooms 10, main saloon, and AZ, in tie
gallery. On tho op ,,ito side Of the saloon, over 20
feet from tho point " explosion. ara shattered and
trenchei With vstsr. u is perfectly wonderful TO
sc how tie tteIm and uatgr was diluibuted In that
short space OF time 81. sasrlc- the basgare master,
Lsrrowly escaped death. lhe steam forced his room
tglkhead ia .eyersl inches but iOrtunstcly did not
tne VaY. NulAeiol, escspc. we're retici 20 our
teIo4, ru;e of ,hrlh thIilline in a. cir "details. A
.oou ~ Sue sridrnj r4prrurd the crry .boas Mons
tdul went 30 gle a-s.;s7ce o the ~ John, ard sitor
some delay the vss brought IN her berth Pier +.
Nerth E.ycr, where she was securely moorcd Med.
eal assistance wa -. CuIrte, Immediately sccuTCd
As coon is the Unfortunate boat came 10 tho dock,
the police force tooA possession OF tn entrance, and
kept back the thgonr, which had learned Of the ds
st,er Gnl ease y tought iniormatioa. Our reporter
Immediately veat on board, and for two houls mln-
Eisd with the dead and dying. The scene wa sad
and s.ckenIne oIe, amid al the gorgeous eco alton,
ind bTi. hI ornaments; on the rich petL wet
with water scarcely cold stood revealed vrcck, I
dead house aud hospital. Forward, near the engine
room bulkhead, lay the dad First mother and
her two little children; next, mother and q sweet
'hd-ths husband and father lay at the other end o
The saloon altering toTtures ineIprss,ible; reIt
mother and vile. BY her head sat ths husband
u.eGt suffering living tortures Of mind. he "a
L.rs ~ Il. &sis ssse. IL had sons gut sf u