Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-10-30

NEw YonK, Oct 99-This t%aorniny. a. about
J:45 A. IT,, while sbreaS. o! Twentieth street.
North River. the port boiler Of the steamer ST
John, from Albany, exploded Seven persons
were killed, seventeen scaldei snd one ia missing
There we've only about 100 persons aboard. 20
that the casualties are not 50 great as they would
have been during the summer At the time Of
the accident the engine vac making thirteen re-
volutious per minute and carrying A pressure Of
steam varying froul tweaty ak 10 twenty-elgbt
pounds, and j. licensed for thirty-fve pounds
Lut tie safety valves .rs weighed ~ thirty-three
paunds
None oi the engineers esh account Iof he ex-
pi0-ioa, aba regard il - very mysterious. which
csR ouly 30 solved by 8 thorough investigation
A. rhe time Of the explosion there we're two
iitemen in the boiler f9o,u: one. a Ftencbaisu,
jumped overheard and swan for the shore. bat i,
il supposed hs was drowned; the other escaped
the steam Owing 20 ihs position AID character
oil the explosion, i I'D Bot effect tie main deck
-, much As the main saloon deck. One Of tie
deck hands was severely burned OIL the lower
deck. The rent Ia the boiler, which is iortu-
nstely located on the guards, il about six feet
long and three feet deer, leaving ell opening into
which three or four men could easily enter. The
whole upper edge of the sheo; = torn or The
aperture is on a level with the saloon deck. AM
when the explosion occurred the steam wac fo.-
lowed by tons Of scsldiES wster, which passed
through several state rooms. and, rolling 10 .
torrent across the deck, entered the stat. rooms
on the opposite side, and in a few seconds the
boiling water was =, least five inches deep on the
floor.
The explosion also loIs up The hurricane deck,
making splinters for a long distance around.
The gallery and state rooms, over those that
were destroyed below, we're terribly shattered.
The large Pillar in the centre of the saloon is per
forsted with q large piece OF iron. Rooms l26
in the main saloon and ~ in tho gallery, on the
opposite side Of the saloon and over twenty feet
from the place Of explosion. are shattered and
drenched with water. Mr.. Hises, baggage mas
ter, narrowly escaped death, the steam forced
the bulkhead of his room inward several inches.
There were numerous very narrow escapes.
IA soon a. the accideE. happened the ferry
boat Morristown wen, TO the assistance OF the 81.
John, and after some delay she was brought to
Der berth, Pier ii, North River. Medical as-
sistsnce was immediately secured Capt Peek
aud Mr.. Colgroye, the clerk, AMI all attaches Of
the boat, did everything ia their power to allsyi
ate the suferings Of the urfortunates. 10 soon
&C she came to the dock the police toek posses
sion snd kept Of the throng
The scene on board was sad. Forward, near
The engine room bulkhead, lay the dead: 6rsl |,
mother and her two children; next a mother and
child whose husband and father lay CT the other
end OF the saloon suffering 'ortures meIpFessible;
next a mother and sIie. by her head sat her hug
band, he was alive, 70 was Their child; be had
gone out Of their room Just before he explosion
occurred. . man lay IL this group. Ths follow
ing are their names:
Mr. Brooks. o. New York. Mr. Wnllaber and
two children Of Albany. Mrs. A%rchsmoly and
child, OF A,baay; Mls Julia A. Reynolds, Of
Brooklyn AT. and Mrs ArohaIabiy and child
occupied room 1913. end Mrs Wallaber and
children room l2l. TIE others occupied rooms
Immediately over these. TIE scalded we're dis
posed Of in other psIis q; the saloon and ia Two
statsrooms near BY Sixteen law grouped around
The following ars their names: Mr.. Sesrle.
baggage master. cSn searlely live; hr. A:chsm-
bly,. severely: +. Lyons and wife. Yorkville,
severely; Mr.. Lyons car hardly recover; : W.
NVEIhrup, OF ALBANY. severely; l. Ssaver, Of
Batavia. slightly; J : Cunningham, vile and
Two Little csughteF- OF New York. all thsif feet
terribly scalded; C.. T.. Siulspsugs and wife, Of
Rome. feet badly scalGed: Mr.. Coyle. of Albany,
slightly: II Dadly, OF Brooklyn. slightly, Dir.
Caldwell. OF Albany. slightly; John Anderson,
steamer s. John, Scalded; Nsrv Mcdonald.
steamer ~ John, sc,lded 10 feet