New-York daily tribune., 1865-10-30

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door stepped out into the saloon. which was dmy It,
only one or two burners Of the main chandelier peing
/ lighted.
had hardly reached the center OF TIE saloon. my
way out 10 the opon arr before heard strange re
port which thrilled with unaccounlable gppreheh'
sion. 1t not 30 loud as IL was deep ana terrible
once heard some euncot,on explode IN elo.e @ npat
ment and the present report resemblsh 'nat nearer
than anything can compare II TO. 10 was lmuedhto
/ " followed BY terrible shock. which SHOOK every
plank IN the steamer: and before eoAu InahI uP ny
mind what il meant saw the side OF the saloon "A
short distance in front OF the Theelhouse smashed IN
as II BY cannon shot, with terrible crisbing sonhd
accompanied by one Wild yel when rugs III NY e"''
at this moment with terrible distinctne,s
A great cloud Of steam rlshcd through the aperture
speedily filing the entire saloon; but hist Jaw 4
sbape.ess flying across the CABIN lhs pio'e" 10
be the corpse Of child who had been sleeping IN state
room No l23 / think, although ] nm not ceFMlh'
heard the engines stop. greet light hulnnlV1 tle
saloon through the drifting steam. gave ~ nyheu up
for lost, and for moment could not sir Inc aeiHl
was almost Immediately followed by vast bodies o not
water which seemed to burst into the saloon IN per,
feet deuge 10 covered the floor 80 rapidly that h,d
Just time enough to spring and gain hold on the maln
Chandelier before il was seetling under my feet ,
In few seconds was securely peTched above tne
wnter but / ii itnessed scene of destruction Gnu
horror which vii abide with me 20 my dying day. ihe
water did not SPOUT cush into the sal0ont abso.
lucly poured IN. Had II not had the appearance 81
being boiling hot should have thought that we were
sinking and that the brOad river Itself was engunB
Then there occurred terrible scene among the pas.
sengers most OF whom we've asleep IN their LollhS AZ
the time OF the explosion. The impulse when IehIy
al of hem obey ed upon being rudey awakened ana
terrified by the shock, 70 spring 20 the moor anu
their screams and yels their feet went anke'qeep
into the scalding food are literally indescroabe leW
Of them had presence Of mind enough 20 clmb again
into their bunks but IN few moments. og rather SOC
onds. the saloon was peoped with terror anu
sgonZed forms, mostly in tteir nghtcotAer spasA4hB
wildly about In the boiling water. ,
One man In his agony. uiol 20 pull me nom
NY perch; but by repeated directions at ength III,
duced him 10 set upon cbalf n" ilgt'o,. W
little child either arm. dashrg ranilcally throIs1
the water and every time she would hit no her uaked
feet could that they were boiled to crimson nue.
Reaching down lifted one OF the cr0feh 20 III! side
but she let the other I'm into the water, scnding
It severely tut not fatally. think, before coud Ala0
possess myself oft then seized her ny the halr ald
assisted her position on char mere sue H"n'seu
I TO stand " tIl the water had snbslded. .
Imght relate numerous other Instances lui' III oii
conscience. the ahOye are horrible enough lhe water
sut sided ye-y Tapdyit bayiug al run ont IN very
few minutes ner s fret appearance. But the gIoohs
and shrieks If the scaldCd and muatcd was the most
dreadful experience Of ny hfe In about heen minutes
after the expos on the ferry -bont horThtown came
Alongside and took oh about 20 Of Tie passengers
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
A Young lady who occupied sia'croom III 'ne "'er
cabin. says
W. were all in bed al tie time. In common with The
rest sprarg the Aoor and ou, IN the saloon bat Oe
fore tie deck was completely flooded saw It coming
ard mounted a chair assisting Miss - ~ tfNeIng
companion. to another ore mmediaely beside me. ~
auotter instant tho water g1s around w. Al hit ~
seemed ten twelve inches deep bn hardly thihA IL
could be n ore than hye inches. The horror ana CON
fusion which followed was indescribible Ladies IN
their night clothes were rumping about IN the scadg
torrent with their bare feet men were rushing ths way
and that and the air was tled with pleTcng slrieAs:
lsnw something floating 10 the water about the mid
de of The saloon which 1 think must have been the
corp,e ~ one Of The little children who was Killed by
The e1poson some Of the otomans. wlieh we're hlled
with some rhi mateiia were ahoai, and The beautinl
silt edges u tie dooi panels were rapidly becoming
utterly ruined.
Ihed up tils gir who W., splashi1s about in The
wHt'r. screaming ptcou-y. snd Miss p eHo i,stutn
another child not fcura ts feet however wcro night
fully scnldcd Mot al the ladies seemed Ia De- utterly
insane viii tear sud would not get on q! the Nate7,
though there were many chairs they might have
mounted. They would olly run about innilcaliy, anu
secm.nrly without any purpose. ] hHd beautiful
Lille biack-oni.tan terrier which had missed for
. some time and now / suddelly saw Linn swimming
about In the boiling water !'tore J could reach MN
De dead
s,l ,op Permitting ~ o. stand upon tt' carpet The
walls aud moAns of the sufferers were dreadful. ]
came away shortly a',ereard, On tlc ieH! boat
never saw ,lch sight IN tAe whole course %. ny h!e
aud never want 70 zee such another.
WHO ~ To BLAME
II would be uIJust at the present writing. 10 en-
I,ayor 20 dcterIiue upcn whose shoulder tho re
sponsibity Of this terrible disaster rests We nave
no, heard any explanation on the art Of the captain OF
The boat As before TONED, the engineer AscflDes
tie explosion The poor quality of iron Of ~lch the
boiler va made. At any rae. IN TINS case at least "
n % h boped that an iuyes cation will bc made at the
same time thorough and rigid and that tho guilty par
ucs IN not 20 uupunished.
We have to record an addition to the st o. ile stih.
F,"rcis Iyon one OF tue badly scIled. died at four
O'Clock Yesterday afternoon.
Onr rSporter considered i his duty TO ngor ir ne
ssloon for over an hour Tho walls were btipai'rcd
with blood. aud upon the ceiling OF room No ~ s''
er8l locks Il hnmau hair were visible.
Ia tie forward part Of tie cabin was lying iadys
Polish boot burnod 10 crispi earrings torn out niger
rings and other triae-. niacseued aud bloody. were
scatterel about the floor. And then he tnrnel away
from the phasty scene which mans criminal oupidity
lad wrought in the brief space OF dozen iaih mIhes
we Learn that Tie surviving sufferers are RECEIVING
every possble attentions but there viii pIobaDiy be
more deaths among them, day by day