New-York tribune., 1866-04-21

IN the extreme. The vessel was LITERALLY shattered 70
pieces while the wharf was almost totally ruined Tie
railroad freghthouse fine store and iron building situ-
o;so at eas, 900 feet from the vessel was totally de-
m6.ishod by the ooneussion But the loss Of properly
although great, small matter in comparison WIN tns
frghtul loss Of life The captain lIsl oineeI, sccc..
officer the surgeon and five Others on board the Ship were
almost instantly killed Twentyone men on the wharf
e, with the same horrible fate and % men on shore and
shp were badly wounded Ola gang oi iaborers VINO were
"a work in the hold Of the ship not one known to have
The total of killed and wounded far known, mp 10
this date is az follows Killed and missing tRe latter 9s- m
This list includes those who died from tbe wounds aiter
their removal to the Railroad Hospital.
T bchten the frightfu character of the accident
immediately broke ont board the ship, efectuay cuts
& o oil retreat Of the wrctches in III" ,oa OF the
vessel who had escaped ns". aeath from the explosion
While the ts va. aging the decks of the vessel and
Around ~ oatcbways the unfortunate could be seen
approaching the portfolios and implor9g the ald which y
was totally impossible to afford them. They were burned
OF drowned man, and helped to swell the hs' oi ss
Fearing that second explosion might take place at
tended with further loss Of life, Captain Mor, o 'e m
Royal Mail Steamship Solent, with the greatest P PaS
himself and vessel made fast lire 10 the burning VIE
and towed her from the dock into the stream Inc ooc
had scarcely cut loose from the European wnen
explosion took pace-more teIhe IL an honsn t;n
hrs-and Immediately acrward the wreck peen ~
randlv and in thirty minutes portion OF the l-iateu
steamer could be above water with the exception OF
fba tOD of
cured 80 minutes previously the ensuing loss OF lie eoua
nothave been calculated the docks IN close proximity
10 the European ammed with curious spec'a'oiso VI
\ the -, -,
The effect Of the explosion shore and near the dock
wss sckenng the extreme. Fragments OF human bodles
floating around IN the waterhere iEU oh atu
boring vessels and the dock the balance OF he unhappy
victims might be found Many bodies were taken from ne
water almost entire, Others pecemeal WINE o.eis sln
the bottom, or were quickly swallowed by the yoracions
| sharks 4. a..
All the aid in human power was extended to the
| wounded men. The Panama Railroad company re-
ceyed them it's hospital and the superintendent OF the
same corporation provided special train from Panama,
with medical aid The express reached Aspnwaii IN
hours running ume from fanaDa tne quehes' no 0n
record on that road.
The funeral of the officers Of the European largely
| attended. A detachment of marines from the United
States steamer James Adger accompanied the procession
as military escort. The dastardly Prefect OF Aspnwal
however, refused permission for the marines 70 and win
their arms and consequently, they presented soHy ap
pearance the funeral Capt swanson was inferred tne
next day with Masonic honor but the marines were not
allowed repeat the farce q the preceding oceason iGe
rendering escort of United States marines for the re-
mains of English captainn the absence Of an Engsh
man ofwarwas eteouay frustrated Dy the Pe'y Meah
4 ness of a native official
4 CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION.
During the excitement Of the hour following the event
the accident was currently attributed 10 the explosion OF
the boiler of the steamer Subsequent examination ana
reflection, however, showed this TO be an mpossbty
natural suppostOn then gained ground That thee must
have been large quantities of powder on board the vessel
shipped under false bills Of adng the theate Of
the South American coast. But, upon close erdmRa-
ton of The 6Hs Of dding, wds found that large guam,
tfy Of Gioaoin 0a NtroGiycer'ne had been shiPmd
Liverpool under ordinary iHgoice This solved the
mystery The oil is of the most explosive compounds
in existence 1t is the that exploded in Greenwich
ST. New-York, some time since, whereby two or three
| buildings were almost completely demolished Rough
handling will ignite it, and il is now certain that the crew
were commencing discharge the oil when the accident
occurred. The owners Of the ship at Liverpool were
probably not of the dangerous nature Of the ship
ment it is not generally known by the name OF Clio
noin.
| OTHER ITEMS.
The European iron screw steamer OF abon SOO
tuns burden and nearly The total damage 10 prop
ery is estimated in round numbers TO be about ooo
No injury was done the other shipping in the harbor,
with the exception of the Caribbean, belonging to the
same company which had several Of her iron ribs broken
She was living on the opposite side Of the wharf from the
European The matter is undergoing official nyestiga.
ton The following official list Of killed wounded and
missing has just been furnished me:
Killed. .................3 .32 Missing Certainly desd)9
Wounded. .-..24
The United States steamer Florida arrived at Aspnwa
an the 9th inst, relieving the james Adge which sailed
h.