, 1866-06-19

Destruction Of the &C Red Jackct v-..
TWo Lives Lost---A Third Per.
son Severely Injured.

At seven O'Clock yesterday morning, fe,rtu1 ex-
plosion occurred on bosrd The lug : BED JACKIE.
Near the end Of the eoush pier involving tho oss Of
t~o iivst. the poesibfy tatat injny Of third per-
son, and the total destruction Of the lllated iur.
The -Red Jacket was b1l1t in Buffalo, ll.tIe
more than year since, and vas brought heretrom
Marquette. Wisconsin. on the Ssh Of May list.
uav1px ueen purchased By Mesers. M1eneei sh,elds
Aun Leyn1f and Z. G. Sease11 of this city ler cost
Rhenpurchased =! Marquette, ~aa but 1880, but
bel ownars yalnina her 1t 1900. When ifc accs.
cent occurred The tug WIS engaged In towing The
hrig May laden With lumber, and had ius1
9ef n3% ne ~ a%Ds ne.- ses At The 9os
When the vas On tie ttarboard flde Of the brig
and close to her. little ea.t o! the end Of the
pe,eon- % board Il the time were she captain. "a
The propIir1ors, and lser Tor as ne wss generally
Lcvort. The whole torce OF the explosion eeems
10 have been e1ef1ed forward md downward. and
must hsye been terrible. 5udsine from Its fearful
Of the ing wat buried IN the rlves, md with her
Htnt ouHn two ol her c1ew. the captain and the
fireman. The engineer wss hsdly kcaldeo On the
wound On the thtph, where be was struck bT fy-
1ng fragment either Of iron Or wood. He was also,
i IS sid, tossed BY the explosion ftom The ting to
tially saved from aroun,ns. 1h. eapssln Rnfa.
GretD, and the fireman, lvcr 1evort, were engaged
The Inns ~hieh had a.i.ehed the .9r 10 Ser toW.
ND 6olh were Killed Their deaths are supposed
70 have betn instantspeous, sensation Il Is b..
The uaies, By the terrible explosion the feycrhers-
tioE+ os which echoed taI up in the city, as lond
= ia he di.chasKe of hsttcfy Of heavy ordnance
afser1ed By rome that he walked OF tpc
tug: or ratheF stepped from, nsr to lie
1ed Ge ,I1 1he M. instant .ttsf he VA in
dou6ttnlfy etA'ed- There appears no reason why
he should nave quilted his place a, he engine. a
scn DE fearful dxase1 impendns snd a.Ieran,ed ans
his eseape, hut as he taya that The fteam ,ruaer
en- Gn.s 51s ndls.ed pressure of sixty Ponndr whiie
eighty pounds. there Is caase for believing ,hsr
aeedent @ ss b.fapy ny va Warning ~aatevsr q ne
| occurrence. The statement I'm u made !" b, ~ =
carpenter On North Clask street thaI on sundsy h.
Ta* On board the tue and saw her guaee iodics,,nY
pnaticaly denied hy pe1sons Who wcrs ou boa1d III
day On SUNDAY, End who athEm thai sne hid At no
tune pressure Of more Than seVen,y-hvc POUNDS
oxns1, lie eneineer &c Ed 91e.ei *s ssisla: Il e.
poih aid 10 10 BE- experienced tusboatsnen.
seos asss It, ut se, a'y 1oaa ia . 4
snch terrible t.ak to be run. endangv1ins both
the1r uVrs and The eatety Of the vessel upon which
vas, Immediately alter the accident taken TO I'll
home No. It's North Green ftrne,, near tnd.anl,
where be has wife and three children. Tue cxp.
rents, and WIS sinele msa. The fireman, also
etrRle man, rs.ided At Nn- 161 To.nsend etseet,
Iii. sblelds. one Of the owness a.1csay men
ron ao1s the as Sudden dess -heh De,s fsefRs E.
comradet. He Ind been in The ha0l. Of WORKING on
DC tue = asel hand, md when sss passed Clark
sion, he attempted 10 jump on board her and ialt-
Cd To that fsiluzs, tn Ill probsbiuty. he owes hs
The l1l.aied vrerel sunk in 4 depth Of about
twelve feet Of wttef In the abort time ataied, and