, 1866-08-23
THE JERSEY CITY DISASTER.
The Oil Dock ut Pav0Eia Ferry
Consumed.
THITEEN LIVES LOST
PERSONS INJURED.
Loss Over a Milton Doliars-Serekal
Vessels Consumed.


Enosnlngthe lnhabitants of Jersey City and
hoboken wcre nlRrmeh By loud rnmbfing,
IKE thunder, X at shook the earth and con-
3nfeo 3qteo up to unaia hearts pIemonitory symp-
volumes Of black snioko rolled into The air,
and 1t Nns perceived TO proceed from spot
adjacent to Pavonia ferry. Flre bells rang
t9ttouslY, attd thc hurry and hust1e obscfya-
tokened something Unusual. The hct was
TINT when lhcse bot1lcs reached tie scene
they found tho sheets Of aalue, wavlng over
land and wntcr. ,ghich bad enreloped III tl,olr
:se setsSe 81 esE ais H. v,ts,ss Is sst
CO., tho tobacco nnd cotton duck held by
Jnfvfs 4 Co.. ab1 the Eric hallway loek.
wera all uts tfe. The latter r.chtrd pretty
{Ga s tss! sssS S 1 s xn .xs s.st: sswefs
had ,ettuek with such terrific effect thae y
iituektd tho tuny ussa Of uIal, to cppc vl!ta IN
1t. slufrhohsGs .oh lind at1 srescls liz lIbsC
s's ~ s tH es 1ty slsS s .. y
fel,el. uatlu ,Hau liza tgnAtatux ii tl,a sat9u
OF tie grave, aussrAi Utll#s! ns1 Nn3dtKu|ttK
,n!sH " y, ieta s,ltleslh9,. atnt. s.'il.
;asr'S wssn u t,s H,e 'ts .t."* S s!Esfttt !,* ts
cIe9s = s,sSiSS. iii % NsithSr ill., hf', M"r iss,stsy @
trns tllletl, an.l thu oernslon Il u,'o ius a1u'
10 bo futsusae''.
Al Ten lplnutrs. tn eight u'rtneh rratrrany
tIn, ming 1tehtt Kpnsh, t.isic VI thu sr1tHlipr
Alifrl .llattett. .uF, l1uatn'. brought bteak.
NJ tu GAl'tn'n Kslly: wv VA l}lne u! u
III ss SfS Ata% 1s'nsf i; '3 IL, .ss I'll ssiiss liz
inais nhf Ksiiy., Wllsii Tic n'atv was y.
tAtlsnY lia ltr9tl autteihtnH cgaek ttttler lla
fout llkf \ uIatcill. and tie!al!iy lls waa ants
t"ds ,rk s syk :lIest 4ets % s!s s stA III .sk n & VI
II The ''ea{ tiif.nHii WtfeIl 'ts fad i,as.tt,
lie wnt itafektY afoli.cd ~ !lr ttA'h ,sl sn1
fgmhiill4 0f lfe hafrett which stfre EAl1tlis
s'ft 81 H. s sst'y f t s FtSsi I'D cet!S ~ WIZ
tufhr Df, III Clothes allillal tatllElest, and
wlleA t.a Etnehed tlte lo;sptssl Y wAa f,t''.l W.
TINT hta faen Was lMiff hnFllesl hlia fts
| u i pHft Of hta lW1y ..hht etpape,l t'Ia t1re.
II Fl thought that liz eHlli'at possibly To-
4us eAspAhrlEs.
Captafn Kelly mud hta hrntlIeF. thu mate,
TW" won'en and . eitl, on . esal taat,
WIRE sse1 rushing IN t'eak IN naai,ra, a>,a Ut,
terIng fearful sAriuka, sank hack Into til. fury
atther ci.i!drsn who weTa il, this t"at wsro
alat' Lost. THIS captain aud tWn mon nf
lighter lying ontsile the larret. fell Victims
tn Tho HANNA, In the lighter s,ar rushed
Wildly aloug tic dcek t.. lsa'ncs, an;a, seeing
a"a mn vs alsapsascd. p % % Fhs mate Tx X,liy, IT, Of ths
Barrett, Wns seen hanging over thu stern 0f
the vessel, while his cl0thts were nn tire, and
his body remained In thIs roslsion for nearly
threc, quarters of nu h0Mr. i sall1t OF thc
brig Mntson l,al 1ts vest hhrncd of Ills back !;
still he pcrfcycrcl in etISsis to save Ills YES
sci. 4 captain Of a lighter ran away while
his clothes were OH fire, badly burned about
sons who pMssMed him were lcft far behind
: in the chase. Few II nny escaped uninj njnscd-
In the explosion of tho lighter lying next the
, Barrett, mentioned abose,a man was blown
, " sixty feet IN the ar, aud fsll anto thc
rushing to and fro Of The women were almost
, ! pa5alyzed with &ezsos. One Of them, who ap-
: pearel to be the ehiid's mother, dashed for:
. ward beside the little one Wild and ffenzied
. with despair. Their terrible condition was
horror III all Its phases. Reason must have
departed, Gss they rushed across the deck in
= placcs where they conld have found no foot
!. fnc, and they seemed to tread on mir. a
;. mnrnur Of terror and grief burst from, the
!, bystunders a. the ul-fattd beings eauk into
the wafer. The tcnacity with which they
clunr to life ns.tst hare been strengthened by
the assurance that help would niotaertariiy
:, u:rivc The little fellow ins:inctiye1y resisted
!; thc decree Of an inexorahle fatality. but In 4
= lew moments he had PASSED with his mother
IN beyond the portals Of t1fs LIE into the region
I. Of eternity. o,
y No sooner had the schooner blown m thar
!" scene Of terrible sublimity presented Itself
Barrel utter hastcl at oil caught fire with
ia great raridity, unttl on q Space uf over tw1
- acres there was one rast sheet Of ilamc, gap
+ ned. Us II were, By black masses OF rolling
Il smoke, which mounted up like . ryramit
y y until lost IN the sky Three piers, nearly
II twenty thousand barrels Of oil and the aailtnl
:, - craft mentioned c1sewhe were blazing, defy
-, ~ Ing the efforts Of the tircmsn to suGda'
- the i1cry element. The oil floating on th'
u watcr also caught, until here ante there conlt
he eeen ting }cts OF nanlc, which seemed t.
" Issue from the depths of the river.
-! SCENES ON THE VESSELS.
W The 1frt4tcfa utre soon consumed, mt be
" ~ Ing heavily laden; hut the Schooner Altre
10 Barrett continued burning throughout III
-. entire day. 1t was remarked tliat nlthuut
> ieattu7 In seventeen, iset oi ma.ef ,, cue "
tllc waters edge. eu fearfiiliy Intense VI
t1.v l.cat that Il appeared to prevent the vi
ter fron, rushing Into the hotl.. About .tn' I;
,s nrcs*c syf.,a ' w,e1 ~ ,,an, ',,,'v s !,
,,e enc1i tartcl in the hold caught. y lonE nj
M M.se tuuull rotttnn Of flrr largr 81. the base n,
~ ~ inpctinE ihtu stentr, lightning, slrra
III. ehit out frutn ntslid tlls sct,esal hlaze ~
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a.srn scfiona INJURIES to Any, Wsse rn.