Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-05-03

down two or three. large pu1lolngs anu daln-
aging many others.
THE LOSS.
The amount Of damage caused by the ex-
plosion is roughly estimated at Sl,OOO,0OO
which is about the lowest figure at which 1t
can be placed.
The wounded, go far as found, have all
been well cared for, and nothing has been
left undone that could add to their comfart.
Many of the poor fellows had to undergo
severe sur zeal operations. Several only
survived few hours after reaching the
hospital.
PARTIAL LIST OF THE KILLED.
The following is an official report Of the
lives lost, sc far as known last evening,
from the explosion on the European:
Known TO be killed on ship--Capt. Cole.
Mr.. Glass, chief officer; Mr.. Paison, second
officer; DIR. B4rrows, surgeon; Edward
DAVIS. carpenter; w. Pritchard, sailor; j.
A. Young, sailor; W. Beremond, sailor;
and Richard, Cabin boy.
Also, missing from ship, IL. Killed on
shore-Mr. Calvo, Alr. Swanson, and II
others.
Total killed and missing, A. The mum
Der Of missing from shore has not been
definitely ascerfained.
sIxTy-THRER KILLED WOUNDED AND MISSING.
We have received from Aspin~an the
latest report of the killed, wounded, and
\ issing by the late sad accident:
There have been buried up to the present time. 2o
Missing trom the shp....
Misoin& from the shore .1:-......:;; .
Seriously wounded in hospital, OF whom, i've Will
probably .''''''I
Total ...........,...................
Besides these there are number at their
own homes slightly wounded.
We may infer from the above that cur
Grst surmise Of so being he number Of I'm
fortunate persons killed is about correct.
HAIR-BREADfH ESCAPES.
Some remarkable instances occurred, IN
which property, apparently exposed to the
full force of the conclusion, escaped unin-
jured. whilst some, less exposed. was des-
troyed One of the most remarkable is
that of the American b ig Kremlin, Of the
Boston Ice company, which lay not more
than 100 feet astern Of the Eul opean, i'm
mediately between her and the freight
house. The brig escaped almost uniDjured;
her deck-cabin was strained o few inches
out of place, whilst the freight-house is q
complete ruin.
Fortunately, at the time of the accident,
only four of the clerks connected with the
freight department in Aspinwall were at
their posts. Two on the wharf, as stated
above, were instantly killed, the other two,
MIR. Burnham and Mr.. Forman, were in the
freight house, but with wonderful presence
of mind, Oh seeing the roof falling, one
climed over car, and sheltered himself IN
window, while the other stepped into 8
doorway, and both were saved. The bal
ance Of the clerks were in the neighborhood
of the ticket Office, seeing the train start
for Panama, which by some good providence
had been detained nearly half an hour be-
hind time, and thus saving the lives Of most
Of the young men connected with the freight
Offices. Had they been in the building
many Of them must have persisted.
The Panama correspondent of the N. Y.
HeraId says:
The effects Of the conclusion are visible
over the whole length and breadth of Asp
inwall. At the railroad company's mess
house, distant about a third of a mile to the
northward, the glass and crockery were ez
tensively demolished: beyond that, in the
new church, many of the beautiful stained
glass windows were shattered. TO the
southwark, about the same distance, al the
Pacific Mail Steamship companys wharf,
the residence of the superintendent was
very much strained while to the eastward
nearly everything of q perishable nature,
such as glass and earthenware, was de
stroyed. Stone and brick buildings suffered
more than frame, many Of them requiring
extensive repairs before they will be again
fit to be considered in good condition. Frag-
ments of the brick were thrown to immense
distances and in every direction. I saw a
small iron knee, weighing four or five
pounds, that was picked up over thousand
yards from the steamer. Another piece Of
metal, apparently belonging TO the ships
machinery, fell on the roof Of house 500
yards distant and passed through to the
floor, and hundreds of similar instances
could be related if the space could be spared
to give them all.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
While the lamar was towing the Inflated
steamer out from the wharf, at many of the
90 dead eyes" faces were seen in agony and
arms thrust out waving in vain for help.
Outside the wharves are buoys intended to
anchor vessels and prevent them from dash
ing against the piers in rough weather.
The screw Of the European fouled in one of
these buoys, and carried it across the bay.
When she sunk the buoy served as mark
to designate the spot. One man standing
at short distance from the railroad ticket
Office was carried by the force of the explo-
sion across the track almost to the edge of
the lagoon. The explosion was heard at
considerable distance from the city, and it's
effects were not confined to the immediate
vicinity of the wharf. | never saw terror
depicted on The human coIntenance in a
more striking manner thaG on the faces of
the clerks and other employees of the rail
road company who were 80 fortunately
around the train at the fatal hour that the
murderous glyceriDe explo led. For many
days some of them sbivered with fear at the
most tritiDg noise, and went around with
pallid faces, listening to the different ver-
sions of the horrible affair reailed by every
group at the street CORNERS. The very name
of nitro glycerine will long be the terror of
the people of Aspinwall ard the most harm
less oily fluids regarded with distrust if not
well known or tested.
Prof Albert Nobel of Germany. the man
ufacturer and inventor of nitro -glycerine, is
in New York. He regrets profoundly the
accidents which have resulted from its trans
portation, but still insists that it is impossi-
bic for his oil TO ignite under temperature
of 800 degrees. He says The authorities Of
Hamburg entertained the same objections
against its use originally, but, after scientific
experiments, now consider il safer and more
convenient than gunpowder. He proposes
10 give, in few days, experiments TO show
its effectiveness, and harmlessless in transit
He calls attention to the fact that the explo-
sion at Aspinwall was preceded BY fire.
The coroner's jury, in the case Of the re-