, 1866-08-10

Narrative Of One of sIae 1rjurcl-Cu1-
pablo Neglect the CuuAe Of the Cusa%-
truplic.
[Fran The Loais Vile Joar1,al, Aug. Sill
Mr.. II. F. Brown, one Of the injured pas
sengevs IF the ill-ssarrcd General Lytlc,
n,akcs the ,toflowi'l. statement III regard to
The iriHhtfNl explosion nn Monday evening
last. Ne quote the exact la,t.,,a:c nf Mr.
brown: Was on the engine deck about ten
lllihntcs btipre the explosion F.; went dawn
there lrOln curiosity: saw no one attending
The engines until the lAll rang to check the
OF the hoat, and checked her partially;
about half u moment afterwards !, fireman
came aft from The larhu.art3 side aud said in
an excited manner. this t"'a: will hlow ur{n
five minutes! The next thing knew was
.st'ing up IN The air, amid s1naAc. steam,
1tnlhcrs aud oliscr parts of the wrcck. The
striker t"Ht INC ynl,.. mp. hHt calne in
1irst! While :.t'in. up had lh.rtrct control
OF my srnses. and Thought to myself. sixty
Feet in the air and ra Place t. light, but soon
in the wafer. hrrising me quite badly. Saw
lady in lllc wafer, and gave her all the u.s.
sl-l;nte in NY power. Her husband soon
x:l1nc to llcr- :slllrd to il. officers Of the
ST. Charfr= 10 ro.nc alongside, that the boat
was IN fire. They promptly rat IN The hose
and extinGriselcd tile fire. Thr Officers and
crew Of the st. Charles did nil in their
1"'wer t" aid our party Just before the
explosion ht.rd some one OH tho
s',! 1sss ssx W . .sles .;n, r,nnins rsstts ws!
pounds on Am positive the heats were
racing ut the lime OF the explosion After
:.nt on board the st. Charles | inquired Of
t.ne Of the engineers who assisted mt. will
this boat blow up? llnw many pounds If
steam arr Vol! earrying:> HI replied. there
Is no danger: We are tcnlin:. 10 .llr b,1si-
Hess fll,y wcrc not. My companions, Hail
:ind Thomas. were lying in their stute rooms,
Nus. 81 and -, the latter partly nntlrsscd.
Did not sec them nntil VIZ wut III hoard,
The st. Charles. Ny iathcr, w1,n WAS on
board, calnr oif all safe. Was f1r,nerly IN
en@inccr by profession aud think the exp1o.
tiou tile result Of culpahle nc.liye,tce on the
part of til,se in charge If the c1,.ines-''
Afcssrs. Brown, Hall aud Thomas reside Mt
The Fair Grounds in NV Albany. They were
n route to ;lc races at Cincinnati and other
places lle fist named gentleman is quite
largo, well built, over six feet hiIlI and
though lady sralled a1sont the Elcc and
hands: and severely bruised about the limbs
tnent lost his cllccrfnfness; on the contrary,
lie kept the 1ystanlcrs in Il roar of lnustter
most Of tie time by Ills con,ical remarks in
regard to the manner in which he went UT
and came down.
Mr.. Thomas is very seriously scallet abou1
thc whole body and face, and suffers inter
ialIr from inl1a1ing steam and iillint. ncrns
the tintN:E@. His c,<s il :: very critical one
and fcarn arc entertained thai he will not re
cover.
bruised, is vet in quite comfortable condi
ton. and will M dtlubt recover.
Drs. Neat and Son and Dr. Green cam'
promptly n thr aid of the unfortunate, au,
contributed Greatly to their relief:
Captain Shirley va. III board the Geues:,
buell. ''cinre daylight, and did al in his powc
for the sufferers.
Mr.. George Rca, Of Madison. came dow