, 1866-10-18
FROM ST. LOUIS.

A Frnrtn1 EarIn.snn Two ualtatus.
Ifswh mn BY fIr iiurnti.R III rsa,ls.r-
T"rlsr or Thtrtrrn Trr@ons t<tlit1t-
t:Mnsr nj ttir Exptr.lnu- strpilrnA, tin
1rtstI fntrtbi.
lspecln' Dlrialcl, 10 tbc Chicago Tribunc.l
AT. IntIu. urtul,rr Ii.
A fearful cx1,iorion nccarrrt hrr. THU ,pnrplpg
nj TN u'rlnek. TLe dth! i,,rrr.s.u, war lint t1r
toncsrlo' WIS ca,ssrd by MI earthquake, hut tho
Irnl cntIav 1T the sonI4.lua tnir1iy nln,lr'nn
KWH1r l'y lht %1tbwtrA Ut IN o14en llntpr fttrkn,
Mo1ial. dust uId skt,nirs. tint l,r..lonnun *.
llns"n tnd taksn llarn: n,l II va. Immediately
d'rrosoed tfHs tho ho.lrr of an uneluu III
intn','E ".ta'.lsln'snt I .'ahn u: Van Iroek.
t,cntl' nha Seventeenth ~trrtis. hhd hnlsi, ni,,
MI emily blown tho farsnry i,rulf. which wns low
iris tt.s"io,s ItsE Su!IaIrs M I uolni,' @ n.ai ..,
hat| set Cre to ultc.r.0ry huf!iIag IN IhD rask
..,de. Ihc tccnn Of wreck ID nl,4ont ,,lescriba:
!nsH on iha opposllo s1tle of tho niley.
.i.n*ter. erttts and broksa q. uf T tlmSss s
on to Morgan fstect, ana inacnt The ftont of ti.o
1ssS "s. on ns ' %s tc1 ono m esk I a,,n esst ns
rei'el'a'ta, throng1, n shutter IN tlst .lwrl.
i'ns ot nr. .l,erSr. Astis'ant Chicf Epel-
s1 sea, 81 'es s..D Fss ss,wvc IT, ,o oa
hl* wife, who we're near !lc window. and was
stopped by MI inner WALL 4 ptrc, OF tlmirr
Me,Ehtns s n1"a, one hnt.ed : ponad. va thrnwn
deep int!sntatlun in The l,:ich wall i piece ar
,lc boiler about two Feet lorg hy one ~ius. was
1Eritl nyci tl,tee h!ncI$, {U the carrer If Twep-
meth aid Washington strccte.
Iae building ad!!oirln::; the burning cstabli ii.
M IT "ns tlsce s:os,es IN height, and buis Of
1.,as Of il l. lilo half demolished west wall,
Tue aarcc OF tt being plitd OH tho ground. 1t IL
h<ticset that twelve Or thlr:ccn persons persshcd
n ~ HFA AA.{ kr
be stl il. the tnins While :he en2lncs mcrr play-
In: Oh The burning rubbish ,hrcs dead bodies,
on:ned tn c,isi aud b!aesirncd, could be distiu-
Thr cause Of tho explosion teens to have been
The Weakening ot tho lo,1cr: The wotkusn who
| subject. The boiler was an old ono. worn thin,
ana wns totslly nndt for service. A fragment
e sa s 1f :a
boiler mt Into the establishment, but
esss:ssa eSRssa hs iSa.e tn tn fsa ss;a
'hcrc only about Two weeks, and is
said 10 have bern inefficient, knowing little Of the
psons vers s n IL bni,dn:s T. the Ill.,
whom ahitccn escaped The proprietor Of the
1.e!c,y, Won Brock, escaped ulive.
| The Coroner Is NOW Investigating tho dlsas-
James Stephens. the Isi.h patriot, arrived last
| nighl, and was escorted from East ST. Louis
was welcomed il. the narlors By Nj. ii. a. Hogan.
Mr.. Stephens, IN response, Complained some
| whA, briefly OF the want Of American sympathy,
aseu,nnce that fighting would commence on Irish
| eo,l helotc New Years Day. Snbscgnt ptly the
.rcat Fcntan WIS called out on the rort1eo. aud
made lew remarks, aseurir1 his friends thai iii
battle would commence on l.ish soit before New
lont aru!auxc, aud and Mr. Stephens retlred Ins1dt
ST. tor1s, October 1:.-St1 mnre dead bodte.
were taken from the ruins ot Van Brooks 1urniu:
.lop. 1t il now thought that n.hers still rcma!r
buried In the dtb,is Several bodies arr SO hos
,ib]y burned that they canno, be recognized.