Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-04-26

ruins. lHt force OF alE caNSe0 DN the
Z concussion seems to have raised the roof,
which was constructed Of iron and slate,
upwards a few feet, its own weight bring
ing it down with immense force into the
building, aud carrying with il both the
end walls, leaving the house, excepting
the side walls. which appear but little, ii
at all injured, "A mass Of ruins. IL would
be difficult TO imagine q more complete
wreck than that presented by the freight
house and wharf
OTHER BUILDINGS INJURED,
/ Scarcely a building in the place es-
capped without more or less damage, those
Of a substantial nature suffering most
Nearly all the brick and stone buildings
were badly injured but the freight house
. Is the only one We heard of which had
1 been rendered uninhabitable. Hardly a
whole window Of glass remains in the
city, and the destruction of glassware
and crockery, aud such like, is really
wonderful.
VESSELS INJUBED.
i Although many vessels were lying in
7 close proximity r. the European at the
. time Of the disaster, none, except the Car
. ribean. of the same line, sustained any
Z serious damage. The last named vessel
was moored at the opposite side of
The wharf from the European, ana re-
/ ceiyed very serious injury. Her hull, eN-
. jernally, appears untouched, but the ef-
/ feet of the conclusion, internally
was very severe. We are assured that
I some immense iron gir,lers. nearly twelve
/ inches deep, were snapped OF like pipe
I stem, thirteen Of her frames were broken,
/ and knees and braces Of the heaviest
/ timber We're torn from their places. The
strain upon the ship must have been of
. immense force, and nothing but the supe-
Ti0r build and structure Of the vessel
saved her from being knocked 10 pieces. |
I All her boats, and, in fact, everything OF
fragile nature, were rendered useless.
GREAT loss OF LIFE.
The most awful part Of the catastrophe
was the dreadful loss Of life and suffering
attending 1t. OF the number killed and
missing il is impossible TO give q correct /
estimate, bus from present data the num-
ber may safely be put down NJ fifty, and
Is. we fear, more likely 70 prove over this
number than under IT, OF the forty-Ons
men comprising the crew of the Euro
pean. nine have been killed and twelve I
are missing. Two clerks engaged on the
wharf-Nr. Swanson, Of the West India !
and Pacific Steamship Company, and l
Mr.. CalvO, Of the Panama Railroad Com
pany-were both instantly killed, and OF
thirteen natives or JamaiCaus employed 1
on the wharf and in the freight house, I
none are supposed 90 have been saved .
besides, ii Is believed, small gang OF 4
native labOrers who had gone on I
board the unfortunate steamer have met |
Wits the fate Of the others. twill be sew
eTll days before correct estimate can I
be made of the loss. Many bodies were
no doubt thrown into the water and !
picked up by sharks, whilst others are I
still buried beneath the ruins Of the I
freight house and wharf or went down I
with the ill-taJed ship.
The scene in Aspiuwall after the first |
expiOsian cannot be descrbed-it was .
narrowing in the extreme. Whilst the /
ruins gave am air Of desOlatiOn TO the |
place, the mangled and lacerated bodies I
or pieces Of bodies TO be met with in |
every direction for a great distance /
around the ruin of the disaster were
heartTending, snd the suffering Of the |
poor mOrtals. crushed and bruised, IN 1
whom life was not extinct, was really 4
dreajfUl
SINTN-THREE PERSONS KILLED, WOUND /
ED AND MISSING.
We have received from Aspiuwau the I
latest report OF tine killed, wounded and /
missing by the late sad accident: There /
have been buried, up 20 the present time, /
tweuty-siE; missing from the ship,
twelve; missing from the shore, eight 1
seriously wounded in hospital, of whom
five VIII probably die, seventeen; total I
siNty-three.
Besides these, there are a number q,
their own homes slightly wounded
Known % he killed on the ship. Capt
Cole; Mr.. Glass, chiefolicgri Mr.. Pai-lu,
second officer; DIR. Burrows, surgeon
Edward Davis, carpenter w. Pritchard, 1
sailor; J A.. Young, sailor W. Bere-
mOud, sailor and Richard, cabin boy.
Also, missing from ship, twelve. Killed /
on shore, Mr. Cslvo, Mr.. Swanson, and
nineteen others.
THE WRECK TowEp OFT ANOTHER
EXPLOSION.
Fears being entertained -hat another
explosion would occur, and as the cause
Of the disaster was sUll unknown, and
nome of the officers or crew Of the ship
were left who could give any eNplaua-
non Of its cause, it was thought best TO
have the burning ship towed into the
stream The royal mail steamship Ia
mar, Capt. Moir, which had arrived the
evening previous, Immediately got up /
steam AMI prepared % tow out the burn
ing ship, but before this could be accom- /
pii.hcd another explosion took place,
though not of sufficient force 10 /
cause amy injury. IL was supposed TO be /
the magazine, which contained small I
quantity OF powder for ships use. The /
Tamar then made fast to the burning 4
hulk and tOwed her out. The two YES 4
sells had barely reached the opposite side 4
Of the bay when another explosion more |
terrific than the first occurred, but fOrgu- \
nately the ship being far from the city, /
and in deep water no harm resulted. /
The last explosion IS supposed 60 have /
broken up the hull, as IN less than half !
an hour after it occurred the unfortunate /
ship went down. The top OF her smoke /
stack is the only part now visible.
THE CAUSE or THE EXPLOSION.
The Star adds: "At first the cause OF I
the explosion was wrapped in mystery,
and as no one was saved from the wreck 1
who could give any satisfactory expla-
nation, all was LEFT 10 conjecture. a !
boiler explosion was impossible, as there 4
was n0 Steam on the main boiler and 4
there was no necessity TO Use the engines,
as the ship had been lying al the wharf
over eighteen hours, discharging cargo.
Guupowder seemed most plausible, but
there was none known tO be ca board,
except few pounds in the magazine,
for ships use, which could not possibly
cause 50 much destruction. IT any Was
on board it must have been under false
bill of iadiug, a. none appeared on the
ships manifest, Besides it seemed I'M
possible that gunpowder could explode IN
such quantities without creating a cloud
OF smoke and leaving IT'S marks on
everything around, whereas In this case,
a few minutes after the explosion, no
traces VA hnflE-ar gFrara n sfIIa iaNnnnffmnr
the general ruin, IL was then discovered !
that some seventy cases OF glonOin or
nitro-gl lyeerine, one Of the mosteXplosive
agents known at the present day, was
on board under an ordinary biz Of lading.
This at once cleared tp the mystery.
This compound is used fJr blasting pur-
poses, and was shipped from Liverpool
For California. i Is, we understand, Of
similar composition, ii not the same, as
a barrel or box Of oil which exploded in
Greenwich street, New York, a short
time ago. Ii viii be remembered the
package was accidentally dropped on the
street, and Immediately exploded, tear
ing down two or three large buildings,
and damaging many Others"
rHF ToTAI. Loss ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
The amount Of damage caused by the
explosion is roughly estimated az 81 ,0o1,-
OOj. which is about the lowest ngures al
which it can be placed.
Hon. AIexanaer II. STEPHENS ia wasr, I
ington---Iuuendos Of tlae Radicals.
Correspondent gincinnati OOnmeIcialh
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than his share Of criticism. Not content f.
with attacking him on his record as 1
publie man, some Of the reckless persons +.
who affect the formation Of public opin-
ion have penetrated the privacy OF his /
domestic life, and revealed him 70 the .
country as the constant closet companion I
Of the vilest cOpperheads in the land. 4
" His boardinghORse Is the resort from
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