The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-04-23
Rifhnln( bispatrI,.
"oNpS ARtL %, 1866.
The AspinwaI
a, . Insst Eery lIo,~c
~,,,. n~al , Damages-I.oss, One
' m. ,,"," a Largx Number of
Persons Killc$ md YVo.,c""' W

~ =, Nnu WOundC<l.
7 .,,, ~" ',' p m ,''s'a while To Liverpool
r';i."aa ""l."n lying aongsidc the
= ,.rr;,i. '". "",,a';, TX, dischaghg cargo,
nr ,hn .L;n " Th k placcn the hold
III. nx,r"r, NJ ~, et was rightful in
sLa,tcrcd ;" n;o "o 1ssel wa literally
almost totally ruined. n,c .i. WAR; was
a,cd =, Lou, n. ,.oi' an'f 'fon, ,buiAing, stu
vessel ,,,. .a w nuh'fd feet arom the
cussin, u R", I,as ,h: uemrtsled bAthe con-
great, was small mate, : N'''oosli
with the frightful loss AZ IL 'vrhariSoh h
| tain, first officer, sccondlofse.n iiN cap
gcon, and five others on ~, ,"o sur
were almost instantly killcA T, ~. supp
men on the wharf met withv,o So,nosI
rihlc fate, and twenty-five An '"a'' y" ln
anu ship were badly wounded os 'no'
OF iaborcrS who were at wol, IN ~" 'i
oa tnc ship not one is knewn 70 ba,.
nc total OF killed and wounded :, .
as Known, mp To this date. is .s w. c'n SolS
hilied and missing (hc latir pa.,a 90 i1iiovs
being dead), filty-two: won,dM5o dMouDtedl
,,hn din,i -.o"f. I'm. list include
I ,,,.o =" o''" from thcirfwounds aftc
their removal to the kail. o,s. siosllial. ~ sl. ~.
To hcightcn the frightful cAractcr of Il
accident, fire immcdiatelybroie out
board the ship, eficctually dtting of
retreat OF the wrctchcs in th4 hold Of Il
vessel who had escaped install dcatlAfro
the explosion. While the fin was r,giI
on :he decks of the vessel anGaroumltT
hatchways, the unfortunate nlp couksl
seen approaching the port-hots and ,
plorinS the aid which it was toally impt
sihe TO afford them. They ware burn
or drowned to man, and helped to sw
the list of missing.
Fearing that second explosion mig
take place, attended with II further loss
life, Captain Moir, of the Royal NJ
Steamship Solcnt, with the greatest pc
TO himself and vessel, made fast line
the burning wreck, and towcd her from t
dock into the stream. The Solcnt h
scarcely cut loose from the Europe
when second explosion took place-mo
terrific, if anything, than the tirSt-au
Immediately aftcrward the wreck beg;
sinking rapidly, and in thirty minutes
portion of the Inflated steamer could
seen above water, with the exception
the top of her smokc-stack. Had the s
cond explosion occurred thirty minutes pr
viou>ly, the ensuing loss of life could n
have been calculated, as the docks ii clo,
proximity to the European were jaime
with curious spectators of the scene.
The effect of the explosion on shordan
near the dock was sickcning in the .cS
trcmc. Fragments of human bodies vcr
seen floating around i'll the watcr-hcr
limb and thcrc Il trunk-whilc i'm obc
j.. ''ccS, ON the decks Of neighboring rs
scls and on the dock, the balance ofth,
unhappy victims mi ght he found. Min,
bodies were taken from the water ain osi
entire, others piece meal, while othcrss;tk
TO the bottom, or were quickly swallcw,d
BY the voracious sharks.
-nh 'h, "iu III human power was cXtcntil
o thc-woundcd men. The Panama Ri
Dad Company received them in its h,l
'ital, and the Superintendent of the san
corporation provided a special train frnl
'anama, with medical aid. The cyprEj
cached Aspinwall in one and half hodsl
running timc) from Panama-thc uuicketl
me on record on that road.
The funeral of the officers of the Eur-
can was largely attended. A dctachmcr
marines from the United States stcame.
aihcs AdSer accompanied the processio
) ; military escort. The dastardly Prctec (
Aspinwall, however, refused pcrmissio,
II the marines to land with their arm
nj consequently they presented sorry
'pearance at the funeral. Captain Swain
N was inferred the next day with Masonicl
'nors, but the marines were not allowed
repeat the farce of the preceding occa.
'n. The friendly object of the American
'nsul at Aspinwall in rendering an escort .
United States marines for the remains
an English captain-in the absenck
English man-of-war-was cffx
lstrated by the petty meanncs
e official.
CAUSE OF THE Ey1
DuriuO tha