, 1866-04-25

| AFa1n OF Es1&N h1f+e-- ~
The torre Of the drafl, s,pttIng nad unhurt.
| the fa1ljng iron md aAtcs. e1spranR into q
| MF. Forma1, another, etSir' Calyo, . native
e aooE*ay snd @ Tss s EsFssHlc; dis. The great 1en
S!s5a. ZEE ,n5 ;fnnrSs,s at both ends OF ing
feiaht Go, nnnse Wr.e ezawn inwards BY ths 1901;
and, ven tts assixs Ts La atsaff t8afhove2 no
among & tac rFs1 s1 standsng nnInjured. The
ts 1sss - ds~ VI rnarf Of the railroad company,
e3nevs,sr af w,ich lay thu European, was Al.
most nose entirst Mi Il destroyed; up to within loo feet
W. Mo.S "a of goods, on the end Of tho wharf,
ere blown into the sea OF destroyed. Twsn-
ty.two men OF the crew Of the European, who
were in the forward lower hold, were uu-
harmed.
Captain Cole, who was On deck, was so
blown to pieces as to ba scarcely Iccogniza-
bic. Mr.. Swanson, clerk Of the Steamship
Company, WIS blown on the wharf and kill
cd Mr.. Glass, chief officer; Mr.. Parson,
eecoud officer; DR.. Burrows, surgeon Alf.
Nisbet. engineer; Edward Davis, carpenter,
and about dozen fremen and sailors were
instantly killed. The whole OF the gang Of
ten or twelve laborers who were in the after
between.9 .cks, " well us most of those visit
ins on The wharf to 90 to work, were killed.
Altogether not less than sixty peraon5, proha-
bly more, lost their lives. Ont tf about
twenty wounded, taken 10 the Panama Rs,l-
road Company''s hospital. seven or eight
died. During the next two days after tho DC
cidcnt, SIX bodies were washed On shore-
Immediately on the explosion, the ships
decks were covered With arc, and tho wharf
was in flames. The fire on the LATTER was ex-
tinsu1shed by the c1eEtlons Of d private en-
e,ne belonging to Walter Field, under the
control OF G. Rosenthal, Esq, 3 merchant,
who worked with a will. 4 report having
gained ground that there wese 1850 kegs
OF powder ret remaining In the lower hold,
and the town and whaEyes being still in great
danger, 1t WIS determined 10 pail the burning
vessel ont to sea- Capt Moir had Just come
into port with the Royal Alail Compauy's
steamship Tamar, and the anchor Of the En-
ropean having been gotten In BY the crew Of
the UEited States Eunboat JnMes Ad:.cr and
other brave men, at imminent risk to their
lives, cable vas made fast to her, and she
was lowed couple Of miles over toward the
opposite shore from the city and abandoned.
No sooner had the lamar left her thau au-
other terrific explosion took place on board,
supposed this time to hare been her powder
magazine, and just before two O'Clock P. NJ,
she settled down aft and sunk, nothing but
her smoke pipes being now visible
The Caribbean, GDc new steamer Of the
same company, occupied 4 space on the op-
rositc side Of the wharf from the European,
and received great damage from tho etpIo-
sion. As soon as possible she left the wharf
and anchored at safe distance. I went on
board OF her, and found her spar and main
decks covered with debris Of tic wharf, and
the exploded chip, as well as shreds and bro
ken packages Of linens, calicoes and half
burned cloths, 1s also with the rims of her
own cabins aud houses, which In many places
were shattered to atoms. All the boats Of the
Caribbean on deck and at her dayfts were
broken into thousands OF pieces Both her
main and spar decks were sprung and thir.
teen ofthe iron giFders, twelve inches deep, Of
the spur deck, were broken OF near the eides
of the ship. The damage TO the Caribbean
cannot be less than 10000. Strange to say,
not a person was injured on the Caribbean.
The fluid, known BY the name Of qitro-sly-
wic1, street, New York, last November,
wounding several persons and blowing ont
the front Of the Wyoming Hotel The COM
pound was FIRST made ABOUT fifteen years
since by u. Pclouze, Of Paris who thought Il
too dangerous for practicable use. 4 short
time since Mr. Alfred Mabel, q 9wedf1h chem
ist and engineer, thought he had 80 improved
upon NJ Pelouze's receipt IS to avoid the diff
acultv, and established house tor its nr>nu-
facturc, at the head Of which he placed
younger brother Mr. Mabel c1ai1netl that the
compound was insolub1e In water, that it can
sion In store.'' ~ The discharge can oa1v he
effected under certain circumstances, 1nai-
cn1ed In the directions fur using tho
a5tiels sa H. oS o applying sts- luer match
without explosion, and on removing the
match the fire Immediately cxtiusulshes. It
can bear without danger :.l93 degrees OF heat,
{Fahrcnhcit,) but explodes at about 500 de-
grces-" Ent, notwithstanding the claim
manufactured mud used with 50 much safety,
one day in January, 1865, NJ. Nabel's factory,
together with his brother aud workmeu, were
blown into such Little particles that no trace
Of building or work1nen were eEer after dis
covered. or course the cause Of the explo-
now of the European, Is whipped In mystery.
This oil Is described rs being In color OF
light yellow-a compound Of glycerine, (the
sweet principle Of olls,) and nitric acid, It's
chemical osd io,m%a s, giElnS % eighteen parts Of
atoms Of Oxygen. and the hydrogen fiye,
its complete combustion leaves surplus
o only. He states that each one hun
dred parts Of exploded blasting oil
leaves 2 residue Of: carbonic acid, 50;
water 20; oxygen *: nitrogen 1s51-1oo;
l.B, one volume produces 1,ss5 volumes of
gas; that is to say, steam 54 carbonic acid
4ro; oxygen 81, and nitrogen Ss;6. '.Weignt
for weight the blasting oil bears very favor
able comparison with gunpowdcr, which is
caIcu ated ordinarily to produce about 80
fu'HtflS "a Gulu NsA5 Ovi3 kAE lJ1LEO'rt5GEffl1t
wculd consequently appear to be, other things
being e1na(, about Eve times Us effective rs
gunpowder." Mr.. Mabel claims more thin
this, for he says 1t Is difficult to i1e.ersnine
the degree OF heat produced by M exploding
substance, and that, according to theory, the
blasting oil, on account Of its complete COM
busslon, onGht TO dcrelop G more Intense heat
than gnnpowder, mud thus the heat developed
by the explosion OF nitro-glycerinc Is twice
that generated By guDpowder, and from this
cn!cnlatcs TINT nftro-glyc compared with
gunpowder possesses about thirteen times Its
puwer, when volumes arc cousldered, md
eight tunes its power for equal weight
The Invoice in question consisted Of seven
ty cases, lone case produced all the damage
III Greenwich street, and was shipped 0r Gull
IN s. Co., European Express Agents, to Band
mann, Nelson Il Co., San Francisco. On the
marked to 90 On deck Us Dangerous" !" but
no mark was mndc against the OIL It wns
taken Mt the same rate as boxes Of sperm CAM
dies, or any other ordinary freight would be
taken, and with as little care. Whether the
no1ne ''glouoin oil'' On the bill OF 1aliay Is
name known in Europe for the oil or not, Is
question with rs, as no chemist hereahouts
knows the term. Perhaps it was given it asa
blind by tho shippers but, it so, that is ont.
greater reason why the shiposnegs sao..T
have inquired into its charaeter bsfese t16J.
it.
1ue european HaS new sup. FalH*4 Il
e.:D,GG0; insured to within .e4,0n p it.r
valtie- She had On when she blew ao, S;,ot;
for Panama and Pacific ports, 5aa FrG,N ,co
included, valued at $50, ,tEe. Iqs- damage oI
thu railroad company uancot bs ,.ss than
10000 Hcr1in.. The Car,bbean's damage
.io,Go. Loss Of goods on the wharf and in
the freight house, (ycsy 1ilt!c loss in the lat
| lar, 5000. Damage TO other property In
town will make up d considerable item. Afr.
". E. Cowan's Few brick house was damaged
| to the amount OF c,00O- One of Mr.. Douoli-
| sio's buildings was considerably Injured
This company has been very unfortunate.
| Gincn IL bCitnhf mt Mr.. HNIf n1il fuIfen1