Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-08-14
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&C. st F,eers To BE Blown Up.

rbe sses~rs Magnolia was blown mp on
IL Dnfo river.som ten miles above Cin-
cinuati, in March last. Menten WIS
made at the time of the supposed fatal in.
juries received Ivy Charles b, Lewis Gem
Quad') ex-local of the Lansing Democrat,
who was on his way to accept a situation
gu the Maysyille tKy.) Bulletin. Betsy
now. after a lapse of more than three
months, partially able to resume his duties,
he thus writes an account Of his accident
for the Jacksoniaa When bought
my ticket asked the clerk if the Magno-
liza was considered safe boat. He lunkrd
at me with a half-sneering half plying rx-
preston, and replied by asking il had cv
er travelled mnch.
,"Well, no, not abo &c the average"
''Then yol will learn something by and
by" he continued.
did. Was seated in the cabin between
an ex-colonel Of Georgian regiment aud
Cincinnati pork dealer. and We were
talking over the impeachment matter
My fellow passengers soon became heated
and angry. They were cuisng Congress
and the President across my head--each
one as he telt--and was looking for
nuss. Their angry talk soon collected q
crowd. had just got up from my chai
W hCCp CICdi vi tuO tIuOuss NHcH
heard veil Of agony, and before YOU coult
have counted three. up through the cabin
and almost under our feet, came huge
Jagged mass of iron.
For au instant thereafter was con
seious Of everything gong on. saw til.
cabin rooflifted up. heard the angry Hiss o
steam. the crashing Of timbers, and 4 or,
fto,u the injured aud frightned passenger
that never will be forgotten. Then wa
lifted from my feet, | felt an intense pair
ID the back of my head, and biting. sting
ing sensation over my entire body. Six.
teen days afterward woke in the Com
mercial Hospital in Cincinnati. knew
that was badly hurt. but could not re
member how or when l was injured.
As afterward ascertained. was blown
out Of the cabin into the river. When the
cxp (sion occurred. the steamer was just
rou7aing the bend above California. hing
ging pretty close to the Ohio shore to avoid
the heavy currect. | must have taken a
jump of at least two hundred feet. as was
picked up close to the bank. Thes surv-
vOrs were conveyed down to the city OH n
tug. and here comes the only joke can
discover in the whole affair.
From some cause or other my face was
.ayned to as deep back as a negro ever
wore, and was accordingly treated as one.
A dead cart was sent down from tbs hospi-
tai and eide by side with two wounded dar-
kies, lying on the mattress. | was carried
up. The mistake was not discovered un.
the surgeon commenced shaving the hair
Oft my head to get at my broken skull. !
was supposed for the first two days to be n
deck hand, but a telegram from my wife to
the Enquirer. who came and hunted me up
soon set the matter right.
On awakening in the hospital inquired
how badly was hurt. The only answer
received was to ''keep still" Considering
that could move neither hand nor foot.
regarded this advice as entirely thrown
away, But it did not take me long to find
out that, first, there was an uncomfortable
cir hole in the back OF my head: second
the sight entirely gone from my left optic,
and the skin peeled off my face and ears
third that l had been steamed or rather
cooked from head to heel; including both
arms. aud lastly that the doctors had just
pulled ane through severe attack Of pneu
monia. Remained in the hospital twenty
nine days, and then concluded to go home.
Had not vet been able t" leave my bed, but
accompanied by my brother il-law. c. II.
Zulisau Esq, who had nursed me from
the third day1 made the journey.
Getting home-my friends had been look
ing to see me come in coflin-my wounds
had all filled up with proud flesh. This Of
course had to be burnt out. driving me
crazy and compelling me to use solution
Of blue vttriol twice day for forty days,
So you can form a slight idea of the pain
and suffering. and how much I'VE local can
endure without becoming "dead NATTER.
Now after lapse of almost one hun
bred days, find myself once more about,
but condemned to wear the savage marks
Of the steam fend to my grave. A bald
spot where the iron missile crushed my
skull, piebad eye, face that resembles
beet, and over my arms, body and limbs
are scars that resemble great slices Of fresh
Beef laid upon the skin. But after all
am yet alive and getting ready to once
more pursue the itcnzing business, which
you know is vastly better than being fished
cut of the Ohio some torpid day with no