The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-10-04


JOURNAL of Saturday, and the Jour
nal failing to come By mail on Satur-
day we did not to obtain a copy last
night until it was too late to make
comparison. The following Incidents,
which ne clip from the Journal, will
be read with painful interest
INCIDENTS. 9ga
Under this head there are a thou
sand things of interest, bat we have
but time 60 hurriedlg note a few that
came to US we'll authenticated.
All agree that the explosion sound
ed like the discharge of a heavy can
non, and the first impression was that
such was the real cause Of the noise
A man walking IN front of the Elk
ecutIVe II eadquarters, was startled at
seeing the skull Of a man drop in
front o. hiLa, the flesh actually scalded
off the bones, but the eyes and teeth
still remaining IN the sockets and
jaws.
Several yards from the disaster was
found pair of legs, held together By
the meTeist shred OF flesh. AT one
place vas the headiess trunk of a
man; at another was the leg of a
woman, with her boot and stocking
and a part of her drawers still upon
It; the arm of q nan was found driven
into a poplar board, while not far
from Power Hall was seen the body
Of a man so horribly mutilated that
his heart, stomach, liver aud lungs
could readily be seen. When first
discovered his heart was still paipi-
tating, and the motion of the organ
was plainly observed.
1t was reported, apparently upon
good foundation, tSat woman was
delivered of a child On the ground,
the fright bringing on a miscarriage
which may cause her death
In the Agricultural Hall were lying
four bodies, jumbled, almost unra-
eogniZable, mass OF charred, roaste d
and scalded humanity.
Mr. John Il. Foudray, with afriend,
was sitting IN carriage on the east
side Of Power Hall. They both saw
a piece Of the boiler coming togard
them, when Mr.. Foudrayas friend
pushed him aside, and the deadly iron
imbedded itself In the ground not
three feet behind him.
The scalp of a man was found near
the stairway TO the amphitheatre.-
One piece of the boiler, flying
through the air. took of the Top of a
mans hat. A
Governor Bakers ooaehman was
standing near the horses, while the
Governor, IN company with Major
Walker and Captain De La Hunt,
were standing just at the side of the
carriage. hrs. Baker had left the
Governor but a short time before, and
for half hour the Governor was In
great distress for her safety. While
the coachman was so badly injured,
the escape of the Governor and his
friends seems miraculous.
Three horses were killed outright,
one belonging to Dir. A. 4. Vinton,
one to Mr.. Dawson, the tile maker.
and the other to a coUntryman whose
name could not be learned. The lat
ter was killed while crossing the
bridge over the dyke leading to the
western exit.
The little daughter of Mr.. Dawson
was struck IN the head while standing
near its father. The girl died very
shortly after reaching home Mr. Z. +.
lives near Fletcher's farm, on the
Pendleton road.
A baby wagon was struck by a piece
of the flying iron, and the wagon
utterly demolished, but the child left
unhurt.
A piece of the boiler was blown
into the cattle she'd, two hundred
yards, where it passed through the
roof and knocked the tips off the
horns Of the mammoth OK, but doing
him no other Injury.
Mr.. E. A. Vinton and his daughter
were sitting in buggy about fifty
yards away, looking at the running of
the mills, when piece of the boiler
struck the horse, killing him instantly
and upsetting the buggy, throwing
both occupants out, but doing them
no serious harm.
a piece of a mans head, showing a
part of the forehead, the nose and left
side Of the face, the hair and whis-
kers very black, slightly tinged with
grey, was found near the Execut tive
Office.
One of p. L. Davis arms was blown
over a hundred yards from the place
where he fell dead His body was
otherwise terribly mutilated.
In a lumber pile, near the place
where the boiler stood, was found
some of the remains of a man literally
Wadded into the inteFstices between
the blanks. One woman, ipquirinQ
for her husband, asked one of the re
porters if his name was upon then
fist of the killed. 1t was, but the
man could not summon the courage