, 1870-07-22
MARINE DISASTER.
The E.oss OF sl,e Gut.lsng Stnr-Y'ar-
ttctslssrA OF s:sc r:eplo.Ion-arcoun
OF the Disshstcr BY Onc Who Syns
on 1kunrA.

The E.oss OF sl,e f:ut.lsng stnr-Ysar-
ttculHrA OF s;sc Ia aplo.Ion-ArcounS
or the Dislstcr BY Ouc Who Syny
OIL lkonrtl.
.Fie'a fhf Ms-oit Psst Juiyao
The explosion Of the boiler of the Inflated
propeller Guiding Star, Of wllirh Lref me,,tiou
was laade il uut ib,uc of yee,erlay. .oems to
inst reported. From the Captains wife, aIrs.
Mcfarland, who VAS aboard at tho time Of the
aeetlcnt, aId returned to tic city yesterday,
We learn few additional particnlare. Tie
propeller WIS upward hound from buffalo To
Detroit, and on Sunday mosulng had put in for
WOOD ut Tort .Laitiatd. Lear tht, mouth Of tie
Mt'land tailal. lNcnt. Live cords Lad been
TAKEN nn. aud tho propeller WAS just rv7nginr
Out IRON the 1vcs, when tho boiler ,xplul}rI
with terrific report, mud literally tore the af-
tc!-l'alt Of the vessel to sp.insers,
MIe. Mcfarland, l.er ei.trr aud Child Of tle
latter were as.cd III tho cabin and Ind hardly
'nc to sl'r1li;, ,,ut, wlen what WAS left Of tlia
sersei ap1'eared to spit oren from sad TO end,
snd !noet INSTANTLY ='..,a. leaving the forward
i art slightly ont of water. Tho propeller i
.oata Mr1e blown no une knew wLiiliee. hat
fortunately email rawl which had been lust
put Itoa1t was tu.-cl ll1,on the ci4urs ,y tho
,Aptbsln. without Icing broken, and with lilo
taken IRON, the wreck. Their cscal,e scrnIs
1niracs:iuus, aud is atsnLu;cd iu part to tho
Vessels being heavily laicn with stuycs irou.
Hardware, tlArcslluk machines, aul heavy azri-
tlce. Which llpi tho hull, particularly tho
forward part, from being shattered as much
rs /, Otherwise would have been. The fo,cc
of the explosion may DO inferred from the
Tart that The heavy iron covers of the coal
bunkets we're lifted and carried distance Of
nearly 10 rolls. Two barrels uf uhi-koy were
ilown clear across. Grand River, said to 10 opc-
third as wido as ,he Detroit, and, strange 10
Fay. cue OF thtm came down safe auI eon,,l
on tic ..ol'posito shore without SO much u,
rprlnElns lcAa. Tie smOkcstack is nowhere
to bc found, and other fragments uf the ycss-
sel we1e scattered ovur the tops of tie ad-
jacent buildings. There wcrc hundred lar
rela Of trrlrn,ine aboard, which, luckily. sank
without taking tire
Ilrcre were on hoard al the timo Of the &C.
c:dent "a persons in all, Of whom four were
netaiftly killed, eight seriously wounded, two.
ut least, fatally, while all were mora or less in
jnsed. Tie following aro the na.ues Of the
killed and wounded, 20 far A. known to our
informant:
James Erawn. Maiden, Ontario. watehn,au,
Hetant,s a'1ie! LIT body had lot beun re-
covered when Mrs.. Mcfarland left,
- Io1ris,er. fireman, ecall.d aud drown.
"a his body nas recovered aud buried At Port
Maitlaud. His parents 1yc about 10 mile,
vest Of Detroit, Lut thrit address, i. no,
kuowu.
james GAYLORD. Of Detroit, second engineer,
-estrcly. hut II is lAnl,el. not fatally, scalleJ
I'll! tlr hands and arms.
David Mckenzie, OF HufIalo, cabia bow, in.
lnret& internally, recovery doubtful.
John conlcs, uf Montreal, deck han1. LEG
broken N three places AMI severely bruised in
Chest. little Lore OF lis rccuycry.
- Pitcher, rcsideucr nut known, deck
hand. KILLED: boty not recovered.
Daniel Mcfarland, Captain, aud John For
fsne, Clerk. both OF this city, escaped with
tiIsht lnjniies. The former was s,anii1uE IN
:hc Fllot,huuse Al the nn,ucnt OF tho cxpI,,-
sloli, ard WAS thrown into tho wreck. f]i,-
tanec Of forty feet.
William Fitz, of Maiden, Instantly killed ).
boay found and inferred at Tort Maitland.
With the exception Of the ladies' mentioned.
There We're no passengers aboard. UE thoso
wounded, but whuee names arc not given. il ia
rot known that any uf them beiuu.t il this
cLy- Several surgeons we're Oh hand roon
alter tue OCCURRENCE. and offered valuable
medical and surgical sssiStance. Thc wounded
arc nov, reIeiyinS every attention iIum tie
sosliiahlc people Of The place. The Captain
AMI clefk are expected to reach l.eme to-day.
AZ inquest Wa held on the hol1cs If tie
ucaa hy Coroner Levi ]. Weathessby. Tie
tcsscl Ii total loss. hut it is though, ths ear
80 may lie ncarIy nll saved.