Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-08-02
HOME NEWS.
TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT IN
TEXAS.
steamboat EApIosIon IN New Aorl, mnrl,or.

Pt,oueu ner Doller ~ l;2O to-day in slip at
" nv iinit street me conclusion was terrific
'v tIrM"ru part OF inc boat and Kill
ing q great NUMBER OF people. Tho hurricane
deck was cleared overload and large number
~ persons lell INTO the water and was drowned
ny ny % %vnsiIo nt@rlpes @ iost Is supposed To DO one
"IV huhureu ana MY.
NV 1oRk' July 3l-Deaths thus Tar, 59.;
,yI nyIrEui T ~ Inc base Dali clubs, Savannahs
"!v az t lVhioLGs postponed thelr game on account
VI NJ E,lc coi'uIt'on OF inc grounds.
- housings OF people are oongregating around
p'llchtuWo W lospna thls morning, eager to hear
iolnethIng, OF her friends supposed to- have
VoIn Nl'ieu s or INJURED by yesterday explosion
1 .' "a a, po,Iee nrE engaged IN presery-
| lng oruer anna the general rush and excitement
VI We tocCAsioh' g.,
II vi th9 iorty dead bodies brought TO Bellevue
I IiosPl'uii Pi yeSteruay twenty nave already been
; removed "a 1y lriehds ior lnterment Nine of the
% o,,i'es AZ the h9spitai nave been recognized and
VIII DC DC removed to-day.
IN the morgue are eleven victims of the eXplo-
s%ion % SeI nhrecoghlzed. On one slab are the
o,hne oI,les & ot %oman and two children on an
other siao, those OF woman and one child
ana ana on another thht oil woman. There are
iNe oouies OF men. ...
Moss oi tlle ooales present trghttui appear
ance; Tor IN addition TO the fact that they are
s~olleh ana tnelr features distorted by water
'hSy nave, III most cases been terribly scalded
Slnce carly this morning, regular stream of
people nave been passing IN solemn file in and
ou. o, .ne mGrgue, either from curiosity TO wit
moss inc awful spectacle of unrecognized dt ad
yihg there, or with painful interest trying and
,uu'iGl =. reCp8hlcrlhg among the yet un,
sHow' sii' N'c''ins' the features OF relative and
i',Tnu. n,n
Ihere are apout sixty injured victims of the
IY Tl l'''s'oi. IN t'io wards at bellevue Hospital
ny imo SUI uIsgons stAte th"t AT least halt OF them
IoS,,, V',G ,;ro S'l',li,
A1out nlne clock tins morning, the body of
i; iat;Iua WILSON,, aged seven, killed by the ex-
S"s.o''i Ss Tun ounu c III tue water nj the sup OF
''SsEi W ASiniu S leIlS ., -,
eoid at,r okNi July oImihe Terry boat West
noIu hi'rhcis large crowds 10 where she lies
a' Te loot 4 East foIrteenth street, in
u"T,Ho ,i,Hs oL SorSheT 2uhg AN tho human re-
,l ~ o'tS r. ., CIolhli'g' &C. nave oeen re-
ny Tho eu c'n,a ~ ane rntiorsue.
nv 49,. ioi ~ ~ Vi tu eSpio"loi, was upward, blow
'ng away tne nam deck, cabin deck and huIrE
Ii,tIo Grrd ~ a,giIso g I straight Inc across
lIl'G Forward OF inc center OF the boat, the bull
Tares were swept away and the metal around
tne runner llcs crumpled Ike paper. and the
iron pipe, an men thicks Joned TO the steam
supply chest, was torn away like cloth and
hurried against the side OF the boat. Two water
.nnss More lorSse oaekward % towards the stern
consluelnoIe Instance. me aiter part OF the
canln was comparatively uninjured.
NASHVILLE, July 2I.-Ihe State Railroad
CoIlIllssl9ners nave resolved to sell on the 10Th
~ SoP.rinIioer, tne hHoAvliIo ana Charleston
W ~ srt,,e nn1 yeneIsoh ana inc hnoxvlile
WL;iIo nfII.ucN{ NMt.tSnus AZ aueuGn. Also the
,;tb; ,bjrt, do, ~ h'iToad uhiess
~ ST. o"' 'N0 N"'c' P"Ss inc oept Que
NEW Yopr Jrl,, o- Tho h,oa. ,,.,t.. A.
~ I or n, Du.S I,in5 ~ ooi'us oI tne RIa-
t% 9ama % ana Ch93tianooga Kallr9ad, endorsed by
o IL t'o I; % % ST aG'H, Ina VIZ p'aoyu oh Tue reg
u'tl R,II.l irne u o'HCN fi, * n"nIo to-Iay
Is,',b SaIS TuS III EoVSlei'
r SI I'M n iISi,s Nitl ms Iauliiy on
Na'y iStai.u ana EuwaTd DoG&TTdas OF Ghippe-
Wv, - bt'nb Wy e, " -fHES IsIhHu at
ried oycr NioHoro u FoI. ~ FE FrEht We're car
,o,1ts f a.; -. - - lII"S tlc rcmn-
Their bndics have rnt bean fnnnT wv, ''c r"'ls
The sword nrcsantcd bv tbe FrogncL gci 80 NJ.
N-nri, IA Cen iIbIricb t6a JefonJ"r 81 S,' ~"
burg, was formarded To- Europe to-davO u "'''''
Fifann bniIdinSS of FrodaRrioi,o,'9' IY,n"9' ~
Land comtoinii "i stdsl NARY
-. son O1 ;Ss,raIirr cno ~ v>i'neu. i
inIion,roiis rnnorts ~ orrot f p I'm
edi,nr ~ tho ScdEy for oY,o,i - - ~ y lst ~
nrnt;ro fraI,ds Uo ,ns rocaHo6 m y ,o 2ltG
rrocncni2onco '''' ''' l'ei @oi'"'
ST Tn1,'s I,Iy o. ,i,Io,, haa.. =.
pl.n .n,,nt' N;o,,i ,,.aJ ,l'Ii I storm IN
tohaoo,, ' '"0 NO'" "''"
NJ, I,a,,,r, ,h,,, ,t, I,.l;,,, 6,l.;,e
p; TT -. I;Ii5 II ;i . ..s. I'iIeis " Satai'" ana
80 Ro,h Tri,d @ @ 10 escape
i =; H. e. J ~" anu iO"'u SuIlty OF
Nv ~ 49, i,,n,r,t t,,o III, oS H.
lo Wois bang e1onod f,n,,' noatI GI tuo-
ny ;,,, " y 5 N t o'ii , iiIeBot'nt'hB Iour
mllilohs Oh oohus, haYe stopped work on the
NIreets' avenues hhu ailevs' many were thrown
out OF emPioyment
IN colilslPh win the freight ana gravel !iain
between St Louis ana EdwarGvllle, six were
and fireman OF both trains were saved by jump
ing.
Boutwell, has finally rejected kentucky's
claim. though he will in oDinOU they |