Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-01

were gaily chatting or looking about, the
explosion took place, with a heavy, rnm-
bling sound, like blasting OF rocks. 1 saw
people hurled hither and thither, and then,
with me, all was darkness for moment.
hope never to behold another such
fearful scene.
Statement OF Another Sufferer.
Mr.. Sherlock's statement was stand
ing alongside of Mayor Carroll, smoking
a cigar and watching the people, when l
was suddenly hoisted into the air. 1t
seemed to me that never should come
down, but did, and fell headlong into
the water, sinking, l know not how
deep. The splash into the wster brought
me to my senses, and, being an excellent
swimmer, / rose to the surface. My head
attruck something hard, and believ-
ing had risen under the bottom of the
boat, held my breath and struck out to-
wards light, reaching the surface. l was
helped out of the water by people on the
wharf.
The Mayor and his associates,
making their way through the dense
crowd, were driven TO the Grand Central
Hotel, where their wounds were dressed
by DR.. Fisher.
When visited by reporter, yesterday
evening, they were comparatively COM
Portable, and hoped 10 be able to endure
their Journey home by tomorrow.
Mayor Carroll, was bolstered in large
arm chair, his hands enveloped in cloths
which were continually moistened by
soothing liquids; their associate Alderman
Bradley was all attention, doing all in his
power to alleviate their sufferiDga,
Criminal Negligence of the Govern
ment Inspector.
If one half the reports are true, the
Government Inspector should be indicted
By the grand jury. Had his examination
of the boiler been thorough the disaster
could not have happened. 1t seemed that
the engineer spprehended an explosion,
for he says that he looked at the patch
on the cylinder last Thursday. An ex-
animation of the cylinder which was
blown out shows that the iron had been
eaten out around the rivits till 1t was as
thin as four sheets of'letter paper.
Graphing for tho Dea do Bodies
60 Horribly scaIded SURVIVORS,
The graphing for dead bodies was
kept up all night and is still going on.
Shortly after midnight Warden Brenin
there were over forty dead
bodies in Bellevue, and about sixty more
horribly scalded and bruised, many OF
whom will doubtless die.
He said that over one thousand per-
sons visited the hospital after dark, and
that the whole force of surgeons and as
sistants were completely worn out. Late
yesterday afternoon the Westt1eld was
taken in tow by her sister vessel the
Mortified, and is TO be taken to the foot
of Eighth street, on the river, for repairs.
Tho Debris,
The character of the explosion was such
as to tear away and entirely ruin one-half
of the vessel. Nothing can be seen but
one mass of iron, timber, pote, shoes,
psrasols, umbrellas and pieces of torn
clothing of every description. Windows
and doors aft of the boat had been shat
tered from their hinges, and benches and
settees were laying in confusion. The
company estimates the damsge to the
vessel at $l2, 200, the principal loss being
the wreck of the boiler. The boat is
known as the Extra boat, aud was used
on Sundays and holidays, or at hours
when the tide Of travel sets strongly to
Staten Island. She was accustomed to
make these trips Sundays, starting at l:90
O'Clock, $50 and 7:30 P. NJ from White
Hail LandiOg, coming between regular
boats which make hourly trips. She was
about to start on her frat trip yesterday,
and was two or three minutes behind her
time when the boiler exploded.
There were from two hundred to two
hundred and fifty passengers on board at
the time according to the statement of
the officers and ticket taker. Most of The
passengers congregated almost directly
over the boiler on the sOutherly part of
the boat in order 70 catch fresh breeze
blowing from the South.
Secretary BoutweII's Opinion.
WASHINGTON, July 3l.-NsWs of a
terrible disaster in New York TO day was
telegraphed here early this afternoon, and
this evening the telegraph office was Wis
tied by large number of persons anxious
to hear the particulars. Among these
who listened to the details of the acct
dent was Secretary Boutwell,, and he at
once remarked that the inspector of the
steamboats, must have been st fault. Il
is understood that Supervising Inspector,
Belknap, will at once be ordered to make
a rigid examination into the condition OF
the boilers of the boat aud report with
out delay to Secretary Boutwell,, VINO
remarked that accidents of that descrip'
ton, were to ferry boats very rare ant
the feeling of safety which every pass
enxer had on stepping aboard of them,
would be dlspelled by the calamity.
As "a prevention against further loss of
life the inspection of sll boilers on ferry
boats in New York will be ordered.
scenes at Bellevue and the Morgue
NEW YORK, July 31.-Thousands Of
people are congrcgated around Bellevue
Hospital this morning, eager to heal
something OF friends supposed to bt
killed or injured by yesterdays explosion
A large force Of police is engaged il
preserving order amid the general rusE
and excitement of the occasion. OF tht
forty dead bodies brought to Bellevue
Hospital yesterday, twenty have already
been removed by their friends for inter
ment. Nine of the bodies still at tht
hospital have been recognized and vii
be removed to-day. In the mOrgue
there are eleven victims Of the explosion
yet unrecoguized. On one slab are tn,
bodies of q woman and two children, or
another slab those of a woman and child
and on another that of woman. Their
are five bodies Of men, most of the DO
dies present frightful appearance, 70
in addition to the fact that they ar
swollen and the features distorted by tht
water, they have in most cases been ter
ribly scslded.
Since an early hour this morning reg
ular file have been in and out OF th
morgue, either from curiosity to witnes
the awful spectacle OF the unrecognize
dead lying there or with painful intere;
irving, and yet fearful of IecOgnizin
among the yeC unknown victims The fea
lures Of relative or friend. There al
about 60 injured victims of the explosio
il wards 8, Bellevue Hospital. Surgeon
state at least half of them are beyond II
covery. About 9 O'Clock this morning th
body of Matilda Nelson, aged 7 year
killed by the explosion, was found in t1
water at the slip of Staten Island ferr
and removed to the Station House. Del
| uty Sheriff Madden, of Brooklyn, WI