The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-01
VOL. XII

;nr and the hosr,;tal was n terrible scene to
hrhold. The wnuui,,l were living every
where, some in beds. some on blankets, ana
others were walking around, grooming,
moaning, and crying.
OF the steamer West8eld's crew. Captain
Isaac Freeland was not hurt, Assistant
Pilot James McGec slightly hurt, Engineer
henry RohinsDn not hurt. Fireman Robert
Coswson slightly.injureh. Fireman I'atrick
Finnccan severely, deck hand Charies' heyl
slightly.
and children so far have been brought
aShore. tr these only seven have yet been
identified. ny follows: Nellie Groosne, OF
| Flathu>h, l.. l., five wears old Louisa L..
Sassas and George l.. Srssas, Of Il First av-
enuc. n. Y; Matilda Motlat, 454 Ninth ar-
enue. aged ten John q. Beck, Bog Tenth
avenue Prof Mark Chcncvierc, 246 Gin.
ton street, Brooklyn John j. johnson, S05
Fulton street. Brooklyn.
The total number of killed cannot be
| stated, rs bodies may still he dragged from
| the river. and there arc several children
alive whose parents are missing and unac-
counted for. The injuries of Mucci, Carl
! balii's partner. will prove fatal. Tho num-
| Der of injured received st the hospitals and
| in the fcrrv-houSe is about seventy. but the
number of slightly hurt, who werc taken
home by friends, cannot be known. II. =.
Wilson, a merchant from Louisville, n.y.,
| was severely scaldcd on both hands; taken
| to St. Nicholas Hotel. Mayor Carroll, Aid
erman Levy, Alderman PhilipSon, and
Chief Fire ENGINEER Fcclc, all of Syracuse,
were on board the Wcstheid and were
slightly bruised.
STATEMENT OF A FIREMAN.
| One Of the two tircmen on board the
| WcSttield, named Robert Crawson, was III
| the tre-room ut the time of the explosion.
| He says that fifteen minutes before the accl-
dent he was on til" head cylinder wipins it
Off. Then he went INTO one of the cabins
| for 4 drink Of water, and thence into the
| fire-room. While here he heard kissing
| noise proceeding from the rear boiler. and
went 10 soc the cause. lie had gone but
about half the length OF the boiler when he
found the steam so dense that he could not
proceed any further, and turned to come
back. when he was struck in the lace by
the flying splintcrs and knocked down. lie
made his way to the deck It's last as possi
BILE.
This Kissing noise which CrawSon heart
must have been the starting Of the plate
patching of he boiler and the first prcmo
milton OF the impending disaster. An eX
animation OF the boiler rs it now lays in tht
bottom of the boat reveals the fact that tn,
explosion occurred at the rear, and that ;
piece about four feet long and two feet wide
was torn ont Of the jacket and thrown
hundred feet on TO the dock ut the barge
office. Another and larger portion of tht
boiler was thrown directly forward int
y, the bow Of the boat.
i LATER.
In Bellevue Hospital ut 12 o'clock there
were ~ bodies in collins and 10 on slabs, al
presenting the appearance of being fright
fully scaldrd, large patches of skin being
torn oil in many places. Since O'Clock
there died in the hospital Fanny Sandal
OF Sixth avenue Margaret Caroline, two
years old; Christopher Houch and wife
Mr.. Uilman, Sarah Phillips, Il baby, three
unknown men, one unknown woman, ant
Matthew MahOncy and John Gcrrity, botl
of Brooklyn.
The surgeons at the different hospitals
say the majority of those in their charg,
will die. Al imUrnse crowd estimated IL
fifteen thousand, have c"ngreeated aroun(
Bellevue Hospital, and Il like crowd arounC
he Park Hospital. y ..,
! 4. M.--rhe most reliable returns OF The
casualties give the total number Of killed a
30 and WulIule1 3hOut 40.