, 1881-12-28
An Extraordinary Catastrophe
Involving a Hideous
Blunder.
A Gang Of Thirty Stcvcdores
We're Unloading Il
Steamer.
The Vessel Took Fire from
an Explosion Of Some
Kind.
Being a Mass Of Flames, People at
Once Out Her Loose from
the Dock.
Nineteen Imprisoned Victims
We're THUS Slowly Ronsted'
to Death.
Their Vigorous Efforts to Break
Out Of Their Prison
Of Fire.
Ten Persons on tho 1}ock Batlfy Burned
or BATTERED by, tho LIZ
.. p}os;on.
Tl4s Horrible Thing Happeuod Monday
| at West Point Va, on York
River,
Nineteen Imprisoned Victims
We're THUS Slowly Ronsted'
to Death.
Their Vigorous Efforts to Break
Out Of Their Prison
Of Fire.
Ten Persons on tho 1lock Ba.lfy Burned
OF BATTERED by, tho LIZ.
p}os;on.
TAs Horrible Thing Happened Monday
at West Point, Va, on York
River.

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inv HINT.
sptetal p,,pateh to 1hs Ch,eaqo Tribune.
1ttc;IAosp. Va, Dco. .7.-Ths must terrible
,+cumhnnt disns.cr IF tI,. yenr in ytrx!ua tU,k |
,,uce to.duv Mt West Point, 1T tho hcutt ot York
river, resulting In the death OF nineteen men
mi, tho rrlohlful wu,lt,Jirg of about ten moro.
lt was ADMIT II o'c.ock, und tho new steamer
,ycs. Point ,yas lteup. 1tled md ut1outlou at |
tho wbaryrs of tho Ciyue Lilo,
THE SCENE
n,os c,a or ,,nu.unl nni,nnt,on. and the Negro |
stcyo,t,,rrs wrrn singing nj tbutr ,york md hny-
Inu merry ChrIstrars Of 1t. Many If thom Ind
lmcn u,,shcl IN to tnoIr tnyvoratj,x tnak |
l,y n null Mt tho rc]uyonattng whisky-j,g |
which on christmas occnsnns IL gcncra,ty c!rc,-
]ntrtl u1nunr thom, Several Nosthorn pn.scll-
9ers wht, wero waiting for tho tran wcrc stand
ing short tltstancg frou. the wharf, Interested
in tho picturesque and novel stgtt presented Mt
tho ti.ne, when they ,vcre sturt!ua by
4 rOt,n ExrLusiOS,
which 1,.tn,,cd them for thu moment. As tho
sm,,k,, clrnrc,1 nwnv thov saw purticlcs of tic
snss,,i.s timt,crs falI1nv intp tho wa;or. Into
with n Ind hceu scattered, und tho wl,ule
lnrrth NJ thn nt WIN r,,o tuu.s ur ,llinc which
ahnt hIvhrr nnu hI.,hcr m bnrrcl utter
bnrrcl Of tho GOj tmrrcls OF gasoline
storr.l MI her exploited. Sumo Ut tho wharf Of
cers, II, order to prevent the s,,rratl f tho con-
tjarru,Iu, Mt o1,cy hull tic ooed buat tut frnl
ber t,,oorRs, md sse dr!rtc up tin tide slowly.
THO hull ef tito boat was Ut iro.l, md
,,t.t.,, nn,yv ~ rt,r ,tny ,u,tscy
furtcrn tr thn lpIIy truck nshtra yrro 1T work
,v,,nn rio cvnl.,sit,n t.ok ,,u,,,. TtIpfr unIv
,no,ns nr evrnsa yas .hrouui, tbo lower deck,
,v,rI, wns nm unsY or aecfh[,,u tlrp, ind their
rn,c con,., m, v lin tru,, willis whtcl, weru fust
.,ru,ir,. raj. rr+ rux ,,,rrtrlr n, .n,trtn,tatr
Tho trycut crowd which tho explnalon bruuYhtt to
tho shore wis forceli to stand ut,t scu tito vcs-
Aal tlontuv out III tho njllo Of thu strnatn, uti-
ultu to IyMl d .uoeurIng band. As ahe wont
slnw1v o1t. tl,or could hcar tho
SCREAMS or ANGUISH
fr,,n bcncnth tho ,nmcs. und some who wero
nrorcr bonrtt tbo ruptl bn,torl1,y uf trucks
o,r.inat TIM lmtton, IF tnp ls,nt The ruustInv
atn"c,,orns IN thnlr ,,Isprrutton. wcro uBl,lr
,tcIr trnrks mn ,mttrr,pr- rams u,,ulst tho iron
n!stes at tho uoat, Witch thoy ia yutu
casnyod to brcnk from tulr riv{ts,
,rha so,tmls som ccasc,, unn BY uuu,
and tho stnothorod cries weru not hcnst louE,
tt,n .lt,ourL uut,x luru r&,nXte. ,tityu. Sur{ uE
thu crew mud stuyctlnrps as Ind bern near tho
wharf when tho explosion OCCURRED managed to
iump ar md snyu themselves
THE PEOPLE. j..
MIN funtst,, of Tho steamer j. II. Blluns ,yas
NJ, Inn yhurY nj TIM tiulo, and eycupul unburt,
l,,rst- Nntn l,rtor t,eeuuovon wis btown OVER
l,nar,, mn, tuilly hurt.
Hrrnut1-Nnto iIohounou WIS hurt badly on tho
hnag. racp. nstt hauds,
.Infu Iaryts tim culorutl t,rgulnu. VIM
lusbto tuo boiler ut tho tEmu clgn,l-
Inv r. out nt4j wns bnk{si tn Il
cjn,,er, whosv ilc lay, Az soon Us tho fatcA
s,..u,unr ,vna vono from tho wharf, Il ljfeuoat
WINS put oil ind cru!se.l around hcr ~ ,,enr III