Steam-Boat Aetna.
The Times, 1824-06-23T00:00:00

We have selected from the AYe;r York State.n4arm, a few para. tap?hs ruapec~g, the accident on board the, Etna, in addition to the ilfttartion4lr ady published :- Th"centre cabin, in which wore al the ladies, was the chief scene of death. At the moment of the explosion, several of the 7 tsengers were standingagain&t the railing near the boat slung attbe aide, into which they sprung, lowered themselves into the wa- i, and escaped without material injury, and from whence they saw t heads and arms of two 0r three -of the females extended from t! cacnbin windows, cnryng piteously for relief in the last agonies of -i: The Vsteward victor Grasses jumped out of the forward cabin wndow, and was drowned. Mlr. CIjarles G. Hollinplhed, a pas- !erT-,r from Princetown, and Captain. ;Mvers mate of the Xatwn,also ' d ovcrboardj but were both saVed by means of a bench, and ..u into the sma1 boat. The lad belongmin to the faniily of Mr. Furman was sleeping, at the moment of explosion, on the covering o the boiler, and s thrown into the air eight or ten feet, and fell into the vacuum caused by the remoyvl of the machinery, and es- cared without injury! I '" It was supposed to be three or fout mi2utes before the explosion "ptits force, and ncarly fifteen minutes before the steaam had veared away zo as to admit of entering the cabin, where a scene of ,death and terror was presented which may be imagined, but cannot bo describcL The bulk-head of the cabin, chairs, tables, and the bodies of the dead and dying, were alR driven into one mass at the xtremity o;the cabin. Captain Robinson and Mlr. Messerole first enered trhelatterexclaiming "Mywife! my wife!" as he caught hie, anna ran upon deck, only in time for her to expire in his arms. He had been roarried but about six weeks, when his wife was thus to from him, in the bloom of life anld the sprinq time of hope. The mife of AMr. Job Furman, his sistet, and his niece, were dead vrlwa brought from the cabin, and also 'IMiss Mlary Bates, daughter of-Cptain Andrew Bates. The others were all severely scalded andt several have since died. " The four females of Mlr. Furman's family were taken to his hoise, and buried from thence yesterday afternoon. The funeral cemonies, vhich were peculiarly solemn and iMpressive, drew to- etler ntanY thousands of sympathizing;.friend and spectators. Rev. ?fr. Baldwin made a brief address to theminourners asid the audience, Ind ffered a fervent prayer. The bodaes were placed upon four hearses, and foUowed tothePresbyterian burvingground in Christie. street, byan immense concourse,where they were all deposited in one gave. The dircumstances of this melancholy dispensation in the tamilyof Mr. Furman are of a most striking character. fitted to im- dess decoly upon the minds of all the uncertainty of human life. TVe fiood of sorrow which has thus overahelmed the husband, fa- ther, and protector, brings to mind the rapid and accumulated afslic. tiozs of Job, and all his patience, fortitude, and resigcntion are re- Juirted to bear np under this load of affliction. All the deceased left the city after nine o'clock, on Saturday,.to attend the funeral in the aftcrnoon at Elizabethtown, of Mrs. Pripe, a niece of Mr. Furman. WhPle they were at the house of mournntg, an infant child of Mlts. Price closed its eyes for ever, and was 'placed by the eld bosora of itx mother, in the same coffin, and deposited in the same grave. iMlr. Furman was indisposed, anQ the family were anxioasto retutn the ame evenipg. The hour when they were expected had gonc by and pe was anxious about their safety, and revolving in tis mind wha..could have detained them, when the messengers arrived to communnicate to him the sad tidings, and were soon followed by the d-Ad bodies of his wife, daughter, sister,' and niece, who went from him in health ir the morning, but who were now returned to tarry a fri hours on their way to LIme tomb. Thus were six relations of one Eamily eonsignd to the narrow oc' towhich weAreallbound, within the space of 24 hours.i "71his awpful calamity has xcited a grett sensation, and cast a gloomrt over the wvhole citr. It iS almost impossible to ascertain what ws the Immediate cause of the disastert" STEAM-BOAT 1ETNA.