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ence by Mr. W. to some letters upon the subject, (for no 
names are given in the memorandum,) were to be sent to Mr. 
J. Black, No. 71 Walnut-street, Philadelphia. The face and 
back of the left hand of this man were burnt to a crisp ; but 
he was nowhere scalded, nor was his hair singed. His face 
was perfectly black, and probably his. nearest friend would 
not have been able to recognize his features. 
The following persons were sent to the hospital, viz. Thos. 
Braden, of Wilmington, Delaware, and Michael Eckfelt, of 
Philadelphia, both of whom, we learn, are likely to recover — 
and dangerously wounded, Joseph Stevens, a native of 
Ireland. Also, of the crew, dangerously wounded, John 
Winter, of Philadelphia, fireman ; John Gibbons, of Philadel- 
phia, fireman ; Ann Thomas, of Philadelphia ; Alexander 
Cromwell, of Jamaica, waiter. Margaret Cole, cook, wound- 
ed, not considered dangerous, was carried to a private house. 
One of these, we learn, is since dead, and there is little proba- 
bility that four others will recover. Young Mr. Morrison, 
mentioned above, but who had not yesterday been heard of, 
we have just learnt, is lying in Frankfort-street, very badly 
scalded. Mr. Eckfelt, when the coroner last visited him in 
the hospital, mentioned a lad from Philadelphia, who has not 
been heard from. A young lad, about 13 years of age, who 
was, at the time of the explosion, sleeping on the covering of 
the boiler, was thrown into the air, and fell into the vacuum 
caused by the removal of the machinery, and received no in- 
jury. Mr. Myers, mate of the J3tna, jumped overboard, and 
was uninjured. 
Mr. John Pearce, and Mr. Ryers, both of Philadelphia, es- 
caped without injury, being on deck and near the bow. Jo- 
nathan Case, of Schenectady; Benedict Arnold, merchant, 
of Amsterdam, N. York ; Mr. Heacock and lady, are also 
among those saved. A boatman lived at Bergen Point, whose 
was the first row-boat alongside the ^tna after the explo- 
sion, states that he picked up 4 hats, one of which contained 
a bill of lading of goods on board of Thomas H. Smith's 
ship, at Amboy, from Canton. He also picked up a paper, 
which was part of a contract for making part of a canal in 
Ohio. [One of these hats, it is ascertained, belonged to Mff 
Myers; the hat with bills of lading, we hear, belonged to Mr. 
Heacock. 1 
The steam-boat United States, Capt. Beecher, was on the 
way from New-Brunswick at the time, and after rendering all 
the assistance in her power, towed the ^tna to this city. 
