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more or less scalded. All who were on deck abaft the boil 
ers, we believe, were either killed or badly wounded. Had 
the accident occurred in the day-time, when the passengers 
are generally scattered about the deck and promenade, the 
destruction of lives would in all probability have been much 
greater. 
The following, we believe, is a correct list of the dead and 
wounded: 
DEAD. 
Elias Bushnel, Kiliingworth, deck hand; Daniel Harvey 
Jerome, supposed from New- York, do. ; Jared Lane, Killing- 
worth, do.; James C. Bronson, Hartford, do.; Allen Pratt, 
Hartford, baggage master; John M. Heron, Reading, Conn, 
passenger ; Mr. Shepard, I^lbrwich, do. ; Lyman Warner, 
Plymouth, Conn, do.; Dr. Stephen B. Whiting, Reading, 
Conn., do.; J. T. Burgess, of Waterville, Oneida County, N. 
Y. late of Colchester, Conn. do. ; Mrs. Thompson, (a Scotch 
woman) and child, on her way to reside at Thompsonville, 
Conn, do.; Mrs. Hunter, an elderly Scotch lady, do.; John 
Eastabrook, of Concord, N. H. (body found in the river,) do. 
WOUNDED. 
Captain Waterman, considerably bruised ; William Savage, 
clerk of the boat, slightly scalded ; Giles Farnum, Killing- 
worth, fireman, badly scalded ; Samuel Pasha, Quebec, deck 
hand, do. do. ; Edwin Bell, Glastenbury, fireman, do, do. ; Jane 
Pruden, chamber-maid, do. do.; Mrs. Abigail Stocking, Mid* 
dletowm, severely scalded; Roderick G. P. Goodrich, We- 
thersfield, badly scalded ; Miss Warner, sister of Lyman W. 
slightly scalded; Mrs. Hastings, GilJ, Mass. do. do.; two 
children of Mrs. Thompson, one severely and the other slightly 
scalded. 
Captain Waterman was on the wheel-house at the time of 
the explosion, attending to the landing of passengers from the 
small boat. He noticed a movement over the boilers, and im- 
mediately jumped or was thrown upon the forward deck. He 
ivas somewhat bruised, but not seriously injured. 
From the inhabitants of Essex the sufferers experienced the 
most kind and hospitable attentions. Their houses were thrown 
open for their reception, and every thing which could contri- 
bute to their jelief and comfort promptly afforded. 
As soon as the melancholy intelligence reached Hartford 
on Wednesday morning, the proprietors despatched the steam- 
boat Massachusetts for the surviving passengers, and several 
of our physicians repaired to the scene of suffering. The 
