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Show J THE "TIGRESS" ACCIDENT. ! St. Johns, 11. Capt. Bartlctt, of tho whaling steamer Panther, gives tho following account of his meeting with tho steamer Jtyress: On Friday, tho yd inst., the 1'anthcr was in lon-gitudooJ lon-gitudooJ deg., ir, min., latitude 50 deg., '22 min., north, on her return lo St. Johns. The lookout reported a stcimcr apparently running only under un-der sail, with flags at half-mast. After Af-ter signaling her 1 went on board myself, my-self, when I discovered her to bo tho steamer Ti:re.s,i. Tho captain and chief officers were on tho deck. 1 whs then informed that on Thurselay, April 2(1, at 2 in tho afternoon, the vessel was shaken all over by a terrific explosion ol her boiler, which created a great terror and confusion, ami the escaped steam completely enveloped ovcry com part m out below; in coneo-riuenco coneo-riuenco nil steam facilities had been destroyed, and they bad then been under sail, against a head wind, for twonty-four hours. When I reached i tho deck of tho J';,wn number of men were nailing together rough wood boxes for rocciving tho bodies of tho unfortunate men who hail boon killed by tho accident. On tho day of the explosion tho weather .was dreadfully o 'Id, with a still brer.o blowing, and a heavy swell. A number of men had gono below, a tier watch, and had turned in on top of tho boiler for the 8ii ko of warmth; nineteen of tho crow wcro reposing in this way when tho crash occurred, and sumo of them wero literally aciilLorcd beyond recognition. recog-nition. Tho constcrnaLiun was fearful. fear-ful. The two onginoors on duty at the Lurio wcro both killed. |