DREADFUL EXPLOSION.
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Our city was greatly alarmed last evening
by the appalling intelligence ofthe destruction
ofthe Steam Frigate Fulton, at the Navy Yard,
BROOKLYN, and the killing and woundlng oil
great number of men, by the explosion OF the
powder magazine. We have collected the
particulars Of this terrible catastrophe chiefly
from the Daily Avertiser and Gazette-haylng
also made visit to the melancholy spot, to
collect such additional facts as have transpir-
ed since those papers were put to press


The Fulton has ever since the war, been oc-
cupied as receiving ship, and was moored
within two hundred yards OF the shore. The
magazine was in the bow of the ship, and con-
tanned at the time of the explosion, but three
barrels of damaged powder. The explosion
was not louder than that produced by the dis
charge of single cannon; and many persons
in the Navy Yard supposed the report to have
proceeded from such a source, until they saw
the emmense column of smoke arising from
the vessel Others about the yard saw
the masts rising into the air before the explos-
with fragments of the vessel Ii is not little
remarkable, that Midshipman who was, at
the time of the accident, asleep on board of
the frigate L. Safes, within two hundred yards
of the frigate, was not at all disturbed by the
report of the explosion, and was not aware of
the occurrence, until he was told of it after he
awoke


The Fulton is complete wreck: the bow


being destroyed nearly to the water, and the


whole OF this immense vessel, whose sides


were more than four feet thick, and all other


parts of corresponding Strengths now lying


and entire heap OF ruins, burst ssunder IN all


parts, and aground at the spot where she was


moored. Although she was but 200 yarcs


from the Navy Yard. and many vessels near


her, not one ofthem received the least damage;


nor was the bridge which led from the shore
to the Fulton, at all injured. The sentinel
upon the bridge received no wound whatever,
, and continued to perform his duty after the ac-
cident, as unconcerned as though nothing had
happened. The sentinel on board the ship was
less fortunate, and escaped with merely, "a
slight accident on such occasions) broker
leg. There were attached to the Fulton, BY
? the roll of the ship, 143 persons and, at the