From fife savannah Georgian of Oct. oe.
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Explosion and Loss of Lircs-A most distressing occurrence took place yesterday, little before one o'clock at the powder magazine at the extreme cas- tern verge of the city The building lately contained about 140 kegs of powder, which being deemed un- safe, was removed during Tuesday and yesterday morning to the magazine of Fort Wayne, with he exception of about 150 or 200 lbs damaged that was emptied into a half rice tierce, the coopering of which, it is thought, elicted spark and caused Se whole to explode. The concussion was felt in ill parts of the town, and an immense cloud of whte smoke explained the cause. The building (bnck) was driven to pieces and fragments throyn in every direction to the distance of two hundnd yards; and we lament to say, every person wihiiit five in number as far yet ascertained,) instanly killed, and their bodies and limbs thrown to grat distance by this powerful agent. The end of tie building was hurled against the Artillery Old Lato- raory (brick) about 15 feet distant, which crushd it, and the roof being of wood caught fire and bunt with the other wood works. This latter buldg contained nothing The number of persons killd in this awful event seven five within and two win out the building. as foows:

 HENRY W. STORY, Constable, who was aiding and experimenting the removal.

 Four colonred cOopers, two men and two boys. ire, who were engaged in furthering the kegs in ordq. white child, about five years old outside sonbf Mrs JOHNSON, who formerly kept a sailor boarding house on the Bay. The mother Mrs J., was aso outside, near the building, and is much burnt and E. verely bruised, but may recover

 A black boy who was playing not far distant. Ie died in about an hour.

 The sight after the accident was the most revdt- ing we have ever witnessed. The bodies of two detached; parts of the bodies of two more of tie coopers, have been found, Together with anothe body, which it is hardly possible to identify as blad or white, from the effects of the fire, from whene it was drawn in the afternoon, but is supposed to le Mir Story's, as the others employed in the wohs were before accounted for.