Shrieks and groans filled the air.

A great many persons had been scalded, a great many crippled; the explosion had driven an iron crowbar through one man's body--I think they said he was a priest.

He did not die at once, and his sufferings were very dreadful.

A young French naval cadet, of fifteen, son of a French admiral, was fearfully scalded, but bore his tortures manfully.

Both mates were badly scalded, but they stood to their posts, nevertheless.