A

DISCOURSE,

DELIVERED IN THE

NEW-YORK CITY HOSPITAL,

ON LORD'S DAY MORNING,

MAY 23, 1824.

INTENDED AS A MORAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE CALAMITY OCCASIONED

BY THE BURSTING OF THE BOILER OF THE STEAM-BOAT ÆTNA;

BY WHICH SEVERAL LIVES WERE LOST. AND, OUT OF

NINE PERSONS BROUGHT TO THIS HOSPITAL,

THREE ONLY SURVIVED.

TO WHICH Is added, soME ACCOUNT OF THEIR LAST HOURS.