The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-25 00:00:00

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THE STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSION AT BRISTOL.

BRISTOL, Jove U.
The eteme-b eit enelosion, of which I gent ye*
MOO eartimlan yesterday, sad the dreadful injuries and Its,
of lite entailed, still matinee the "'treadle, seMeeta of eau-
Vereatioll throughout the city, awl every emit le en, enzioas
for a rigid investieration of the NOM whisk lei is the ter-
rible calamity. Many ruse nee are afloat, some of which
ales, blame against particular Millividaals, and the general
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feeling is that Me meet be thoroughly sifted, if only
f.:r the purpose ell apleet a recurrence of the evil.
Yesterday albumens as was commenced before the
city coroner, J. B. Grinder. . and a respectable jury. on
the bodies of sub of the seleareri es died before they could be
removed from the mine •f the ambient. Them were Robert
Pegg, lame West, amend Searles, Henry Bturr, and
Semi and Miry Ann Falba, the two 1e.4 children of a
groom, whose wife and eldest damehter lie seriously hurt at
the lel:wary, and not, as was at first supposed, the children
of a Itackeev ear driver named Jellifies. The inquest wee
held at the Commercial Hotel, Howells, and excited mach
interest.

The °crew having sworn the jury, end explained% theca
the nature of the duties they were called lapis to &whereto,
they proceeded to view be bodies, which lay under a twit-
shed at Mr. Rawlioe's, Noes Scotia wharf. They were all
of a vow, and being all mutilated, some of them in a very
horrible meaner, they presented a shocking appearance.
The first four or Ave witness. called were the relations of
the deceased prvedes, who' were required to identify the
bodies, and to state the periods at which they last saw them
alive, and the circumstances under which they first found
them dead. This species of testimony, although required
fur the purpoms of legal exacta's and occepying a consi-
derable time, was sot of a chancier calculated to interest
the public. The only evidence given bearing upon the acci-
dent was the fellow*,

.
Julia Leoaard, Fronnore.street, waterman, sworn. I
belong to the wherry Why Not ? Last t ight, just after
eight o'clock, I was in my whiny at the Nova Scotia ship,
and the Red Rover steam boat was lyint at the wharf
alongside of the lock. She was talons in possesses', and
appeared to have from 45 to 50 as board. I believe the cap-
tain was on board, but I did not see him. The youog man
present, Was. Lowther, was at the helm, and append to be
going to steer the boat. Mr. Anderson, the owner of the
boat, and his wife were in the after cabin. I saw them then
before she went into the lock. The Red Rover had backed
from her r.gular landing place to the Ink, for the
purpose of taking in passengers who were coning
down that side, mid she had not been there
five minutes when she exploded. I saw the explosion.
Her boiler and putter the wooden houses, both forward and
alter, went into the air in fragments, and were thrown
with violence in all directions to a distort.* Iron the vessel.
15,me of the eoals came into my boat. Many of the passen-
gers were thrown into the water by the 'apt "ion, tadpole,.
remained in the hull of the steamer. I and other wherry-
' men endeavoured to save the parenters, and I saved the
flostran, two men, and a woman. The fireman was km
' feet seder water when I caught him. The fireman's face
was block, and his eyes appeared out, end the other men
were oleo hurt, bat the woman was nit. The water was
shout 24 Net deep then. When I had put the people safe
on shore, I went and got the " creepers," and assisted is
scrims up the bodies.
' The Coroner said irs the absence of many necessary wit-
ann., and the present excited state of mind apparent
in those present, he thought that little good would result
from continuing the inquiry at that period, and he should
therefore adjourn it till to-morrow so as to give an oppor-
tunity of informing himself more perfectly and summoning
the requisite witnesses.
Toe inquiry was then adjourned.
Mr. Joan Ayre, of the firm of Ape and Calder, attended
on behalf of Mr. Anderson, owner of the packet, to watch
the proceedings.
Another of the unfortunate sufferers, Wiliam Cooper, a
tescher of dancing and musician, died in the Infirmary last
night

RAISING OP Tag Wascx.—Tlis ADJOVANID INQPISST.
BRISTOL (Tale DAT), 9 Lai.

The attempts to rails the wre k of the Red Rover have
proved successful. By means of chain-lighten, her hull was
tai.ed Lest night above water, end placed high and dry on
the shore. It was expected that some of the bodies of
the miring pettifog would have been found is the cabin..
An examinatkn wee made of the wreck, but none were
found. The leeks were opened yesterday to admit or the egress
of the Irish packetkend therefore it is more than probable that
1 they may have been previously washed out of the reset and
drit.sd into the • . The adjourned inquest before Mr.
Grinder was resumed yesterday afternoon. S. Lewley, an
engineer, deposed he was on board the Red Rover at the
time her boilers blew up. He did not belong to the vessel,
and was merely on board to par away his time. He was at
the helm steering for one of the men, and the master was
standing on the steam chest by the side of the boiler. He
did not see the engineer; he was below, in the engine-
room. At this time of the accident the vessel had
taken her complement of passenger., sad was about
to quit the lock. The boiler then hunt, with a
noise like • cannon. Witness was struck on the thigh
by something which partly knocked his overboard. He
managed to regain the vessel and to jump on shore. In a
few minutes afterwards the ousel sank. He saw several
ptrsons struggling in the water, and amongst them the cap-
tain and the engineer, who were much injured, and shortly
died. Witness could not soy the cause of the explosion.
Just before it took plane the captain called oat to the en-
gineer to go ahead. He saw the safety-valve just b-fore he
went aft to take the helm; the steam was then blowing off,
and the weight was about time inches in from the liver.
He spoke to the engineer at the time. The man wee tying
his gauge-cocks, and be asked him if he had enough of enter
in his boiler, to which he replied that he had.
Mr. T. Clements, manager of Mesan.Lunell'ssteam-paeket,
stated the engines of the Red Rover were a pair of direct
acting engines, high pressure. In May last the boiler was
examined, proved, and put in goodierder at Messrs. Lunell's
yard. It was then sound and perfect; since then It had
hers repaired at another yard. The boiler would bear a
rerun of 401 be. to the square inch with safety; the plates
of the boiler were from five sixteenths to three eights of an
itch in thickness. Witness was on board of the genet oa
*he day of the explosion, but not at the time, and saw that
the lever of the valve had been shortened. It was quite
safe. He tried it at the time. The engines were non-
condensing easier. The shortening of the valve lever would
have the affect of reducing the power. Witness thought the
cosines wen from font to five haese power.
J. Rawlings, of Nova fleotis-yard, ' Bristol, stated
that sun weeks ago the boiler of the Red Rover was
entrusted to him for repairs, which he executed, and the
boat started again on Saturday fortnight. There was a rent
la length, but hardly discernible in width, in the back part
of the boiler, which nerd leakage. There was also a small
leakage under one of the large stays, and two rivet leak-
ages la the front of the lower corners. These were
all the defects, all of which wire thoroughly re-
' paired. Witness proved the boiler himself after-
wards, and subjected it to the process the whole
day; the weight of the safety valve wee out as tar as it would
RC The engineer of the steamer was blittlisnaith by trade.
He had nernmeaded him to the situation, oeadderaig his
sompetent for it, though he was not aware that he ever
acted in the capacity of engineer before. Witnem saw the
explosion. The engineer was blown oat of the vessel up into
the air. Henry Green, • boy employed on the It d Rover,
acid he had seen passeagers place the it feet oa the serstp
talv!,. and had Ward the captain order them to take theta off.
Heim net se* may one do so on the day the accident
esearred. Several witnesses, who were cm board at
the time of the explosion, were examined at some
length. They thought there were from 70 to 80 persons en
board at the moment the boiler bunt.
At thie stage of the proceedings the coroner proposed ea
adjoarameat, which was agreed to by the jury.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
Arms Ha. OcionellOPlll Pena.
Ix RE A. A. WATT..
The bankrupt was deseribed as of Beraerretreet, printer,
sad he bad beim the proprietor of the United &nice Ga-
zette. This was the certificate meetlog. The estate bad al-
reedy realised 7r. is the posad.
The oficial sad trade redeem expressed their sitisfaction
with the propriety of the Imakrapt's cosdoat, and appeared
to be diatom that he should have a certificate of • high
blas•
RY Howier mid that there was sot the slightest doubt
that tits eseelliaMe would be granted ; bat the polities was,
se to whaler maglit to be of the first dam. He was am
aufliciestly angsaistml with tke bets of the ease at pewit
to decide HMS ,_nibs, sad he would take time to on-
side, it. Ix itti (haunt.
This was a ssestieg for dunes of assignees. The beskrapt
was a wooUea warehouseman, of Charter-house-square. His
debts are stated at about 3,0001.; assets, 1,0001.
Mr. Lunettes, ea behalf of the bankrupt, spplied to the
court to saastion Hr. Butler, of Besiaghall-street, being ap-
poiated seseselaat for A. bankrupt.
Mr. Lankiest:, for the assignee', had cot the slishteet
doubt of as aispetssey of the gentleman proposed, and,
therefore, offend ao opposities.
116 ROGOW emicarrid, sad 111 r. Butler was appliated.
Astlysses was ciasea, sad the asesdag separated.