Litchfield enquirer., 1833-10-31

bpoot and say the Elnrh0atd bOiieS irisf, ni,d
 tllers was plenty uf water in it 1: maa moi a.
 ware ihak there was an cxcess 0fsieam on al
 any fime. GIT tlSaf tl1eFB was aDy msismnumgass
 meaIt Or nrgIigsnce in any One. : Mr. Mar. shall was sober. steady H1an. in tshOun tl1s. of acers of the boat had lae must eniir. conf dence. He has nO knowIedgs of Mir. Esta- ,brUaks. the deceased. buf at m line hfsthe exPInslon. Gnany peFs0ns wefz s.sn Oters beard. and he presnmes nat Mf. EstabeO6ks was among the Rambeks and that he thereby
 Ros,grN N. Posier-I.iyes in New Bedfard: has been the engineer of the Sf.an,ho.t. New
 Engiand ever since she coil1snenced running.
 with the exception Of the Grst and last trip. when the engine WIS in charge of Mr. Mar shall, Of New York, wIUput itup. and wagon boafds at ihe Iime ofihe explosion. The wit
 ness saith, that he had usually carried from g to l8 inches ef sieam his intention was to carry " inches, but was not always able tO OhtalD sn much. The gauge in the engine
 r0una always shows 4 inches less of steam than the gauge in the Grernen's room this is Occasi0nrd ny the c0ndrnsing of steam in it's
 passage from the One place t0 the other The
 witness was mol On board at Ahe time Of inc
 exPl0sian--he had remained at home in con-
 sequence of ill health. He has exa,r,ined the part of the boiler now lying on the wharf at
 Essex, and is satisfied from appearances that
 there was sufficient water in the boilers has
 taken dOwn the steam gauge and examined it,
 and found the mercury and gauge rod in their places, ail right. The gauge rod in firemens $; room would rise 28 inches before reaching the deck. He has been engaged. as an engineer. IS his regular business. g years last March he has always considered Capt. Waterman f..h when he was cng;neerr Ne has had the suic charge of the engine, without any interference rom Capt. Waterman :; nor did he ever re- qnest the witness tO put an more steanl; or irsinnate that he wished it iD be done. He has been engineer i1 the Ellsworth six years.
 Wi2iam Vaie--livrs in KiIlingworih; wasa pilot On hoard at the lime of the explosion he New England started from New York an fhis trip, in company with the SteambOai Bns- ion; came on mOderately; the Boston gain. ing on the New England. until she passed Hurl Gate, when the steam of the New Eng- aud was increased. and she left the Boston, air wind and tide, aud were down tO F'aik- aef's Island, between halg past n and l2 o'clock; d0n't think there was more steam on han usual ;, witness steered part uf the time gan tell by that whether there is an excess of steam. or not; wheel ropes got foul .in the Sound st0pprd l2or l5 minuirs, and clear, ed them arrived at the mouth of the Con- neciirat river, about o'clock; whan.ofr Corn- held Point, requested the Engineer to go | slow; when the sieahS put on again, the boat went quick soon. rung the bell to have the | steam diminished, which was done; went moderately oseR the bar into the rivcr; En- zine being out of order, came to anchor, near | Saybrook; blew of steam while the boat lay l etasamn uarkas hour; went aft, and found starbVard furnace 1 dOor.red hot; went tolarboard ire.room and { inquired # they had plenty of water. and was ] answered. that they had: got under way knew by the movements of machinery that there was great pressure of steam on her | the boat started like lightning" Landed l passengers at Sayhro0k Point cams up to Lyme; witness at the wheel; b0at steered I hard; shut steam of from the engine, and l catne to Lyme in that situation; started with | full head Of steam, soon shut it OE. and kept shut of until boat arrived at Essex, where she blew up; thinks they blew of steam at Es- sex. but does not know; had given the signal l0 have the boat started at the nlomentofex- plosion; Capt. Waterman was 1t his place attending to his duty. Witness thinks no blame can he attached to him.
 George Wilcor-was a deck hand (states nothing material from the others.l
 Giles Farnham--lives in Killingworth; was . fireman on hoard, and is badly and danger Ousiy wounded ny the explosion. He says, that in his opiaion nothing imprudent was done in the passage of the boat through the Sound. but after it came into the piser he, thinks there was. There was then more steam on than he had ever known before. He thinks tt was done by carelessness, the gauge that measures the steam, was against the ceiling of the promenade deck; witness saw it. about three minutes before the explosion the gauge rod was four inches too short; does not know how much the gauge would measure before reaching the promenade. deck, should think 95 inches; steam blown off at Saybrook and Lyme; bnt does not rec0llect whether it was blown 6f at Essex great plenty of water in iarhoard hOiIer--e exa mined hut d few
 minutes previous tOsthe explosion !; hsd sheen on watch about two hours | had not fired ap ! but two Or three times he'd illst closed 1t and stepped into the other hseusaA's room. and se- I marked to him that we should not need tO | tifa up again fUr week. if this was the way ! they kept on steam. The witness thinks that pO hlame sh0uld be attached to Capt. Water. mans aa hc was attentive to his duty.
 EdtUia Beii--was fireman: on duty at tho time of cxpiosion; aud is severely wounded came on duty altet the boat got into the river at EaybroOk, when thefe was f2 inches Of
 steam; cannot tell whether steasnawas blown
 of there or n0t--there was at that time pien-
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