Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-02-07

EC0ND REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
on NIEAMBOA II EXP. nSInNS

cas- would permit. We ihilk W. er. ...I
let IP"h o. rNamius jais declaration ami tb.
aeC' nr1nt Ing dispositions, carefully and can.
Id!d.y.
As rrssrds the stafemen, Of Capt. BENNETT
/ ~ feIiIluu io the construction of sail b,,t
'h-'n. ana machinery, IL appears. Ina, al,
F wa Zone That l. usually dome IN such cases
am u W take The sib cement a. true. We mus.
! conclude that the materials aud workmanship
J were E7od. and that The buat. when pui into
& the hanis o' the officers. wssa first rate craft
I As .' Hls competency, he statrs ;h4t be has
( oceh engaged a. Master Of steamboats, iof
se'rnl !tafs. and has made great efforts to
S.qlalh' himself with al the duties dcvoi-
wig upon hIm IA that responsible ststinn
and also 20 iamlliatise himself with the habits
anu caps, ny OF those that usually apply Tor
responsible situations on boats, &c. Ii az.
pears also, that he had unbounded confdencr
m The ability, prudence anI attention Of all
the officers employed
\, 10 The cause Of the explosion. he "can.
not hazHd an opinion to hun i, is unsc.
cOuntab.r
The deposition of w. II. Dorsey. Pilot.
amounts to this, that ,he els were promptly
answered and that the safety valve was mis-
ed duung The stoppage at which the explosion
TOOK place, and that % tshistled preffV sAarp
and gdrs him no uncasiHfss The engines.
he say s. were not stopped more than five min.
utes when The explosion took place
HE statement OF Mr.. James Ve-num. ii
Engineer, Is that TO which your committee
ana the public look iJr facts upon which an
| opinion may b. burned. We remark here
That al! these siate&shls are er purte. aud in
/ ouf opinion as favorable d, could be- His
! statement agrees with Others as TO the quality
90 tht boilers; thrt were good. IL conflicts
! WIN mat made BY Nh. Hobbs, one OF the
engine builders. Ia several PARTICULARS Mr..
Nthnum SAYS the pumps dii not work well.
Mt. Hobbs says they did he says al. til.
valve seas were screwed ont OF shane by
temper screws. Mr. Hobbs saws .'the cap
was taken oil one OF Tue pumps at the Wheel
ihS "hhit white steam was up" ThiS could
no. nave been done ii the valves were MOI
s"dtti. lie says The pumps worked vel
WINE the engines were III action, but iha
Whth they were standing. "tlc water rushed
odch throuSh the pumps into the rIver to such
an amount as to require the boilers 10 b.
pumped up by hind That this had to b.
done IRE times al least on the passage from
Wheeling 10 Cincinnati. He saws The boiler.
were burned on account Of Aepositcs of clip
pngs, &. left in by the builders. Mr. Habb,
says he had the boilers cleaned under his own
personal supervision.
lie says he thought he had rpmedied the
diihculty by ginning down the wives al
Cmdnaall, but found upon starting h. bar
not. lie had Instructions. from the owner,
and captain 10 spare no expense at Clucin-
nau to make everything bout the boilers ans
engines right. That he received from tn.
owners all hc asked 10 run the cagines ana
,oas 10 t4d his otrH help lie does not Sd,
how much ne was to receive. He employed
Mr. Lyle as SECOND engineer, and Mr.. BeIvill,
as striker. The engines were in their charpt
al the time OF the accident He think. tn,
stems Oh The valves fitted in the guides 10,
tightly. He has an idea the accident ma,
have been owing 10 the connections between
tae bollera being stopped up, aud ais1 II,
connections through the Water stands II,
has been engaged engineer on The rive
about ten years.
Capt, brnnet thinks him good engneet
and one witness SAYS, " he (Mr Nennum, } i
Il ilrst rate engineer As TO Mr.. Lyle. tin
second engineer. the amount OF the testimon,
l., nat he was young man but little know
10 MI. Ntniun, OF indeed % any of the wit
nessr5. lie was good iiHsher, industrious
ana had been on The river as stryker abou
two months. Some of ,h- witnesses though
be was well acquainted with the construction
loi the steam cneiar Mr ! " Cu,a,n; m.
| ft,o,,ht ti,,, ,.ot',na,o,,, -, =. - y
ciree, ihau,b h., l...,,- -, i:t,l. :, ~.
oIs,,y him s,vs Mo ..b.,dI;,,, ,b, ~, -.
al TN, >Iea,nhn,t pioncer =, ,b1 C;.r,i,,,,.,;
wharf. and from the ,yav he handled mr. en-.
cine sba,ld NJ, '''i' u
er heard a1y one CIV. he -. :"
yiuecr. only ~, i,,Ioa tro,, ,,b., go,
On I'M, occasion, atludad - ha,,,, 49, \,
IA, boat At thai TIM ,bo,,t b,,If o., L,,,r >
! Mr. Saml. Tyicrssys of him FL have neye,
| SEN Mr.. I,yIe b,it had bearI Mr. NcT,rss
| he MI Ivle\ was n 6r.t rata ,ynIk,,.n -
good m,rbini. and understood the st.,,, ,,-
| sim. well and h. considered him \ qooI en-.
9,nasr Tho sl.ta,ns,I If Ns.srs w
! Philips. I. q. Wis N and r NJ HiU On ~
| say. Thai i,yo nonih.' exner;.oca az st5yker
was sufficient toouaIi(y Nr Iyla AZ .scooI
engineer. and Mr. Am G.ve il IS his oninino
hat the explosion had f. c,u,e in 'wanI Of
water" This may be- si,ffi .ient lrom The o,,.
ner. and officers nj tho 4 \ J,hn.nn and
their witnesses
| Cant Farr.t IAN old ste,,,ho,+ C,,,,;,, \
wa,s passenger. Some 6lteen minutes hotor>
the explo ion he remarked IA some nj the mas.
,epgrrs thyre was .n,nptbing y,n,,g ,,,th IN.
cn5lnes-heafd the glage r9rks tired ten or
fifteen minutes bef,re H. exnlosi,n ami he
ieyed hy H.. sound not wats, enonoh a. !,
had a soneak. instead uf i du,h sounJE-brarI
tn, eneiucer ham,nerino ON the fo,r. Mann
aud in few inmates blew up. alter had
thought the engineer was tryiua tn oct the
pump TO work
John DonneIly and John Walker Gremen
say that the boilers and furnaces. during bari
OF The INN. OF watch ..wa. hotter linn The,
had ever seen a boa, bs(o,e tbat "A ,rna rslh
er thsn smoke came through the fue cam.
am This, too while nriug With coal-undrr