New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-09

the Mayor with The mans OF person Wiling 10 assst ~
distributing the thus raised.
We are Informed ihni m Snskfc up The subscription u
stsrs Sugar Refinery for the Hsgue-st sufferers The
worknen gave gencraly tOo or three dollars apiece while
the groPrs,oTs yery Sersy PAVE arS dollars g sse6
Of Howard Lodge No CO. o o r for the re- Il Of lhe
sufferers by the late calamity IN Haguesl
THE GRAND INQULsr.-At II oclock Oh Noster
day morning crowds Of anxious enQuirers and spectators
doc he'd 10 The Vicinity Of ,e Fourth Ward Station H0sse
vii ere the Grand Iuques, to be held TO ascertain the
eavss which led 10 the awful casually Of Monday ssi
The Police were duty from early hour, and were
ndefAtgae IN their exerons % preserve order among
The excited crowd Previous The swearing of the Ju
the Coroner held lnques he bodies OF 5ot The victims
four ofwhich identified VIZ that - Robert Siremme
aged IS resdiDg OF No IA Norfolk ~ brooklyn Cornelius
Dougherty aged IS residing 81 Staten Island, Jas Collins
aged H. native Of England residing ~ BROOKLYN and
Chas Know ton. aged 80 naive Of England residing ~
No 6s2 Four,hst The other body found could not b
Identified
sxtv.four Witnesses had been summoned and made their
appearance The st Of Jurors wa. Thea called and se,s
raj did to their names The Coroner then, with
the Immediately proceeded to The of the rueHn
choly disaster accompanied by AID Mullins and large
group OF spectators 10 inspect the NUNS steam engine &c
an Ae, :. 81 sros During the Interim two Nd
duona bodies were dug up one OF which proved 70 be maj
Thomas Farrell native of ireland, % years of eee re-
siding at DO hsdison-si-
No Is Amity place lie testified am practical boiler
maker snd AM foreman In the bOiershop in the Novelty
Works; have been engaged p years n The business
have taken survey OF the boiler today and Il my on
ion there coesent power for Ice pounds OF steam To %"
square inch there adefcency IN the form OF the boer
mean The bottom Sreh am familiar with the uses aud
generation Of steam motive power the coLZTucuon o.
Boilers are cylinder bOile round tube OF iron
while The tubular boilers various in their fonns lhereis
10 ohjec, In cleansing boiler except TO remove dit g; va
nous kinds that NAV collect IT, boilers seldom have be
when Croton water used there scrsPefs OF
various size length &c for cleansing boilers cyndnca
shaped boiler Is considered the stongest there
WAYS by which boiler he tested by steam power and
bv hydraulic pressure can't what the ~
The
Al this stage Of the proceedings the Of the following
gentlemen were called and they sworn IN jurors
James Renwick. Foreman L. T. Kesny. NJ ID Bornek
John Rdder stephen II Braut @. W Reed Edwara
Cromelin, John Wlke, Matthew NJ Howell Charles "
Smith Elijah Dixon, John Ssuls, iredk MerehSt William
Mcdonald Miehse! GusgerIy, VIM North by di.s.
ton Of the Coroner hey proceeded 10 NE scene OF he esA
| trophe and shortly sfer returned.
The next witness sworn The@as r, Stlsel, resid
ing II Sevenlhst who testified am Conductor OF DE
Novelty Iron WORKS am familiar with steam AZ gene
and motive power the principal difference IN boilers
Mind has the same form with small tubular fues the
elsss boilers Of square form with large hles aud small
tabes generSiors another VIII be compound form, be-
ing partly cylindrical and partly SQUARE the tubular form CT
boiler adapted TO internal pressure also to M eAerS
one there kinds OF tubular boilers those called he
locOmogion boilers OF the Knott Montgomery boilers
having the used Ia the tuees the former having TIE
water on outside Of the tubes The strongest form Of boil
er cylindrical other forms used with equal saie
when their adapted 10 The strength OF the boilers
.eover~d an inverted arch 10 drawing The boiler
said 10 Re u eorreet one o. ne ooaier N Fuesnou,
which 4 believe be 100 weak 10 Sustain cftAa
pressure have examined the fragments Of The boiler u
question the explosion caused by undue pressure
does not 10 have been burned or Otherwise injured
prevso0s he fracture appears 10 have commences ~ R
bottom oi inverted arch being rent lOngI0dinsy, % Tie
shell being rent and thrown almost iaiO Psne The ipV
remain unlnureG the Iron appears 10 be good shop
,sns from re thickness Of The ir and he sracug O;
Of The parts and q The shell OF outer part u 10 adseo
10 pressure Of about pounds the square inch sone
p.rts OF me boiler appear be sVsenty brsoed TO
loo pcsnds the square inca the eci'oa A. shown o lie
drawing appearing 10 be The weakest place The iron dos.
10 1
being 10 scales oSdauon on paris AZ The boiler ros IA
he IL expcsafs supposing boeE was low Al The ,iris o.
Re nlsou 90 no know whs, pressure the boiler We
subjected 10 Al lAe tine oi Tie eAposon when boilers sft
injured fos want OF water zoe pars uese1 ~ @
81 here being no wsier upon them are rueh weake1-d
sas tbeir failure generally al hese parts ~
ssu,en,s OF the exploded boiler smaller AID e1hlh
ss;on eola have been previously used Oen enough 20
have Of any injury TO It's strength &c nS' eesee
presence Of explosion gas - necessary 10 TIE ossuVe
wne~s WAS here examined by Juror ii relAcu TO he
evidence went 10 show thsg TIE SAFETY NSlve cnessor
snail tot boiler thai the weigh; OF tie pes
he vsve eresl ard that the not open
Uness BY greater pressure Of than the boiler W..
able 10 eeaE, namely los pounds to The square Inch
ty-yrssst being sworn iesase-I have employed steam
os printing for he as = years have Ssed "
SosT ii Sacsacn; ,Si me arch Il tie So,iou, 81 sad
eost ;eods h weaken ~ have had humber q PSrna
are bat had entire expo 90 or person incred
TIE nSes Of TIE Knott eet have much week
Ipbes Ii i ny opinion thSi he ieei p.S- Sess. sr
during SASbsh and The ssbbah uiEt, q Ire 81 sns
an1 consequently the force p1uP sapphed water 10 he
boiler In he ahsence u water, extremely powerful
gas generaied which IN usary instances power.
| III than gunPcwcer - -
| I.-<s llury.As residing ~ SO East Broadway b-ins
swcro rs,Esc-I pEscuca boesszlAkeF. AKA have
exsnied the boier IN ccon III my optDicz Axi there
wss pcnsy OF IN the boiler pa exploded tAnk
he esnse Of he explosion WAS hat rsre was so graf
rrrssrr az strxa 10 the square trehi The boiler
bnsi, hv me- a. srsted slthoSsh eelisNe u was
sross and wei balm boiler o. TIE kiadi never wss IN H.
yur of IL. kina OF boiler always eo1ssdsfvd tnem osn
reTua. oor kzh.pcessare steam, from ne Pan and veal
ksrra Of ne b,.ler; do thrk ne oo1er Nss Age
epooeA 70 prorsl fae enxn- which Vas .ihenea rS
boslrr w.s rsa.ae, underssand by Walker Mei1n
.lns Raakiss uesufed reside al No ~ orenAfa -
and am practical sngnser-f have served ~ -. esPse
for he nss Is yexrsl was intimate WHO Jos I Sfissey
sh~ p~rpr who hsA charge Of the eagsne and eoar n
cuerton Re bad engine for The last four yc~rs
have hr&rd be engine IL hs sane endrg iH se<eo
nppess ass b We nos ssuPsssai - en- snssssri hsa