The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-06

cleared rapidly aud that the attention aNd energies OF
| the fremsn, which had been concentrated on the
poor boy, Tndae, directed to the aggiug up OF
the ruins with aud ~bArs bodies were
Ing recovered every 10 minutes, and IL thought
great numb would be taken out before night
slss, alive With the exception Of HndAls,
recovered alive since three o'clock ON Monday,
been WELL they have been frozen to death
In their narrow prison, with the last nights FROST
The scene She. Daniel oohsr.y was Recognised yes
The piercing frantic OF his sisters fright
full In the extreme and added horror to the trsgc
scene. Such Q sight these nutilsted, blscksusd,
calsnsd remains presented was probably never wit
| nessed before in this city.
At quarter to o'clock, three bodies we're re-
covered The fscs OF one vas recognizable light COM
pexion, sandy hair The rsmainios two were burned
| to cindsr. This made rs dead bodies.
At quarter past two O'Clock four more bodies had
been found, making 70 In all.
THE INQUEST AND BOILER.
Coroner Geer held 81 yesterday on the bodies
remove then ss soon as identified. The evidence Of
the preceding day applied in sach the
verdict returned To day 1T IL O'Clock will
be held on the body boy Tindsls when different
verdict may be rendered The investigation concsrn-
have only stated the of death bursting of
the boiler; to-day IL may tell something Of the
burst Several engineers maohiuists and mauufac.
tursrs Of boilers will be examined.
We have been requested to publish the following
The boiler was bsilt for Messrs Taylsr two years
ago. 1t wss one Of Montgomery's pitsnt it was
too long, consequently they left too wide space be-
tween the sides of the boiler and the tubes, and
that account, IL rejected Ii sold for boat at
the South, and trial found to be small for the
engine; 1t was then returned to New York. and Mr.
LySr was Induced 60 take IT, was not as mas nss4
but i've times before the fatal accident. The best
proof Of the immense strength OF this boiler Is found In
the fact that its vertical force lifted such prodgious
from its foundations. An old, defective boiler,
could not have done this; It would have yielded long
before. There much steam on at the time
been formerly used in the establishment rhe ensi-
calamity had with Mr. Taylor In the same csps-
The dimepsions of the boiler we're thirteen feet lsns
and about feet wide; nine feet high the
and Eve feet in front The interior composed
Of an inner and outer she'll with tubes aicAt
ing from the lower to the upper part presentng very
large hre surface, which consequently generates steam
very rapidly.
y necessary to keep up adequate supply OF water
and 1t only be considered in very careful hands
The probability is that the boiler burst from asua-
cient water and not perhaps from any defect in its
constructions although many engineers have considered
the plan OF construction dangerous. The want OF
abundant water may have been occasoned By derange
men OF the pump or BY the freezing Of the water in
the pipes; and In consequence Of this decomposition
Of what water still remained immediately TOOK place.
converting IL into gases, which, together with
sudden injection OF cold water the red hot iron
suncent strength was not the cause Of bursting It
would probably burst II it six inches thick aud,
like gunPo.dsr produce greater explosion in eonse-
It's construction, or whether the boiler properly
treated 1t is asserted by good authority in such mat
that boiler yet burst burst IL there
10 enough Of water in It, II not the steam that bursts
boiler but the action Of the water
is put into it, that already In s ssitated.
Hence IL s that there Is scarcely instance OF boiler
s then greatest In steamboat accidents it is almost
al~sys after the boat starts that the
SS sSsh s, 81 m ns IN.
chinery IL put in motioo and the agitation Of the
vessel dashes up the water on the red ho. m'tsli
caressspess Ignorance Of the ensnser is not the
cause Of the catastrophe The guAse used for sscer
tanning the height OF water In the boiler the
pr opsr kind being than glass gusge, which
Is condemned. IL was . cylinder wnica dropped
down through the steam into the water by neaas OF
connecting wire, and striking sgaiust the the
body, the person hedng feels the resistance
snd then looks at the figures 10 ascertain the inc ne
The reporter informed by engineers that this IL
very fassious kind Of gusge The cocks the only
true and unerrng guides There were cocks formerly
on the boiler In question, but they were removed.
Nartndals OF those saved from ths RUNS states
that both Crssey and him, tried the boiler fifteen mi
nutes before the explosion and the water according TO
the guage, was three inches above its usual heignt
But either the guags may have been wrong or fresh
have been In process OF generation. One thing rs
certain, that the engineer late that merniDg in
commencing, the steam being siwsys put on at
O'Clock; whereas, on Monday, it not tiii half
past O'Clock. Westly kosland observed, the b0lsr
Was splitting that morning ana Msttindsls went
Others feared the worst from some runors taey hsi
heard about IL These two men ought TO be examined
The baiIdins which, as we stated yesterday, was
owned by Harper Brothers, cost sloOoo. ana ~ va
| lued at $1,000 The Insurance. was allowed TO run
out In the machine departme at there tools pat-
terms and machinery to the value OF 500 ovo which
there an insurance of szO,oOo. Sc Jonn Burr
Co., partially insured fhsr loss Is estimated at
sl2 900 or si5OUV.
AT night fa last evening thirty three corpses Ia ALL
deemed as.iI.bs TO postpone any further search til
this day lest the remains should be mutstsd by the
pietsSes IN IN. ssrk The ie0seg ss perfect i.t ef
House, together with the boy Iindals.-
KILLED.
l. Peter Hyde, is years, born in Brooklyn.
George hyde, Is years, born In Brooklyn.
g. Levi hsll, Is years, born In Connecticut.
4 Adam Neatly, 80 years, born In Ireland residence
sixth avenue and thirty second street.
9 Leonard Brooks, 30 years, born In ROcklani Co.;
81 Oliver street
=. Alexander Dixon, 2s years, born Ia o.usd.i %
s Henry n. Reed, 20 years, born in New YORK; s2s
Ninth street
10. ssmuel Iinisie 10 years, born In New YORK; u
Beekman street.
ii. Rufus whitney, 80 years, born In BO.toni vii.
IL JOhn DOush.rty, 10 years, born in Scotland;
10 Jane, srooss, 20 years, born In New York; 50
Oliver street.
IA Abraham o Kelsey, 81 years, born In New J.r.
is Robert HyslOp, n years, born in ssOtisndi ala
Pearl street
10 Ia,Iies Burns. 20 years. born In Irelsnii Div.
sion street. Brooklyn.
IL. John Rogers, 81 years, born in New Yosk ss
Mott street.
Is, Daniel Doushsrty, 10 years, born In Irslsndi
Brooklyn.
10. G.org. T. worrell II years, born In New York,
CSC Fourth street
20. Lsmusl O. whiting, ~ years, born In BrOOslyni
Church street.
q. Loren King. 22 years. born In New York; 60
Onver stseet
"a. Jesss Hssstis, Ia years, born In New York; 81
Beekman street.
70. Frank Bsrtistt, IA years, born in Hudson; "a
Frankfort street.
"a oven Brady, II years, born In New York; lis
Nillet street
-. James ruil 90 years, born in England; aFnuk.
fort street
20 Jos.ph Lockwood IS years, born In connscsisu.;
Beskman street.
"a. George Harvest Is years, born in England; 2ss
Eighth stIeet
IS. Unknown.
~ Ditto.
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