New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-11
NJ MBER 2e2.

Froiessor RsasaSThere iar~e scters IN ne Ftns
-r een.a seoa Vss stopped oevssr Re middle soier
sid nAi tartn--' ir0n re fed PIE.
NJ C.,ti'l aever beger bo.,er. han ,sose n he
- ile osnSI 'No were ased kersArts for years he
2oqnc' u te neh 70 burst Der boilers Tee rou sy,.
sis hs 90 a. i1ch LIck lere were nors Of tor. AZ
pressure gqon tle boiler exploded IL NJ Tayor. esAs
Geo-rs Bt-Sbecs y eHSnined-I reside Al 8 ye.,-v.
steam engine and boiler builder. have been In he
cert expo.on . ths was caused ov over pressure o.
sleal 30 aoi think tie boiler m question lsrge
enough 70 prope TIE elgne with .g roW~r. iae boiler
Wss sronS Szy n he kind win he exception % TIE
inverted area 81 tne bottom ne saiety ysv- isrge
enough fer a. prscncA purposes was a ~ by Mr. ford
he hsrsn 20 examine the bosT Tie eduesday pr
noes % the explosion found upon eNaHlirAfcr nat
5rsee given WAY The DAY preyoas and that he 10
ist cur If rar- re he and put two screws INTO hi
lcc. that he hai aso recaDked he bottom ~ Tar - poe
hrourh ss-h lie water hsd eake out on the side ess
andsf The bridge walls sssed what steam hey hsd ca
were maize IN ihe ess Of ne BOILER tod Ford 10 n
presence OF SIR Taylor ihN could rcpair he oouer ou1
cary iasa forty io ty poGlds 10 ~
square inch; Nj Tsylor then said hNi would uot 40 q
work told lie would have 70 d. wAsi he could win my
pounds oi steam. and No more; Nj. Taylor hen drew
my srerrcn to The three Old boiler. he bad iaAen out
AID watch were snli lying IN ihe cel ar examined The
,hr boilers with my foreman and told M TAYLOR nat We
could pr hem In thorough repair IN three iogr days
NJ rsy0r then said those three boilers ere rot cuo0-
for his engine hen todd him could build rev enc an
iSve there hy about the time the other three we're r.
paired Mr. TAYLOR then Told 10 repair The exploded
boiler end nc frrs Other boilers snd 10 build ne new
one soon possible Mr. Taylor then tod Mr. Burr 'l
fhcv would have Of The hat mschncs snd
m that lghen he WORK OF he sugne - that h,y
,vof NOT - obie,d m use over - pounds OF steam 20 dc
square nch believe Mr. then gaTe orders 10 have ms
chires removed DO noi know how many We rePSirec
The Montgomery boiler sd commenced ne Nnrk on t'
boiler ordered by Mr. Taylor when The reNi DAY rt
ceiyed from A. rsylsr Co saying hat the Mont
gomcy boiler seemed % do better Than ss anuciPse
and begged me- 90 stop Al work on the other boiler
John r. PhGl,ps l91 Chervsf New-lOrk. exainned-l
have hsd charge of ssacngnes io he So twelve y.as
and non engaged is engineer for Hecser Bn,h'f
Crofnn Flour Mile, Chery-st rear Pix, Where has'
been emp owed since sept 1870 LIE engine 10 which h'
unfortunate boiler wss attached formerly neiorsti '
heckrr Brother. and as purchased oy \ lesloi
Co iu FEB 1919. % my memory serves me. % Wss +.ec
stroke, 10 SIG inches bore, aud carried 80 bs steam nom
Mcn'g ouery boiler which nad been connected 10 Toe 81.
giic about before was sold. AMI 10 place supprc
IS OF Wsiermans ciefug engines. 81 100 horse
power me- engine sold rated about Is horse power ard
insufficient the duy reSared MrTayior called .cV-
era uncs 81 he enginsruom wlere an ems Owed, ahoA
Two nonih. 40 on ho NJ. time be spoke 81 pnrcbasir
he boiler Nom Pease Murpny. when sad I hoped De-
would not had seen f about Year age, and thought
un.as f gh .e-fn "a account Of The Cat crown OF the
ifusce ald NJ the construction OF the sched nue A. u'
end " the bouer which Ia ms opinion wonA not a.
nit such bla;rg would give the requisite frensh 70 loai
part had alsO understood from he paicuiee, VI Mou-
soinery hat he tubes cot properly placed, and ma"
he rad cUniemn't Ire boiler a. not having been made a.
-Orug ais OF corrirucu~, and nat no o0nsder'd
10 unsafe cf hsh steam on Sunday AFTERNOON lH, REQ
ms hafhfofheT IDrn King no efshef ~ tie runs
hr building by the ise puson STATED IN conversaiou
With ne hat lee bad been a work hs mar "a, on ne ~
Wheel of he engine. and hat the engineer Mr. C'ss
rad drown .LrPa tuur uu-utls OF nufsaung INTO '
boilers pf The purpose OF s"PlWs t"e ssNs' ",en ~
been very troublesome, | observed 10 my brother 'he
M { ought ep to Be- So ior % would cause NE ooef lp
blow up ltLc fhoegl' however Hat mere "ould hs't
beeu soon o. terrible real fsuon ~ my fears la addition
% general dsappr0va % throwing such substances m
he Dol ur The purpose ~ stopping icaks hongu h'
danger arose from no checking of he uhes and depost
li. saf D., om of ao boiler, where me calculator
weakest and ionulas crust hat woud leave ne no
unprotected by tie wafer ad cause the dreaded cAasfo
tis. 49,, hsY s,r,t "a ~ r6. Judgment la n o
H.rrar Hukt At fua
morain. ard stated What had been aid By my brohrf Do
regard 10 stopping the leaks and expressed my opln"
ia. % mad been the of the explosion be SAL No.
hat there only or three buckets ot dung And
couple Of buckets u paper pup wy INTO me nosl .s
Montgomery lo erof hen have charge was buui Tor
horse power carry Of 10 lbs pressure 1ough nor
offended be worked up 10 that point the safety vsvf
Which 10 Eve inches 10 diameter, "a adjusted to blow oh d
1907 bs 10 he square inch, and has always remansd -
nercuuA guAge Is connected with ne boiler ahufdng
constant index The pressure existing therein me boiler
has $50 ubes Of ~ inches N engh 10y u inca"s oushs
anoter lnk the recent explosion occurred RON del
cheney OF water In the bosr according TO my nemauon
Mr. Crssey commenced hrng up about v Vci9cA On ms
morning IT Monday and al JVcock complained ~ wshi
Of s,eeu with he boiler under my management nave
raised Of 10 Os pressure inside VI one hOui hme
Paul SfE..on resides a. - Avenue C-Ahrmed that b.
had been ghteen y-ars engsged with Establishments COT
,rucng steam machinery, ard was Al pressni pfnciPsy
ENGAGED in constructing guages OF various kinds Tor mcs
sunug the pressure OF sean hsh OF wafer Nci mas s'
he generation and motive power Of steam mailef OF
animation aud study about twenty hs Attention Wa
frs called the danger Of excessively heated boilers bY
tho report OF the experiments o Tue late jacob rrrNns
.Ku.rierce in OF motive power, was had
la shop la which no person particularly charged VIII
he care OF he engine nor was hse any person eonee
viii he essb shm-u mat was accustomed " he h-o oI
steam engine excepting one Of Inc propretOrs VINO mgA
bad two three weeks opportunity % So one N use
ne a. hat esa0hahment cylinder eolef hesleu
by the evaporation Of al IL ~s.ef-one time 80 o.
the packing of canvas and white cal ron unoef
be safety - 10 cause ~ sudden hafge OF ue
steam injecting quantity OF wsier-ho oiner Time
stOp TIE euRne and received no injury rom M
ecfng subsequently, ihe engine was exchanged ~
srter one ard fie boiler for NOUS boiler, saw tha
boiler treated 10 the same manner on one OCCASION ne
proprietor who was engaged the boiler, ioof the
charge OF the boiler which was IN o basement and net
sctea the until he found the engine Stopping ana
,pt 10 he boiler and nndiux no water opened the large
door al the SIDE u he tubes and found all the tubes hot
hose ron high red and those a. the BACK NJ low
red Zeal and that he pat on tho feed and saw he nDes
cooled By the h Ia hem unn The boiler was
cooled ard tLal the engine wa not stopped nor od snF
other injury appear than he rhng esk % ms 9eoes he
other lime L treated the sesic, nearly 90 had been
pys about IS years connected with the essbsbmenl Ia
H. Civ xuowu az the Novelty Iron works had gwen
more or less attention 70 he method here pursued IN MAJ
n and .tayiug TIC Kinds Of boilers made a. w
cstab ishnen during that ns IN consequence OF no mel
dents occurring While boy AZ s'srd ADoFe n"l 80. ..
llced give much slienuOn 70 tns fepyIs ao heesas
ions Of OF boiler explosions had heard nc psfee
ar, Of many, some of winch have oeen F2lsn snh n We
ia. allowance u wafer OILERS wihout "hef OF Solenee
aaye Of sever arches 10 IRE boxes Of locomotive
tubular Cue boilers eve way IN Consequence OF sfe"s
hesi bUt Without exp ori0n was acquainted Win ~.
VARIOUS theories Of explosions, E0d did not lhins That
he want Of WAFER a necessary condition % pro
dgce explosions, may cause n and stated DO" on mo-
eleve n tie possibility u explosive gas bad seeu
Inc min said - have been tie boiler late IN IN tne
esfabl shnent u A. Is. Taylor had compared Il wiz
fsa dfswing By which Il said 10 have 0osn
made had M boiler Ia the poss>sson u Pease
Murphy houEh Tas well made, % far a. ~oSLn@nsag
Sn concerr I'd I'D not nouce particularly Inc d"iec
pointed IN plan shown DID not hink hat an hsef
arch could sahsy be used ia the she'd outer surface o
boiler. 10 IhOught mar the Plan shown here va Snieh
" calcua produce - explosion maj win sshlei
frre t crush arch Ire bottom 81 ne oOef ~ DHd
loe, ssayl ezpLds tadpendsNf Of any eoHdt0n 81 DofSr
thought af ~ inverted arch far more dangerous IA ne
.b su In the hues frebox had lever DeiOre seen a.
arch - npeff-cy saved a. re ihou,nt fonn ne Piss
tud EXPLANATIONS and pearznce ~ ne Dpt@f IA s y'
a.. bst made rarucular e1znna.On u &c SATISFY fa''
rs not - .arge BE- bad been sec1siOn~d ~ gee s
Tor .ch szed bOerp bul larger an n@cessafy " 70
ese ne boiler u fast a. uncef ordinary eifeun
.iarc-s could be sereratssi no FalFc snD"n = N
,er edge n die ,, inches dapeter q "a area q
ne ever ~ iBcnes lDns had fa4er9m VI y Ae.r
from tearing; leverage Ses II ~ a1 i1 ever -
valve rested % with weight ~ y d a~Hy
Ia lie weight auAcssd ~ ever weighed y % ~ o. u
N u per square lnch Of valve ti ,1ere . aAA ~
L.s wave ever caused BY staple 10 ne .rish 49,.
.gcles from sud, winch was cDfcf - an Vp'.f
M which ne valve lfsd 70 bow "a steam .
'rruie cod and .nkf oDnesP ordnS f~o1etSn - =
made i would suA cave q pressure u lWs sloEAns
e rx ia u ne arch dcscrbed oy NJ sIcn Or nee " Dc
feet would i've pressure o. $50 - pocnos ~
escn nch IN ~ enSth 7f7 per loot me enxih o. -
arch wss feet which would give 40 asKregae Of ~
ms re.rv. 20 sustain his pressure here cOod from nc
rsuar CONSTRUCTION q he boiler BE- 10 adrqzss oraciDg
Agsrfax bs arch nave fsen-enf hcTe Ia N tns ps
ion II 1o traces .ef, suong evidence mai DID
mere Wa 10 abgtneuf sy Snies could have arrested
ON And sdes wogd have had n0thng 70 prevent 4 IN A.
afnz q tDdcal lorm- tearing or he sud braces, an
g.rur rvssns SHEET. ind hem. 10 taknf
nzl form. . mposso.e hst CO.. have scspsd ren1