The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-05

INCIDENTS
One poor woman whose did 10, learn, seem
ed 90 be In the uost extreme distress Her Johr hts'
band and ihres supposed 20 be beneath The
ruins The silent yet hopeless sorrow Of this ssd
daughter, wife and mother who, By the sudden aod
terrible catastrophe had been thus cruey oeresvsi
Of nearly every earthly restive excited universal oo
misteration The magnitude Of the sorrow seemed 20
rest upon her with crushing weight almost affecting
her 20 siupor.
Among the psrrcv srcspss. Va. one of q lad, who,
with HE dinner pail In his hand in the 80, q
teriDg the fatal bsdpe when the explosion took place
and he ,uddsny saw IN. ~sls biiog outward over
shssd With ose spring he gained the midals of the
street and luckily sscspsd without brase but por.
iion of the brick work struck hts pail and smmsd IL
err of resr and Haaus streets running s~ay for
life, land In his the poor fellow could not be
Mig for much mailer stske) ana opon stopping him,
and s,king what vss the matter could ~ met enly
get the reply "a most bewdered stare In the firec-
tlop " the still srumbipa building The frsbtensd
csu.. Of ls eon,terpsop asd then for the dr. time
Uncovered IN. damage done 70 his dinner With the
very rhiloeophic remark bad siber had my Kettle
smashsd than be fmsshed myself; bat suppose M
cousin :, killed fr he works In the same shop ~ he
resumed bis pace and psthuay homeward and has not
been seen In the vicinity since.
MI. A b. Msrtindale, Who was employed BY Mr..
Burr the batter vas sngsged IN weighing out fur for
the hsstsrs ON the bssemeut noor, In frout Of the
boiler towards Hague street when the explosion took
place. He recoliects the sound, but uas thrown
s.nsslsss on the noor, and when he recovered
his tensss he found himself on his back his knees
drs-n up, end . beam lying just over his hesd;
hut other timbers csse to him that he
she 10 rise up but turning bis hesd. he saw gesm
OF light and, creeping on his hands and feet he
msnsssd to set out through hole just space enough
to admit his body. ON crashing out, he observed .
msp lihevise mskirg hts way out the way. This
proved to be Mr.. Csn0eld belonging TO the machine
chop.
THK BOILER, KTc.
various opinions snoat In regard n The srplo-
sion; but the most generally recsivsd oss IL that ths
boiler vhich burst, vas mperfect-thst u he'd been
condemned aud vas sllov cd 10 remain out Of doors
ssyoeed to the weather. during the greater part OF
the presspt winter. unit for
II has teer stated by one 81 the mes taken from
the ruins that old steamboat butler patched
The proprietor and his friends hovever state that
wss anew Montgomery boiler and the accident is 30.
coustsd for by the intense frost SUNDAY night osons
the boiler 20 low degree of aud then tbs
IRE being applied suddenly and with too great force
next morning caused undue expansion OF portions
Of ", spd thus produced the explesion.
he hsfory ~ the boiler is this-Mr Taylor ordered
70 be nsde about two years ago st the North River
side snd for ssme other he aid not tshe ~
savannah steamboat company did take H. and sftsr
u.iss for some tine reisc.ed u and ihres on tn.
cocs. The company then ordered pev ons
the other In part psy mept. Mr. Taylor sipcs
pursbssed u from that arm, and hs. had IL IN
use for about ten days. On Saturday, ~ vss found
20 be leshy. The water taken out Of n, sad II
vas csulked. Yesterday morning. fresh water "a.
put into H. but the steam was not up In time and
the men were kept idle tor half hour. II II
believed that undue effort made 10 has
ten the steam. By keeping too little water In the
boiler and the ccpeeauescs vas II burst IN 10 min
utes after the steam vss put on Some ~ the men
msrhsd thsy aid mot ks the vy We boiler vas gOiss