The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-04


bar keeper told all the passengers to 20 a an thi, Hus
the boat her course heard the Ter
and rcog0z.d his voice; but previously this whsn
supposed the boat rretricysbly fire umpcd up n
the anton ladder and with several others spored
the pilot to head the Tor the sh0re; said tina
b. irretrievaby re for Gods sake har for
,hs shore he sad no.hng but she was imnediateiy
nom the time the fire first di coverd before she wss
turned nom her and In ,hia time che had gone
roliy mile she was gong folly twenty miles hour
zoe had been timed just before
prvahed 1t the time she struck; Of the off,
cers take any active part where wis saw mono
Of there at the time OF her striking was Ioot,ns
over from tha companion ladder upon the promen .de
seek forward and sft; saw msny passengers on tho
after promenade deck the boat struck all on
the forward deck made plunge the shorc myself
snd several others stood below the main deck and
helped many ladies and children down from tho
promenade deck they were thrown down ia US
from sboVe at the time she struck the was bla ,k
WITH men women and children and believe the loss of
feis Tar greater than Ia generally supposed; beiisve
the tide carried out many bodies; threw out tue bag
gage ire M the oiwaId deok tho shore: all this took
place In very short time; theR took or my coat and
vest 3nd jumped into the water SWAN outside the
few that were left around thc stern, got hod Of the
rudder looked tho leo quarter; went thero
thought would assis. those on the lee s,de
succ-ed.d in bringing woman and two children TO tho
shore; the whole OF the larbosd aide Of the boat
was covered with persons holding to the brsces
t)lcr ropes wheel. and every. part OF tho
works vent out three tmos.I then Disabled my leg
and obliged to desist Mr. Coilyer rised his life
do a he GOULD tho passeugers no was the only
officer connected with the boat that did hiaself;
fused to under tho starboard quarter tho
who still there hanging to the braces told ttfs
man be must get out Of the boat and would the
boat ont he went out very quick he right
board took the boat under the starboard side
Oeded in saving all who there seven all. ono
very old man, Mr.. Livingston of Broolyu
Mrs. Harris and othess thrcc children burned
two ON the promenade deck and one tho starboard
quarter near the wheel house they were completely
rslyzed think If the officers had got vser. and
pased forwa, before the boat many lives would
have been tho passengers could got hold of
II, ana by its aid gained the shore the pilot did not
Leave the pilot house till the boat struck hawsor lay
coied up on the after part Of the boat from the time
the beat lett Albany there was nothing like discipline
among the officers and hands when the struck Mr.
Colyer tried TO get hawser from the shore to the
board quarter OF the boat noticed previous to
landing at Kingston smoke had resnous SMELL alto
ptther different from the smell Of anthracite coal I
asked the bar keeper. connected with the
boat what this smoke was; he said ii nothing
Tho testimony here concluded, and the counsel
for the Coroner read the State law under which
ners uries are empannecd aud by which their action
is governed. There were comments made the
tmony and no charge to the members OF the inquest
At about O'Clock the jury took short and then
met with closed doois to deliberate upon the evidence
and the verdict to he rendered by them After ab
sence of five hours the jury returned with the following
VERDICT.
STATE New York,
County Of Westchester 80
An nquision ndented and taken for the people Of the
State Of New York. the town of Yonkers in said Coun-
ty Of Westchester the twenty eighth twenty -nnN
tbirteth and thirty first days Of July, A. d. 1872 and
on the first second and third days of August A. d. 1852
before William Ii. Laurence Of tho in
and for said county, upon the views of the bodies Eli
zabeth Tillman Harriet Il. Colby, AmeaC Bancroft John
Hasser, Maria Bailey Maria w. Bailey, Mary Thompson,
VIM NJ Ray Abby A. Ray, Carol. O. Ray, Eliz Psarsall
Julia Hoy, Andrew !. Downing Bdeino NJ. Holiness Cor
pelia Whitlock George f. Whitlock, Sarah Dennison,
Mary Cooper John X SImons, George K. Marchcr Joann
Is. M. Hanford. Mary Ann Robinson Isabella Robinson,
Matthew Cranne, 3d-Margaret Chatlon George rhicl-
man, II; A. sands Charlotte johnson. Jane Murray,
Chr stopher II. Hill Eugene Thompson Phebe lor-
dan, Jacob g. Schoonmaicr, Abraham Crist, Katrina
ChaJon. Joseph j. Speed. Elizabeth McAnally Eliza
shankey. Stephen Allen JEROME N. L. Haudford I'd
Isaac D. Sands: Jenno B. Thompson, Lucy B.
McDaniels Anna b. Marchcr, Hcniett Moore, Ma
ra l. Hawthorne, Elizabeth d. Ledyard, Harriet L.
Kinsey Ann Hill. and also upon the of the bodie
Of five women unknown, and Of two unknown, and
numbered for the purposes of this inquest numbers
s. L. g. o. and OF unclaimed bodies ali OF which booes
well those known the unknown then there
lying dead upon the oaths Of George Coddogton
man William Ackerman James J. Valentine, John IL.
Williams. Abraham Knight, jr George II. Rockwell,
Louis Costgan Isaac II. Post, Augustus W. Doren Tho
mas Townrow Edward La Forte and Heury Coates, goo
and lawful Of the aaid county who being duly
to enquire into all the circumstances attcndiog tho
deahs of the said several persons above named
on the .sth July, 1852. while the persons described
baving been found dead, passengers board
bemy Clay which took fire and ashore, and
there consumed and that John simons, ono Of the
pasenpers. was burned TO death. and that all the
other persons either by of the shock oc-
casioned by the collision Of tho boat on tho land,
w,le tlnown overheard, or that in oder TO save
board into the water and there lost their lives aud
that on that day about seven O'Clock in the morning,
the Henry Clay left Albany to convey passengers the
Hudson river that John L. Taman captain, and
one of the owners; james L. Jcssup clerk, Edward
Hubbard, pilot; James Enlo ndorf second pilot; Johu
Gcmail engineer. Charles Merritt assistant engineer
and that a certain youus man. whose II unknown
10 the jury. but who employed to atteud bar
for sid steamboat that they all On board and
each OF them had part of the charge of sad steamboat
ana that alttr leaving Albany that day which
steamboat nasigatng the undsOn river, in this
state and while engaged in the conveyance Of pssscn
eers, Of exc,llng in speed certain 9th scamboat
caled The Armenia for the purpose Of increasing the
speed Of the said Henry Clay. did create or allow
TO be created undue unsafe quantity OF
steam aud in 50 doing did make allow 60 bc mtdc
ceesi,e fires and did ordinary prudence in the
managcnt Of sad fires and although often being
montIaed with by different passengers did for long
time continue the excessive fires; and in consequence
Thereof through then culpdbie ige aud eiimiua
rtcSls sness The Henry Clay did az fifteen minutes
after tEce o'clock the afternoon aforesaid tax,
fire, and all of the deaths cnsued af aforesaid. And
the jurors say shat the dea-h Of all the
ssd persons and of each of them the result
Cf an Ierperat, by the John r. Talmau, tbouIas
Collyer, james H. Jesup james Elmendorf Edward Hub
bard john Germsine, charles Merritt and the said bar
keeper which act ennenty dangerous to others and
eyInctc drpraved mind regardless Of human life al
though IL perpeTated without any premeditated de-
sign eject the death Of any particulsr individual
Esigned by all the jury