New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-31

AwyrL STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION IN THE
East Rrvxn-Fiss Men Kasd-The boiler Of the new
steamboat Eastern City, lying in the East hiver inc
foot of Gr,udst, burst on Saturday afternoon, De
tween the hours Of and O'Clock, ana ses'dso
Eve men ali Of whom have since died OF their IN
iur;es Their names are william II. Stesrns, Captain
of the boat; Charles Gormas engineer joan D. 0ufu'
engine builder and acting engineer Francis Mayor ana
Charles Hall hremen. The boat was quite new, ana
WAS built 10 run between boston and Calais, Ne Ice
boiler and engine were manufactured By Allaire %
and at the time of the explosion the former was oeins
tested About p NJ IA ms of steam ad been put sn,
and the engine was in motion while the boat reinsiueo
at the dock Unfortunately an unobserved naw existed
in one of the boiler plates which cracked open sndFne
steam rushed out Of the aperture with great ioree'
scaldinc the above named deceased and q lad named
James Smith TIE boat was In no way damaged, nor
was the engine and the rest Of the boiler appears per-
secty sound The boiler made to carry 80 inches
of steam but at the time of ths explosion, the ndeA
showed that only II inches had been raised. Inc
makers ard others of the same profession say 'nS' ae
flaw was one of those unforeseen and unscccuntsoie
difficulties that sometimes occur and that 1t could not
have been discovered until the boiler was tested
w. s Wells, ship carpenter, was In tne mrs.
room along with the boy Smith at the uuie
of the explosion and the escape from instant DEAN q
these two almost miraculous. AT the FIRST alarm made
bv the rushing seam both jumped down the traphole
made for the purpose Of throwing the ashes ent, ana
swan to the dock the boy being the last one of the two
was somewhat .calded on his arm and hand Immedi-
ctey after the explosion, the body of Mr. Curtis was
found. life being extinct 1t was conveyed to the house
Of Mr.. Brooks in Seventh street, Avenue B. The
han oil ant tparns died
o'clock on Saturday evening, at public house corner
Of East and Grand streets, where he was taken lie
was about forty years OF age and leaves family resid
ing in Maine Mr.. Gormas died yesterday ar the New
York Hospital. lie about thirty-hve years OF
age, and also leaves family living in Maine
Mr. Curtis lived at No 265 Seventhst Mr.. Mayo WAS
about Is years Of age and died yesterday morning at
The New York Hospital He belonged to Hsllowel, Me
Mr. Hall was % years of age, and is native OF Maine
He died at the New-York Hospital on Saturday evening"
about three hours after the explosion Coroner Ives
will hold an inquest his office this morning, at III
o'clock. upon the bodies of the deceased, when an in
yestpstion relative to the Of the explosion will be
entered into.
To the Editors Of The " !. Tribune:
win YOU give publicity fact that the the unior;u'
nate steamer City declined of boilers from
the Inspector. 81 New.York' JOSEPH CURTIS.
Ns,c- York City, Nay 80, 1854.
A MosT DIsGRACEFUL OUTRAGE.-The
house No 81 Murray.st. dug dozen Saturday and
totally destroyed under the following circumstances;
Mr. H. d. Aldrich is the owner of the lot, with those
on each side of it, which Messrs. Higgins Thurston,
builders, are clearing off and digging foundations for
new buildings. Mr.. John Phyie, ivory manufacturer
and dealer has unexpired lease of No. 81 which he
has been uged sell out, to have the whole plot
built up with stores gether. Mr.. Phyte had re-
fused to sell on the terms offered In this state Of things
the builders commenced digging on both sides and
became evident to Mr. Phyfe, Saturday that unless
stopped, they would very soon have his house down.
He demonstrated with the director of the workmen on
No 10 but received only nsolence for his pains. To
his urgent representations that the building stood on
qucksaad and that digging below is foundations would
inevitably undermine it he was answered by the fellow
that he knew his own business and would manage 1t
that the sand was good buidingsand and he wanted it,
&C. Mr.. phyfe had no resource but to upply to the
Chief of Police and bring police force to the ground
who at length succeeded in stopping the work on this
side and Mr. Phyfe went about his business, suppo'ing
the building would be spared.
He was mistaken Another gang of disgers, ION the
same property and under the builders) were at
work on lot 90 the other side and between him and the
foundations of Mr. Phyfes building, and between four
and five o'clock they got it down, making total wreck
of both structure and contents and utterly covering up
the foundation and sidewalk Three of Mr.. Phyfes
men, who in the basement, heard the crack in
son 10 escape unhutt; but another who was in the
upper story down with the building and is danger
ousy if not fatally injured the face head and inter-
nay What lie the of loss has not yet been as
certsined, but II must be large
We trust this whole transaction will be promptly anu
thoroughly probed before Grand Jury Human LIE
must be dog cheap in city, If somebody does not
smart for this outrage
Our regular Reporters give the following account
of this affair
FALLING OF A BurLDrNG-NARRow EscAPE.-About
o'clock on Saturday afternoon, the threesory brick
building No. 10 Murravst, owned by Mr.. Gray and oc
copied 10y Mr. John Phye, an ivory turning establish
ment fell with tremendous crash, and is now heap
of ruins During Saturday, number of laborers were
engaged in digging the foundations for stores at each
end Of the building, and they excavaed so extensively
thst the building undermined and fell Three men
were at work at voryturnng at the time and feeling
that the building was giving away, rushed out and
had a narrow escape. One named Charles
Sell who was at work upon the roof was very Sc
Iiously injured he was conveyed to his residence
Church st. Murray. Welearn thatthe men employ
ed digging the foundations andthe foreman iu charge
were cautioned not 10 dig closely TO the other foun
dation, nor go deep, and told if they did they
would undermine the building; but they refused TO de
si.t The police of the Third Ward were called upon
prevent their operations, bat this course also had
Finally the building, which is said 70 have been
substantial fell The loss TO Mr.. Phytc is about $1,000
The whole loss is estimated at about $4,000
THE ScHooLs.-Ward School No. 2, in
the Seventeenth Ward, corner of Firstav and Ninth.
st. passed very favorable examination Friday al
ternoon. Joseph McN9en, County Superintendent