The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-15

ACCIDENTS Inausyrs Coroner Tres held and In
quest Friday afternoon az pier No East hi yer upon
floating In the waNr few bours previous J A. Sproul
hand upon tho cano boat j Young, deposed that ct
ipeSt ten O'Clock he the b0dy in tue water Crap
pied eth boat hook and made 1t fast The ased
IL about two feet nine iuodcs in height has long brown
bair no wbiskeys end is dressed in white shirt plaid
ptush vest, blue oyesalh- and shoes lie had
cravat on Thejur returned verdict Of drowning,
Ger cirrumstsnoes unknown.
Tne faMe Coroner held inquest on Friday, at the
CITY Hospital upon the body Of John Petetoa who died
from injuries which be received by tally falling
fiom Trio brig Monsorat upon Wednesday last John
Paul piasfo2 deposeGI am mate Of the brig Monsorei
deceased vas tiggcr he was at work board the brig
on Wednesday no vas working upon the rail Of the
se ~ tel striking his hesc against bolt and then got
into the water assisted in taking him out aud
moved him TO the Hospital conveyance could
fell from height Of thirty or thirty two feet he was
socer person pu he'd HIM: ltno lying tho rail
tipped him and causcd the accident surgeon Cooper
OF the City Hospital testified to hs admission into the
Eofp and the exatepce OF fracture at thu base OF the
scul Quo deceased was City niue years of age and
native Of sweden Verdict Of death caused by aocdcn
tally falling from brig Bonscrati the 9Th instant
The Coroner held an inquest at the City Hospital also
on Friday sfte noon upon view OF the body Of Joseph
Basch who died from injuries received by Lepg caught
in tho aesm engine at Hasick's brewery l67 Sullivan
street, Wednesday Sth inst Joseph brennan ceposed
mat deoeosed worked as brewer in the establishment
Wednesday last he turned steam and in bringing
fywhae to tho engine 10 NOV It nc slipped and fell
the engine between the wheels hs leg broken
in Two places be taken out and brought e the City
Hospital be was sober at the tiGe and the injury
Gcodt n,a Henry Dixon heard deceased crying out to
turn OIL the steam did sc and extricated him found him
injured described Surgeon suchey testified az tho
reception 81 tho at the Hospital at ouaTter.pa
three O'Clock in he afternoon O. Wednesday the nature
Of the injuries, and his death ut twenty minutes past
twelve on Friday afternoon The jury found that
died Icing accidentally caught in steam engine at
No lb7 Sullivan street
The Coroner held another inquest same time aud place
upon the body Of Patrick Harris aged forty years
tive Of Ireland who 6ied from injuries received By being
by Hose Cert No G0as supposed upon 9Th in.
slant Officer Neal Darts testi1edthat he wa, on duty
in Chatham street. Wednesday evening an alarm Of fire
was given, ana Hose Cart No 60 drawn down ahead
Of others after they passed he the lying the
ground. and took him TO tho side walk upon his
getting weak dcponen procured carriage aad took him
70 City Hospital Surgeon Suchioy deposed deceased
VAS admitted to tho Hospital at eight o'clock Wednesday
evening he vas very weak, and died in few minutes
afterwards. l made post znorfm examination Of the
body and found ftosn OF his ribs broken aud complete
rupture Of the liver also The jury returned verdict
to the effect that deceased died from I'M ures received by
Being run oreg-as they supposedty Hose Cart No So
TIE Or LAMPS TWENTIETH Manp.-Captain Han
negan states in reply to the document publ by the
smp lighters denying the accuracy Of his report relative
TO TIE Lighting Of tho lamps ia this ward, that bo
never had the slighest possible desire to nurs any
Of thcse gentlemen In their Office he rccons most Of
them mongst his personal friends. But that his own
observation that o his and tho complaints Of many
citizens led him to make the report flo states that
frequently when tho lamps lighted at tho pro-
per houI they soon after eNtpgushed and his
have to patrol in tho dark As instance he saws
that upon the night If the 10th instant every lamp from
Twenty sixth to Thirty street ana from Eighth
avenue to The Sixth went ont ct one o'clock This
he tatcs be proved by Officers Murray Seaman Rser
Davis; Fitzpatrick. and Mooney anu TINT the same thing
generally occurs ehch night