New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-04
The Henry Clay Catastrophe !!
THE VERDICT OF The Jury.

Owing to the latenes of the hour at
which our reporter arrived This morning, we are un-
a5Ie to give more than an sbsrac, Of tie verdict Of thu
Coroner Jury In relation 10 the Catastrophe Of Henry
Clsy.
THT VERDICT.
The JHrv find that on the 29th Of July,
1872 the persons described having been found deaf
81 Yonkes were passengers board the Henry Clay,
thst she took IRE and was c1nsune1 and that J. ST.
m OF the persons burned h death aud that
all the other persons either by of the shock &C.
cssiOned by the collision Of the boat the land
thrown overheard, or that In order 10 save
themseves from being burned, cast themselves over
board sud were drowned in the Hudson River
That on The above nsmed day the Henry Clay leit AZ
bany With passengers. about o'clock 10 the morning
that Capt John +. Talman was Captsin, and part
owner: that Thomas COyer was also one of the own.
ers, James l.. Jessup clerk, Edward Hubbard was
pilot, James Hubbard assistant pilot John German
engineer, Charles Merritt assistant engineer that
certain youDgman Whose name unknown 20 tue Jury
but who was employed 10 tend the bar Of the steam
boat and that these persons on board AZ the time
srd bad each Of them part of the charge Of the said
boat and that for the purpose OF exceiog in speed
certain other steamboat called the Armenia or for ths
purpote Of increasing the speed ofthe Henry Clay, Gre
ated unusual and unsafe quantity of steam, and In
doing made excessive fires, and did not use ordinary
prudence In the mar aRemeIt Of said hres and, al
though often being reror sIated with by different
passengers did for long time continue these
excessive res sud In sequence thereof hroug their
cup .be negligence aud crimnel reckessness the Hen
~ Clay did, at - minutes after o'clock 81 take ire,
and all the destns Of the passengers siore described en-
sued go the Jurors say, that the deaths Of a the sail
persOns and Of each o. them were the result # an act
perperaied oy the ssid John + T4lmal, rnoS COuyer
Jam,s l. JessUp, james Ellmendort, Edward Hubbard,
John Geunsue ard said b4rkeopCr.
The ac, was imminently dangerous 10 others and
evSced a deprayei mind, regardless OF human life,
although il was perpetra,ed without any premedt'ated
design 10 eec! ;e death Vi any particular individual
The body of the aged colored woman
found on Saturday in the Norl River, at the foot of
i2d ST., yesterday Eecognzed as that of Elizabeth
Williams, by her son, Henry Williams, porter In the
employ OF the Long Islsnd Rsilrosd. Tie deceased
was the mother of Charlotte Johnson, both Of whom
lost kerr lives at the time of the burning Of the steame
Henry Clay The body hsd been taken to Potters Field
bu the Sf the deceased yesterday removed it, and
intends conveying it to Poughkeepse, where the de-
ceased resided, for burial.
Yesterday morning, the body Of a man was d'cov
cred at the foot of Duanes, and Is supposed to be
one of those who persisted IN consequence Of the burn
ing of the Henry Clay. He well dressed man,
apparently about thirty five years Of age His face was
very much swollen and the whole appearance of the
body indicated tina. it had been tor some days in the
water.
Mrs ANNIE HILL and her sister, Miss ELIZA SMITH
Of Philadelphia, who drowned by the burning OF
the steamboat Henry Clay, were the daughters of tho
late Prof Samuel Smith, of st. Marys College, in this
City The managers of the Philadelphia School OF De-
sgu of which Mrs. Hill the Principal, have held
meeting aud adopted resolutions expressing their deep
regret at her terrible death ard lsmenting the
loss the school sussins Ia her decease The body of
Miss Smith has yet been recognized If recovered
They were the two ladies who were returning hom5
under charge Of j. J. Speed, Esq.
Up to late hour yesterday afternoon neither of the
officers of the Henry Clay, against whom warrants
issued Saturday had been arrested We understand
they have not Lett the City
From a private letter to friend of the
Editors Of The Express, we copy the folowing