The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-02
TREMENDOUS SQUALL AND HAIL STORM.
One Of the Buildings Near the Crystal Palace
Blown Down, Seriously Injaring
Seven Persons.
Another Building Blown down--Man Killed.
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HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING,
The Effects in WILLIAMSBURG
and Elsewhere,
&c., &c., 80.


Explosion on Board the New World
SIX MEN KILLED AND SEVERAL OTHERS SERIOUSLY
INJURED-TBE CHIEF ENGINEER BADLY sCALDRD.
few minutes before seven O'Clock yesterday msrning
the Albany steamboat New World the eve Of her de.
partue from the dock foot Of Chambers street. collapsed
Of her boiler aues, thereby scading Mr. Washington
Hawes the chief engineer and several other persons en-
ployed board the boat Ave Of whom have already died
from the injury and one man. waiter, junped over.
board into the water since which time he has not been
feen, thus making up to late hour last evening" six
Deaths others who badly fcalded may die in . day
or two. The following the Of the killed and
wounded
Eli Buel, fireman aged 70 years, resided inAlbany
John Reid, fireman, aged 27yesrs, native Of Scot
John Donnely, fireman, aged 81 years. born IN lrsAnd
James Porter, fireman aged 20, native Of Scotland;
John Monks fireman, aged "a years. born in Ireland;
John Foster waiter, aged % years. in his fright at
the time Of the explosion jumped overheard, and was
drowned The BODY was grapped for but had not bsea
found up 10 last evening. He leaves wife and three
children
sCALDED
Joteph Fo'dsk fireman, 80 years Of ago, resident in
Washington Hawss chief engineer % years Of ags,
native Of New York seriously scaded about the face and
arms may possibly recover
Others less scaded by the steam but not
bad enough to be sent TO the Hospital
The Of the explosion cannot be precisely deter.
mined appears from what is stated BY the chief engi
neer to have CAUSED BY defect in Of the ues
which however, not visible Fosdick, Of the
Hremen who lies at the hospital severely scaded
the boiler Thursday night after the boat had ces
to the dck for the purpose Of cleaning did not OBJ
thing wrong At the time Of the explosion the
steamboat just about to start, and there the
being worked at q pressure Of from 80 to IS pounds
the nues of which there fourteen Or If
teen, suddenly gave way rent, indicating from this
circumstance defect in the material The engine was
made by seoor Co. and placed in the boat four
years ago in 1849 It is stated that the Francis
skddy in opposition to this boat but how
far this circumstance had bearing upon the &C.
cident would not venture to say. II is Dos.
sible that somewhat higher pressure Of steam
raised this account; but from the statement Of
the chief engineer it does not appear to have ex
cefve There reports that of the passengers
jumped overheard and drowned; but heard
nothing TO that effect which reliance be placed
would not wsh to excite any undue alarm by putting
out such statement authentic At the time Of the
accident tho New World lying at the feot Of Cham
bers street. ready to start The Francis Sddy was at
the foot OF Robinson street.
At the above period when the accident occurred the
engine had begun to move, and the engineer and
fremen all at their posts, the latter in
the boiler room which accounts for 20 many of
them bsrg severely injured The passengers
fortunately about the after deck and near the
garguay and have all escaped injury far could
ascertain The explosion took place in the larboard
boiler room which Immediately filed with steam
Its escape from the vent Aue, and from here
it made its way to the main deck and into
the engine room which accounts for the accident
to the chief ene who at his post attending to
the CINE Otherwise to look at the steamboat as she
lies At the dock would imagine that so disas
trous accident han lately occurred there being
nothing onsardly vsibe to give any evidence Of it, and
is allowed to go on board at present.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New YORK, July 1, 1858.
BFAR SR-To prevent exaggeration in reference to an
accident the New World this morning. while at her
wharf, would ray that 1t originated from small defect
In one of the Aues making opening not more than
the szeof hand The amount of did not rsacfr
that ordinarily carried and the time the engine was
working.
No passenger injured in the slightest degree One
fireman. standing front Of the boiler, killed, and
the engineer ard considerably scaldsd.
Beg this there not the slightest damage to any
person or the boat Respectfully, yours. l. NEWTON.
CoRONEKs INQUEsTs AND vERDICTS OF The JURY
ON THE BODIES
Coroner Wilhelm yesterday morning visited the-scene
Of disaster boat held inquest the body
Of Iii Buell. Of the bremen, whose death caused
BY scalds conrequsnt upon the bursting Of the steam
Aue The following is the substance Of the evidence
taken by the Coroner
Rufus Rhodes sworn ays-I reside in the town Of Null.
berry Ulster y, and of the steamboat
New World have been board the boat for near
ly five years past have known the deceased Eli Buell.
for aoout year at about quarter before o'clock this
morning hea rumbng noise about the place where
the board boz Ter is there also little jar my
preston at that time that something about the boiler
had given out and vent Immediately to the ladies
cabin and held the door shut from the outside prevent
steam getting in and ipurng them at this time there
considerable steam around me, but not hot
enough scald in few minutes let 90 the door and
the deck and in few minutes after returned
again board the boat then DECEASED lying in
the gsng-sy Oh his soe put my haod under his head
~ he did not speak ne tarned his eyes towards
me-, and in about five ten minutes be expired; had
the decesed removed TO ,unge just before the and
the noise in the fire ROOM speaking with the en-.
guser this only minute two before the ,cident
happened the epgicser appeared ~ be attending
business his name l. Washington Hawes he been on
oosro the boat ever since she built; have
man the eDgDs was Ia motion at the time q the acci
dent and had been for little time before; would
l8st ana also TINS morn
ing that they freruom they felt jar in
the boat during the lightning storm; the shock appeared
rom th. Ia buaid side.
thomas kockieius s~0rp says-l am engineer to the
steam boat Isaac N. ston have known Washington
HAYES he engines, Of The steamboat New World, since
b,s hos bosd aid bsye always known him sober,
seaoy uprp man, far as learn the pres
sure steam of the accident did exceed
twenty eight or thirty pounds to the square inch with
good boiler pressure u seventy pounds to the square
inch would be safe, pressure of thirty pounds the
bore, is in good Deiuon, could burst EXAM
trtpu he n
inches diameter at the end of the ue " the boiler;
this would permit the steam TO escape; | was
told by t~o that the lightning to come out
the OF the larbuard boiler last evening"
during the storm II is my opinion that the lightning
could produce wienching Of the IRON, and II to
Civ. under said pressure OF steam; IL would seem
po,sibe to noe tnst due would have given way IL
no, previously injured by the lightning
J-foDimus Uroerbl sworn, says-I reside sat No.
ia avenue ID sno sm boiler maker / made the boiler
board the steamboat New World when the vessel