The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-10
The Late Aec'asna on si,e Boy scase.

The Late Acc,aena on ehe Boy State.
roJR LIVES LosL--coRoHER's INQUEST UPOn rH
D0DIHs-vEkDIof OF THE JURY.
Yesterday ss noca su inquest held ct the Ne,
Yort Hospital before Coroner Gamble upsr the bsdiss
four q tbs unfortunate sufferers BY the late accident
board tbs BAY State steamer, VII, died at the lbov
nsnsd institution in the OF Thursday some hsur
after their admission Their aemse we're Thos Ws,ren
aged J0 paaaeuser Latvo Of chusst.s Charo.ts
DeWoif, sgst ID; Mary Dswoa, aged H. and Maria Do
Wolf, ~ 7. he daughters Of Mr. William DoWsu o.
Chicago Minois Who board with his wlfe aud fa
mly, attended by servant His family is rather nu
merous consisting Of eight chudren Gvs girls and ia q
boys snd Of ths former tho unfortunate pAreate have
bees bsreft of three By thiA disastrous calamity. Tn,
eldest daughter like wise severely scadsd Gnd row
at the Git; Hospital but hopes sncrsssei that ee
will yet recover. The following 10 list Of the naraes
hr. psWoHs children pIsced aceordiag to their ages
Arnie Eliza. Charlotte. Mary and Maria, eve girls asd
tIce boys ramsd ssvsgaly Wiiiaul Horny ard EdWArd
who we're uahurt.
The Jury having bean. sworn the Coroner proceeded
with thu examination Of tho sinessss consisting OF Er
peWOf. Frederick A. Sturgis, Chief Easiascr OF the
stean boas Bag Stats James FSukel Assistant Ergi
Dssr. WisM Brown Ceptein Of the Boy Ssate and DIR.
Derby, HoBss Surgeon sf the n. Y. Hospital
MIR. DeWo, the father Of the three youas ladies upon
vasm the Bqusst being hela, was tho rst Wit
ness examined end appaad completely prortc.tod wita
the oTsr .helmns ioes that he had austassa Accord
II to his statsmcut they left Fsu rsge "Wednesday
evening" for now York &C Giooe +. N cad eboa
three clock the following morning he wos
BY sevEai repeated osposions hs the report Of
be had rd three stlteioons board q the stoe
for the accommodation Of hinseM and family 0ne Of
these Nc. &c occupied by hlnlsslf end his cons,
while his wife and daughters occupied two o,crs otu
ated at some istancs fsm his numbered as and
46, on hearing tho explosion, Mr. DeWou opensd the
Aen rnfh hat
rushed in he shut it Ggg and toos two Of his out
~ NE window; he then went along the outside, to
and too !. his eldest daughter Auue who was
aoaided IN tho N eantime Mrs. DeWOG took the
younger children, and covered thsm up with blankets,
VII ch was aectra in saving eeu,. She hsn OF sopted
Mara of the deceased out Of che state n
but she vas ecalaed before i: could be done. Threo
Annie were in the same a,ateroom No 4s and rushed
eu but were scased bsfors tl'ey wore abb to do So
All tho possible was bestowed on boosd Of the
steamboat by the captain and pssssrgers..
Frederick A. Sturgis stated that he the chief en
neor of the Bay state They left Foil River wedne aay
evening about half past o'clock, for Nsw York, and
Al that period witness went to bsd when ali was right
having examined every part of the machtnery half an
hour before. The noise crash Of the eugre awaken
cd him bis berth being on the hurricane dock
caDns. and he ran aft intending to get down the
the engine house to get down by some other way and
went as soon as possible to tie engine rom, which
he attempted to enter, but crtyen back by
the steam. Tho Assistant Engneer WAS likewise there
and also attempted to enter but not able He thn
out. In tho meanwhile the assistant engineer had
tered the engine and lowered the eccentric HOOK by
which the further rush OF steam prevented He then
examined the engine to discover the of the ecci
dent and found that the pin broken Ia tho
Journal to the driving crank This caused the pin
to drop out Of the other crank and the piston forced
through the head Of tho cylinder that tho rushed
out into the saloon Tho pin about nine inches In
and ne naS been a use three It Vas
witress about month ago. when to all appearance It
vas as aOuId Us gsrt Of the engine AT tbs time
eight pounds Of sSa iScS the sysssso ss'
beng gessrauy between twenty and trty pounds
The law allowed them to carry thi,ty three pounds Of
James H. Tnke stated that he was assistant engineer
Of the ssy s and that hs Tsdea q ra dcr
ard everJ thing won't well until twenty minutes
after three Mt that time as he passing from the
as If the machinery was breaking; al the Same
time the piston went M TO the top Of the cylinder
and the sea ruthed out which the engine WAS
filed and the lights exdnguishcd witness rushed back
ss far as he could, for it impossible TO stand 10
the gaDgway; lie afterwards made another atteo,pt
enter, he then went into the Gre room where he aeed
the safety Valves to lot the steam out Of the bera
his return to the engine he found Mr. S.urgs the
chief engineer, Attempting to enter which they both
oeavored to do, but unable from the stcam they
then went into tie crank room ard to the cylinder
top oexREino the cause wien they found the m9cno
ry broken described By tho last gitness there were
twenty pounds Of steam TO the noh ut tho time of
the accident.
William Brown, captain Of the Fay State steamer,
stated that au right until the accident occurred at
Q A. on Thursday morning, when lie ewak, ned BY
the nosc caused by tho breaking Of the crank PIN
Immediately left his room, to ascertain the damage that
bad been done when he met by ruth Of pro
ceedng frem the engine room. he returned to his
closing tLe door, and having got cut by the sndo T.
commenced to assist the passengers He then told
to keep their doors closed until the steam had passed by
and ordered sgpalroces 10 DO fired for the steamer
Connecticut to 20 their assistance which the attss
did Immediately, and took Of the passengers and bag
gage.
Dr.. Derby. house surgeon TO the New York Hospital,
stated that on T1u7tcsy non deceased, Msria. Cher
lotte and Mary DeTolf admitted to tho New York
Hospital with and extensive burns the face
and other parts o. tler bodies They were very much
prostrated ard livod only few hours after their ad.
mis5ion. Inc ourns scslds the 0! their
dca,h.
Tho Jury returned verdict that The deceased came
to their deaths from scalds accidentally received
board Of tho steamer Bay state. the morning OF the
Sth Of September, 1885, BY the hreakinS Of the crank
ptp."