New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-13
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT WEST TROY

From Tie Troy Daily Troy Times Aug II.
A terrible calamity occurred about - clock this
morning at the West Troy foundr-Messrs. Choar,
sage DBnham, prOpnetors-stua on the DanA OF the
canal in that portion Of Wes' Troy known as Fort
Schuyler the bridge the canal on the Troy ana
ALBANY road.
There beng some difficulty with the blower the engine
wss stopped TO remedy and the engineer Henry Paul
and his brother David Paul machint were eng'-ed ID
this work some in the OF the boiler, ana some
y feet above ground when the large Hue OF me boiler
lspsed ttarI everything before II ~ etch eni-est anu
west-forcng the two brothers aul from th position on
the platform above and carry one OF them some 1 iest
into va while the other David was thrown some -
feet ag4nsi lsde of liquid hot ron
The men were swiDlly scaded and cannot recover.
They ere both dying condition when we LETT the place
AT O'Clock They we're industrious young men and good
ue,harics SONS Of Gow Paul Of COhOes. The mother
Was with them, and maDestng the gre aest auish
oyer the ssd affection Her husband met his desth by
accident few years sgO-G stone falling upon him and kill
ing him almost stanty Tie boys wee her sole depend
TIE persons mi ured BY the accident mostly from bricks
and wood thrown upon them are Hector johnson, OF
ilsmsburgh who had only nmenced Work this M m
ing considerably bruss and Aide but not dangerously
Patrick MONKS Matthew LAWYER and John Bradley who
were more or less cut and bruised but will recover
The rtrsons work within few tet Of tue SIDE the
boiler escaped injury and only the brothers Paul
were within range OF the steam thu escaped from the end
Of he tor Had tie explosion "c' uIred at the SIDE
son sixteen or twenty would probably have been
Killed.
lie fireman Of the worLs Mr. George Peacock was
star djrp N in f-w et Of the boiler the north side,
bOr.r osIred Patrick GIL hm, wheeling bar
row The barrow vas con pleiely dem ilished by the
t,bs but Petrik NOT uja d IL the least The es
cape Sci almost nhraCu 80.
HE ergle var broken to pieoe aud everything within
ffeen f-,t e efhtr eid 81 tie boiler vas denoh.hs1 IN
Gcdng large tank elevated tone twelve or fourteen
fe, above grounc that supplied the esabshme-i with
water
Mtssrs Clolar, Sage 4 Durham hsd taken evfry pre-,
cauon 10 secure safety. Ire boiler ne@ ole aad
lad beer only three four week. l. Sl'
provide with A-hCrofs ste In guag~ which markell -
,urds at the time OF the The water "a sge
inoi,ated full supply Of water in the boiler Il l. ths
ouion q TIE foensn and others that the En- leer haf
two much steam though he dsoisred he hal pel-ty
bad On tive pounds more-9O pouIcs lie bad hoseF q,
beeD repeatedly caution ID not ~ aoote O Il this =
rot the cause Of tie explosion there must have been me
defect in the steam guage boiler, not Yet ertsned
Considering that II ere are some POO employed IN
those extensive works is fortunately that more fatal re-
suits did not take place
The propretors doing all for the injured men that
medical assistance and tie kDdes do for them
Messrs Chollar sage y Durham viii sustain loss,
from TIE breaking Of achinery, Ncl of between $1,000
ard &C., and some thousands from the interruption
Of business.
PS-The PAM brothers are dead They both died
! about the same tint O'Clock.