New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-02
STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION.
BURSTING Of A B0llER-flUE
ON BOARD THE
STEAMBOAT WENTWORTH.
TWO MEN KILLED!
ONE M AN ORoW Ed!
SEVEN ia TALLY INJURED.

Yesterday morning, az twenty mlnites before O'Clock
serious accident occurred board the fsyors New.
YorA srd Albany day-boat New Word" lying ~ Pier
No 80 North River foot Of Chamber s., by whicS t~e
men ut their lives and seven we're seriously, II 1cs
s'sly scalded
The circumstances Of this ssh affair a. foloss,
pear as our reporter could ascertain At the time
Tie New.Word, With the George Washington form
regular Day line to Albany leaving this City At ococs
and the Francis Skiddy iOf@ opposition line u both
of ,hem making che up trip BY day and the dosn trip
at nfs5 New World was TO leave at ssEen clock pre-
ei.ely ard about huHrsd OAs-e"ge- HerS go 'oari
fac greater part OF whom were IN toe lties sa'oon
80 ,D5 IN the promenade deck The deck vas cr,sded
with carriages containing passengers, and everything "a"
hurry and confusion AZ the time above stated the en-
ONE IA, in notion the engineer being at bis post and
the hremen in the boierrooms when Of suiden ire
,peuJous hiss of steam vas beard. aud N moment AFTER
the seadng vapor peryaded the whole deeA which vas
upder cover both fore and AFT Of the engine Capt. \.
ID Peck was al AZ the time and With great ceof
mind rshed To the saloon and secured the doors thar
by preventing the passengers from coming on me ''"er
deck But for this precautOn IL Is probable tha' many
Of the passengers would have been severely nlured a.
it vas, however, they all escaped harm
IL appears that Of the lover dues IN the arboard
boiler suddenly collapsed, blowing open the furnace
door and rushing into the boer-room bleE into thou
sand directions huge pile Of coal and thence through
two partitions into q pantry, and out upon the mpa
deck and into the ROOM which il ncos-d merely
b. an iron fence Tie force Of the gress
shat it completely discOOred and peeled OF the paiat
CD the ceiling of the uaia deck. IL made its Wg
into the clerks room completely sauratng papers aai
books The Clerk was n bis the tune, receiE-
ing fare and narrowly escaped sith bis life. Two look
ing glasses in the BARRIERS shop were cracked
The following is a list of the killed and ID
jured:
ELr BUEL Fremes ~ years Of sge. Resided IN Al
Z bay
JoHS FosrER Second Pantrynan. p years age Tbs
poor man in bis fright jumped into the river and ~
drowned lie leaves a wifi and three children.
seaIdsd.
JosEpH FusDicx Fireuen 30 years Of age. Resdedh
Nev-York Badly sc.dsd about the arms and body
EpvakD MsgrtS Deck hand. 10 years of age. LIVED
\ in NV York Slightly soaldsd VIII probably rs5ovs
I JAnEs PoRrER. Frsman-26 years OF age, and naive
ofscotanc-scalded about face and body. SOh0ps
\ Ofhis recovery.
\ Jyns WmDEa, Firenan-2i years Of age and Osdvs
\ Of Ireland. No hopes II BIS recovery.
\ JsHs DossELr, Freman-sged - years-bon Ia ifs
\ lard No chsnce Of recovery.
N JoHs REED, Freman-fo years Of Age-naiivs OF scf
land. No hop~ u recovery
N XssHIScIoS Haws. Chef Engineer-25 years o. ~
and native of NewYork Bat Sigh, hopes entsrAins4
n ofbs recovery, severe are his injuries.
n Tie above unfortunate men conveyed IN car
rsaes 10 the Nev-York Hospital aud placed uDef 10
care ofDr McComb Who With the other Surgeons, did
al IN their power relieve their suaerings se'eFs o.
the above named presented most shocking Spectacle
the skin being completely peeled from marry s'e P'l
tion Of their bodies.
+ peter Cogsr. Engine Greaser. vas sIshdy .calded
He Jumped overheard and swan to the DOCK aAa ""
taken cut By some citizens.
Ttxa spnno.sl thar steam had been raised anusuai
h;ob tr the purpose Of racing with che ff4ac Sandy
slso dayboat 10 Albany, but Isaac Weston Es4 V0s
az The r,rcin,l owners OF the bOaf who vas On 'oss
.d;,lv sifer the accident, sssGres ~ Thai Dc la
ien esnec;. Instructions against RACING or ali ~
pioach 10 it. -.
Tts Fr0ipeer. while EeiBg conTeJed OF me ''',
, ,.,,sa thar the stesp gusge Indicated pressure
,,,,,, ,obf vO~HSs but ahether thai ~a< m'''a '''
~ the collapse Of the fues Il Impossible :" ny
n. n,s.sre hOweser, could not have eeen e1 fe'''
. = -. the boiler itself xould have been moved 10.
,b,..n overheard whereas no damage ss e'ae ei'''
/ - that or 20 the boat. 49,.
The Coroner will thoroughly inyes'isNs .4'
wepubli,h the following letter from NJ A'AA' w,
ros in regard 70 the affair;
y-Sj rion in reference =, 70 -, - - s
fssss - 9 ss:sas S@t o 10 20 ::
" go Tbs arDourt Of steam did not i - ,oysisz
carried snd ! III: time .i ne En ~ Il. . d-s Ga.
It No Passenger was frSUt Of The Boiler ~s killed Ia.
Sse snS Two .I sST ssS oo'
i | d. there vas not the sigh.ss. 4 Ntrros
a. IT, boat Respectfully J'N'
&. E~c. Ysrk. ~ l. isS-- -. Iobn no,,.us
= AZ en- ,se eject Of h. injuries Az o'clock
or aee nV]~ 49,