New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-30

-, a.. ,;,s;oc rss perfectly clean saw scsts-inss
~ uovdey on il sid NJ on the pond that AFTERNOON
care n from he pond 10 mnae1 amer ta5,e
IN NV thop. I w,s IN my own shop al The tine
II tie .zIlotion, vent GU On the st' p 1n1 sas
th,rn FL running. was the Iai person tlN Is',
the sbop Mr Frcnchs always builds the fires IN all
The fhsir lr French had chsrce Of the shop in which
, posion took place in hs absence Eiisn srDoosh
TON ri &c II il she was the 81 who killed the
Ir.h No IL used 10 grease clrr 'ge up0n; the g-e1'c
is heated bv lamp under the bench the gease is pat IA
arge lin pan which is set in the bench rhai the top o.
II on level with the surf face Of the bench direedy M
dor die pan he lamp The stove stood about f9lT feet
from bench No when work in this -h9p there va
only one person employed in filing cartrdZos nave
been at WORK in the chop little two months an
rot any powder pied M on the bench when Te3 "a
The building; Mr. FIR, nch anu his son were siins
With the pond Mr. French lsfi first an st2li on
the high way looking At those who were sliding hehry
Frerob left the pond after did M French = yor;
careful raD he has always sppei,ed to eondn; tlJ a.
fairs Of his shop with caution; have Often heart IN
give orders lie persons in biz employ to be c,rc al ei
Tie chop and the powder NJ Henry French vas "a NJ.
own sion ut tie time of the explosion be re1rked az
tie tine hat he though, they blasting rocks some
VI re IL the vicinity , -..,
BY JrRor-A There Is very ttle powder skeP; IN the
shopwhore work worked IL the shop " ,., .7
yoiion took Place about ten days when hrst Wen' 70
work for Mr French could not say how many Aezs Of
pow der were used in the chop during mat time % no.
trow whore tie bulk Of the powder was kepf n.
Fr,ucbs son has often told TO be- iHtoas AMI ta%e
GOOD care Of the shop dang bis absence vas cq nei
with Ellen Mcdonald during the time that woFAed III ne
: ~ MR. BRADT~o Did Mr Trench AK you to come
and slide on the pond
4 No sir; b. did rot. =,
My CRAHAu eyorn says-I reside with Sis Meyers
in Astoria; was employed by NJ French wofaol IN
shop No . have WORK ed there upward Of three months
worked in the shop No few days worSol near me
door m lde aTer boxes for the aTtridges there was
10 Qrt asng # cartridges al that time the s"ge AZ that
time wa IN nearly the fame place that wa' "hsn me
Ludii blow 10. was in tlGt shop five minutes Dti)ro
on. O i Ok ye,terdnv The bench No. but did not
rocc Tho lamp / lth there and went 20 my own aho2'
do not know Low many perscss we're sdins on he p,hu
90 lot know how many persons were at work IN mop No
knew the mar Of them do not know nat there
II any Iowder in shop there 30 powder usrd there
ha tnG Of not ERcs a fIs en w an tie per-
sos in the Other shop Mr. Henry french came
and Ionke into our .hoD between ~ and o'clock yeter
dnv IT, went from there to the pond in our shop
M he time Of the explosion fell down of the stoop n
getting ou.; did Lot see any of the persons that "~e
TYJUaoR-There was very lrile fire in the stove IN
fhop No when was IN there the floor appeared 10 be
cl,n thee is cock in each shop that is the way that
T,TnIrK McDosA1D sworn, says-I reside at Ravens
WOOD, work for Mr. French my business was casting
bal. IN tie forndery there at the time ot ex2o
sion lad Just commenced work was in the shop that
was blown up about 10 O'Clock that day saw the stove
and b'uch Dc not know whether there was fire in the
stove CT not twas not red hot saw George Ia'eom at
the bench greesiug balls did the lamp under the
bench It common for owdcr to be laying on the top
this bench lave cen pound or two there at time
il there from the bnT,ing open Oi the clrtrdgcs
did not Sc any powder there that day do not know how
many at work there that day the boys who I'll the
ceItiidpes have a measure which they dip down Into
drawer close by them powder the drawer is made oi
wood do not know who furnished the boys with pow Ter
when the drawer became empty have seen Ellen Nc
Do, aid do IL there il often powder scattered the floor
the persons no worked in the hop were in the habit OF
coming in and walking over this powder with muddy
sloos without wiPIg or ssraping them at tho door
there vas 10 rug at the door before the
Iloson ! Lecrd Mr.. French whistle for the boys
TO come TO work; after the explosion Mr. French
iumJ cd GU. Of tie window in the folndery; ] ran
to tie romans and first picked up the body of man
whom think smith next picked up Matthew Ryan,
whose clothes fire. ard tried TO put them out
Ryans brother came and helped me carry him up into
the field little way, where we put out the fire OF his
coihes; Mr. French e. far as know, has always been
careful in his shop have heard him giving orders to his
to be careful; Ellen Mcdonald had charge OF the
ehop during his absence she nearly Il years Of age
she used TO furnish those who worked in the shop with
terial
by .jtRoE-I in the habit Of going into shop No.
/. | never saw the boys shake their apron. the
stove have seeD them put grain of powder on their
thumbs ard flip il on the stove. do not know whether
they did II in tie presence of ny sister or not do
not know whether Mr.. French Informed Of this
or not when Mr.. French brought up powder irsm the
dock be put it in the magazine have not been in the
Magazine since New Years never was in there but
once since have been at work for Mr.. saw loose
powder all around the benches in the shop the day
Of the ex loon from TO lbs perhaps there three
drawers holding each kg of pow the boys that used
TO FIJI cartridges JAS Ryan, Jas Gormley and las.
Downing the powder that put in the magazl me On
eli up The magazine there was powder the magazine
before that came the Kegs will hold about 20 pounds
each eight kegs put into the magazine at that time
1 heard Mr. French say that was alcohol that was
burned in the lamp the lamp made OF tin and would
hold about pint only had wick in il, and that
was very large enc which made On ordinary szei blaze
JAMES LAUOHLAS sworn live in S,hneiles Row,
with john Ellis have worked toI Mr.. French until yes
toIday | was working at shop No p on the Dutch Kilns
road | stopped working Friday week, in shop NJ.
there sometimes CREASED, and al other times packed
worked The lamp, with George Malcolm the bench
about feet from the stove the bench about three
feet in width from the side Of the shop the basin for
greesne was fixed in the top Of the bench the top basin
contained the grease, and under the lamp the lamp
was small one, in which alcohol was burned the
wick Irety large, and came up some to
heat the eiease Nj. French would not allow
us 70 Gil the lamp, he did it himself, he would
put the lamp into the basin take match and strike
the inside OF the basin and then light the lamp have
about half pound of powder Oh the floor but was
soon swept up powder could get into the basin which
ccntsn,d the lamp about fourteen fifteen worked in
the shop saw Nj French sliding the pond he then
went TO his chop never any OF the powder slowed
away except what was in the drawers from which the
tri6Cs were filed never a. elsewhere the uppes
Of powder got from the magazines sometimes the
boys who flied the cartridges and sometimes Ellen Don
aid got it have little powder scattered round in til
Ing but not usually have match in the kegs
of powder nor have seen the boys dash powder the
stove was in the shop No when the explosion took
vlace | saw Mr. Casey and then Mr. French both were
going the shop that blown up; myself and
number of other boys went down 10 Green Point,
were afraid that tie magazine would explode
HYNRr FEE, Gil recalled, Cross examined by Juror
Twas in The hop blown up YESTERDAY forenoon JUS fore
dinner; should think there about six kegs OF pow
der in the northeast the farthost from the
five kegs used daily the magazine is about twenty
FIVE fee. from the shop while the filing is
going powder lie brought from the maya
zine but suppose kept much in the shop for con
N,Dnce; each keg contained rs pounds the last pur
Chtse We made forty kegs were bought it usually
stored IL the magazine do not know ii any powder was
in tie magazine Yesterday did il opened the
lamp Tut into basin foot IN diameter and two feet in