Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-03-09
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asked, who the exhorters were ne lnent.ono0
among others, Lal, OF Nailklqs. lAe s, nv"
nothing about baptism or the Loros supper
He was asked, if he had heara m9ch Oh 1e-
sus he replied that ne mad hearo nus =. nalne
frequently, but he was not conpetene 70 ue
tail what he heard. lie was then ASKED "n a
was now his settled opinion; ne hau oeeii ~
several months with lae-plng wang anu lor
several months with the lmperlahsts, WhIIn
now. honestly speaking, did ne prefer Ae
looked round, and asked if no one was near
and whether we would accuse him we re-
piled, there was no danger. Upon which ne
exclaimed, with emphasis, am Tor tapping
Wang. Why, then, it was again asked, qua
he leave him Because, SAID ne, haa
brother among the imperialists, and wanted
to see him; in order to accomplish this Went
out secretly; my brother then had my head
shaved, and reported that L was distressed
subject of the Emperor, who had been decelv-
ed into following the insurgents. l was then
taken into the pay Of the lmperlahsts, ana
was afraid to go back, lest should lose my
head.
What an extraordinary view does the above
present of the insurgent army What NOR
al revolutions To induce 200 Chinese,for
months and years together, to give up tobacco,
opium, lust, and covetousness; to deny them
selves in lawful qualifications, and what IS
dearer to Chinaman's heart than life itself, to
consent to live without dollars, and all share,
and alike, Drawing death in its worst form, and
perseyering therein without hinching. There
may be defective teaching among them, there
may be errors of a greater or less magnitude
but if what is apoye detailed be true, or the
half ofit-iti is confessedly moral revolution,
It'll the wonder of the age.
Yours truly, w. IL. MEDHURSI.
The HARTFORD MAssAcRE.--A thorough
legal investigation is in progress INTO the
causes of the dreadful boiler explosion at Hart
ford last week, by which Is men were hurried
into eternity, and 20 others seriously MANNED
d. NJ. Reed, master mechanic and superinten-
dent Of the motive power of the Hartford 4
Springfield railroad, testified that he had ex-
anined the boiler since the explosion, and
found that the tops of its five hues We're blue,
denoting that they had been subjected to
red heat. The forrest guage cock was six inches
ADORE the hues, and consequently there must
have been great lack of water. In Mr..
Reeds opinion, the boiler generated steam
faster than it could be carried OIL, which caused
the accident. The boiler was very good one,
well made and of very good materials, as Mr..
Reed had tested the iron. Other witnesses
testified to the water being below the hues.
The Hartford Times thus intelligently sums
up the history of the boiler and its explosion;
1t appears that the old boiler, used till about
month since, became lealy last fall and did
not generate steam fast enough to meet the
demands of the increased and increasing work
of the factory, and it was not considered quite
safe. The firm then ordered a new boiler, to
be made of the best materials and in the stron-
gest manner. They paid $l50 per hundred
| more for this boiler than they could have
bought one for, in order to get the best article
that could be procured.
The boiler was furnished with five flues,
was five feet in diameter, and 80 feet in
length. 1t generated steam with great rapidity.
1t did all that was required Of it, and good
deal more. McCune, the engineer. told Mr..
Fales, that with the help of some yellow pine
shavings, he could get up steam to good
head, in ten minutes he expressed his adj
miration of the new boiler, declaring that it
g worked beautifully" 1t readily gave him
steam enough and the lack of steam had been
the fault Of the old boiler,
It is in evidence also that this boiler made
steam so fast and used water so RAPIDLY. that
it was necessary to nut on the pump once in
fifteen minutes on an average. Now, on look
ing at the fues since the accident it appears
that one or two of them have been red hot
the appearance of the iron indicating this. It
follows then, that really before the engineer
| was aware Of it, though he intended to use
ordinary caution, this boiler had generated
steam SO as to lower the water to point be-
low the upper part of the upper fues-thev
became red hot, and when he pumped in cold
water, an uncomfortable power was suddenly
produced by the generation of steam, or rather
infammable gas-a power that could not be
resisted by any boiler, however strong. These
are evidently the real facts in the case.
The evidence of Duffie, who attended the
boiler and fires at noon, is that the pump was
put on about minutes past o'clock, and
kept ON till 20 minutes past l. From this time