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

ht,n Su, swoin the inquiry into the de,hf % Am Burns
Mary Hscuc, George Ma.,olrn, Mary MALCOLM, John
C'Brisn JOin Downfy, james Comedy John Riley Ellen
MsDorald, Mathew Hand Jamcs Fo!~y Enm, Ryan
Mathew Ryan, and Hcnry II =, commenced y r's
examination Of the owner OF the manlfaciory.
ErAswUs FRESoT, 5rorn-Doposes tia: he r'fl's a ~
Sensw, cd, ard pur,ues tie b1noss OF eaf-dso p.ner
hss resided there four years MAY on he %' OF Jlu
arr 1884 had thirty eight individuals M employ not
Of the nsnes give accden; happened a. M ii;''
~ on The ash Of JANUARY, by the explosion Of one q ny
sLops in which Cling up folding over aad Tuias up 'es
ea,trdces vag carried on there about fifteen hanls
employed in this slop be eve ON NJ quite ce''an
Tho number tie t Of rames gwen above DeAeVe 70 Dc
correct the building Is b. l. ieet one story IN
d was warm and helte by stove winch vas s4~'ou"
ditsrce OF about third fom the entrance a' Inc "e'
end war an ordinary small yner stove and 5000 npoa
the eoor there were several hundred ponds OF powder IN
kec, md boxes mos. Of the other POWDER vas n boAe
md rsa naked up when the expioso to,k place hefs
. ,yoyk bench ranged ell around the cut Dc Of ;he
,hop one running across the shop, ind another part
Of tlo way across the shop; the car 'c5 es wre
filed Nv four ule boys some o; the hands "e.e pack
mo no and some Of tenn gree 9 the c-r.fdses
four we're employed in packing the boys employed in
filing 81 the cat end Of the shop WORKING on the
usiCe bench tie powder tor hlng was placed in wood
ensirawers thee same boys relied tue drawer when
empty the powder taken at that time from the said
sLOp the work ing IN the sEOp were pfG-el -
enter the chop ard work with their ordinary shoes on
Ivas In The shop about hafa hour previous % The ex
ploeon. the hands were then at dinner was not nj me
shop when the hands returned there s regulation
wofhiirg -inokiig OF the use Of mtthes; was in the
getting chop at the time Of the explosion this shop IS
absut - yaris oas Of the chop in which the explosion
took place there wall between the casting aad
the other shop there was store in!sazne We. o. he
shop explode there We about 309eO cartridges
put up in boxes in the magazine me explosion
look place While in the eating shop fret
knew OF the occurrence by bong stunned am
finding he shop in which l vas crushed and o1wn
in when recovered ny senses di Cver,d IT, bodies
and the extent of he disaster Andrew Hearney wa the
fret person saw alive saw others Dat Their nan9s DO
not occur me there misunderstanding beio
between u do reccIlect being cautioned nor having
had my attention drawn the danger Of the stove siend
ing in Tho sbop the bodies were removed byther ifend
one wns taken to New York City Tor medIc9 care
BYA LvRoR- Ellen Med Jnad and Emma ii acoin were
the parties who lookedtoth care OF the shop passefby
the chop three minutes before the explosion took
place Miss Mcdonald in the shop al the time, the
powder kept in kegs under the bench we used about
fur kegs n dnv there were about twenty in the shD
together with about GOO 70 100000 cartridges in conse
aueuce Of the magcZnc being full if the boxes were 10
take fire the cartridges would not all explode as several
boxes which did not are the ground now we have
boards called racks the cartridge placed in holes
filed hen pushed TO others who closed them and theo
packed them up.
UtNeY w FREEcH suOra, deposes- Reside in Ravens
wood with 10y father, the previous witness have lived
In Ravenswood about four year,, lu not quite my bds
ID TO superLoud the persons who y on me paper 70
the bnlls, Tor inc mixing OF tuct
sion Of shops Saturday the 18th of jan at
about 20 minutes past was in my snop az that tine
il situated about 200 go yards of from the bOGn
up don't remember being there since very early in the
morning passed by about 20 feet distant, at diancr
time did stop in before had my dinner and asked the
giIs if they would have slide they had then just qai
work Gid not notice the stove in particular suppose
there was fire in the stove; everything in ths chop
in s ordinary condition TO the best OF my belief
there from IA 10 ~ in that shop bGt day lsupp0e
the list already given TO be correct took flle with
them after dinner; Of the boys WAC filed
cartridges were with me; all the names | have
heard read employed in the shop; there
ore Christopher Carey, employed outside the shop,
Andrew Carny inside the shop at the time 81 The expO
sion raw his body Afterwards he not sensible when
saw him The following diagram of the premises
here shown; the witness sad it afaithf representa-
ton