New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-16

csee eecfcicot for oorpurpose &c VIII h"wsver men
t"n other IA II hapc,Doo upder 0s' own Cb,etv>
tor anr Gn cLp,oeCn The IcFuI' II &C
itioed IN thi' ticn &. A loocmouve W.T. fsl' tire
esueos Of att was seat out t. ftko the train. A,
b6av TAIN eLp,c's" tte ginref thhsioz ttere
was too much water the tuef start With, Opeset
the blow Of ano tttre difficulty iu closing i.
the we:u was rtcurcd below the gsuges. The tfain
o.leyed for zone til c in getting rscdy, and the
tugipe wes sarod 10 pump up, bat had MT pis-
ceeted FAR whon The tuct m0un'rdtte rad End rsn Oh
The crCineer, q corptt a. faithful. mac knowing the
waiei to be low Concluded 70 rraw the fic, and fE
this purpose he esc ndei the platform bat On egain
tryrg ths gauge was surprised at fnditg abundance
q water. liz was perplexed, knowirgth ganges 6vc
n'hu',s BE- fcrc had snoTn no wa,er. There was Al
tI fire in the far ace. bat the safety valve was nct
blowing, ARD the balance shose abO1: 90 pounds of
stesm, tie ore mary pressure. lo two mins'e. aNer
ssc, ding the platform, aud while cons d,rhg the
bet couse to pursue" the crown sheet vas blown tom
the furnace, and the locomotive, weighing IL toa,,
In led bodly to the distance Of 60 feet and tho eng-
neer instantly killed. This ia sufficient gauge cook
evidence and will only f0rlher add that in the ex
amin ston Of over foty case., Including tie Wilder
expo ion, although there wa no diiec. evidence oil
low water, yet il al, there was probability from at.
eno ant circumstances that the water cJul nave been
reouc,d.
We will now ADVERT to the testimony in regard 10
tbese dsasier. But little weight Gao be placed on tue
eydcrce Of passengers who may bave been present at
the time On such occasions men generally See, or
imagine they SEE, strange sights FW instance. after
an xplOeicn told that the fire IL the furnace
/" was az O white heat " that the steam was blue,
that the boiler and smoke stack were hot" and
that blue blazss i-saiI from the chimney;
and although these things taKe pl.cc every tr1p they
unnoticed, because there ia no explosion. AgHn,
We are tod that Professor SnOOks was eaTd to re-
mark that steam travel,og was dangerous" or a
fireman said they coulc beat any boat on the nver;
or brakeman raid lat "if the other train
"ud no' keep out Of theu way they w9i.d
that bis boiler leaked Ike siev-," or the
railroad engineer, that his trgine Is an old scrap
cheap and If they did not give him new ret OF rua'
"ni x gear, The train would be Gown tie enbank.
" eLt some day" We say that after disaste', al
the so odd sayings mem red although they form
the usua aid staple talk of these men. And Whist
renders the matter serious IL, that they Ultimately get
into the pIv 80, magLiiied ttat people are
forced to believe theg mist mean something On the
other hand, WHEN men are placed or the stand who
krOw ought to know something of the causes of
these GisasteIs, sufficient care s not taken to get
direct irsteRo Of the usual equivoc. answers. The
steamboat Inspector OF the district where the Bay
State bolCDgeo was asked it be was practical
engineer. His reply was that he had been COO
Lectcd with the manufacture Of steam engines
lor many years Now, this is not a fair an-
swcr TO the intenogstory. Taere are many
merchants III New York who have ben many yeas
connected with the manufacture Of steam engines,
who co not and who GO not pretend tc kngw anything
ebOut the col sructOn and management OF stea
boilers. The New-IOk Steamboat Inspector
asked if the steam chimney could ts'come led hot;
the reply wee, that II you stopped TIE engine bnd
Iasentd Gown the valve and coun led to fire The
boiler IL would become rec-hOt Now this " q com
pte evasion Of the question as the ing liry was made
in Iegard to the Bay State IN the cireuustanoe in
which she " as placed at the time Of the cIsaet-r Ii
Is ,quivaen; tc saying, that if you place piece of
ion III q blacksmith fre and blow on tue b-lo % 1t
will be come red-hot tfusm lot often disputed. II is
perfect mystery that such an answer shodd b.
given by any man Of orcinaIy intelligence, aud
ider it important to refer to il, because this
lotion Is bbe TO be added TO the already numerous
alacies in the public Diud in regard to seam boilers,
aid tie Iesut will be that tiud per4ons will be fright
ened every tire they zee the steam chimney above
deck. To the practical steam engineer tie notion If
tie steam chimney becoming rc.hot is simply absur7.
Wh.L the boat is in motion the CyliDdots empty the
iocr OF tteaIp, and consequently II heat, at every
revolution In fact, tue intToduction of the "loDg
st ain cLIn0.y' wa, a. guard egtlos' hre o. caui.
ing the fn,ok stack above deck. Smoke st acks will
bt ONE hUI and there is less danger tCm fire
Ind We hop, now that the msIer before tle public.
that hereafter the double cncased ppc viii be ased.
thereby preventing all danger.
Now let 4 turn to the Wider explosion. The pro-
pretur tesihts that lis boilers were of the best;
that his eI gineer had b,en recommended, and hi,
wages vac 81 50 pr week aud that he haG ra Sed hi
80 cctis making al even sum of ~ per week th1t
The boilers were supplied With water tom vel thar
ran cry o the dry stasoB; that the fce w-s were IN
oao CONDITION aft only ten months wear tho1gl ooy
running al t,L-Eor.e power; ane that on .ne mornhy
Of he explosion, ~Led "a" eugl1eer humD! inquired
whether be waItod hs b. sers blow1 of he (tbe pro
pne.o) Itpleo that l. mono OF It's Che eng.aeersi
business Now. from this evidence. ~e make cut
tat tie boi,rs were Cd that the engineer wes an
LCnCst mah, and 20 provide for his taGny he hsd
a9opteC the principle, be'ly t.ught 70 Newly jrk
mechanics uripg The past year, that hsh OFF
is totiel than breEo." that there was &C ircity o
vutcr for wt.ch the proprietor should DO he'd
accou1tsble; ard lesly, that tie engneor
bel, vi, 2 that the boilers were TO bo blown off and
knvg.ug the water to De sceIce, Was entesyOrog 10
ICON, M re in order to have sufficient ~ refill the
b. ilers when the walls repaired. CafIgios these
well directed lut n'ions little too far, the bOicro be
csne hot ard an tXoosioo was the cons quence ia
reaIo TO the evidence OF the professor OF engineering
from the lock CcpaitIn6tt who tiitc the g"ug" anC
ou, pltuty Of watef think be ha1tIraed ols en-
cheering abilities he water III the well, iustcao "
tie waitr il the boiler he woac have reLdeieo son
selyc. to the oonmuni'y. II i.q2to suffice ut 20 hsve
lie proprietor cor "Chef orgiu, er' without being
Lothti, with "assistan!s' frou tie lock dep srtneh
But the gIoat man Of tie occasion IL the foeniA
pro1lietor This maenoomous gent'em hhe- the
wages Of engineers al :" per we aud consid-'. IL o
small corseduerce whl,heI they have been educated
in CCInaugtt County or at the head OF the tonao
River We understand comInitt,e Of ste0m-boler
men are about 70 Writ the PheniX, to examine the
toiers and have On Introduction + the 50 e9.neer.
TIE P.enx proprietor os4grets with hr bro her pro-
IrietoI of the WIldeI- safe Factory. He think tbs
hoier. vtry I0or nat ihfy were poor'y @sif, ol
:" he boiler exploded at 20 fbs. or less Teuld not
rave such poor boiler III the Pc * on a1y &C
"coun," Thcte boiors were made at the Globe
RI = aemitt. to be among tic tost boiler works IN
the Ulited States This btiog the case the cta sc
thai the bo ers poor ce-eVe some attentioc,
sud the ubhc eight hpk there " ~ .cmc opposition,
bewt cL tie Globe unc the Phenx q not thetesuI my
show al ignorance tnfie not only OF mo cause OF
bctr expIaicps trt Of the manufacture gfbo1ernon,
~ even vt tic manufacture Of boiore. fJr Instance,
| . statcs that tie iron was bu'ned in working Nov
iru1 for lrdoI boe's is worked coo, ana tbe'ct'ie
there is auo can he 10 burning. Even the satemeet
thet IT non poor i rdlcaous, as poor non IS nos
aud canIot be InaCe nto boiler plate. But the rca-
tuIcd par OF TIE boiler eydeLty shows poor iron. aIG
II. o,a tha ,rnn
q boi t Al CT an expo.lon awsys hss this appear
tuc- OF slxt, cases uf cxplo, ,on, cf w5rh We baYe