The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-03
Brooklyn Grey News.


ErroEn on a srHAM BnnsE-oSE HAs hsIAsu1S KILLED
AND TWO OTHERS xvHxuY scAlrxp.-A dreadful accident
ourrsd near the Penny Hdsv - yesterday involving
We nsans death Of and the sssous injury too
others Ths parties ipjrred were employed On pile drv
ing mschne, which being used 70 drive piles 70. The ex
tention OF Hamilton The engineer, john Hay.
states hal about ten minutes past twelve O'Clock he left
the acow for the purpose OF gong to backsmhs snop
to procure chsei 70 OauIh portion Of the boiler which
va leaking. Tho shop was blatant some two hunared
yards, and be had scarcely given the order when he
heard tho explosion. Whom hs 'sss tho scow Tho
mas xcGAveyy sitting alongside tue boiler eating
end Of The Sow. Previously 10 leaving Ia" sso~
he nUed the boiler with wHisr, ~ which time there
in very unsaIe oundcn; IL was an old mo- had been
buih years ana had been placed On bard tho icox
within few days past The ooslrscor OF the soek 10
Joseph Dwell The body or kciaveFy was foand oppo-
si he Ire box bis skaii stove In Ads abdomen ripped
open by the force Of the explosion Henry was thrown
distance Of .hou. feet aud bad his face and bresss
verely scaded but aunsinsd no other injuries except
they may be Internal from ,he iehsisiion Of
steam. He conveyed TO thu City Hospital By
was blosn in twn,p, the Eresssr portion being
thrown dtance OF seventy Eve feet into the creek Toe
cher portion w.s mpsled 20 tic base q the pile France
carrying with portion CT the engine A
named Wheeler was stiE upon The dock ~ the tune
Of The explosion had hs severely scalded br The
owing 70 The i'm stale Of The boiler and the
@. upon at tho nc 10 said ihas tho engineer
LETT the q. he time he did fearing that an accdsns
would lake place. Deputy Coroner Birdssl Immediately
proceeded to tho spo ordered bs 5od TO DO cnnseyed
70 tho dead housc, and investigation will bc bad this
afternoon Deceasod a,cu: is yesrg Of age, nrd
leaves family red!rg in Thirty sixth street, No~ York.
Henry resides in tho same hnuse.
ESCAPE PIcRroCErrs yxn.-rwo mon nauaei
John Person and Thomas Hcgg who arrested snme
three eks since for atsrscng wallet containing $50
from the pocket or farmer named John Jones' Of Gold
Spring, l., while hs about s!ariing FOR his home
from the Long Island Railroad depot escaped from .
crcss bars licking into The yard They 10
!rg or these bars with inst amea they hes Ia their
possession, aud cyep through the opening tins made
Deputy keeper Les locked the ceis 81 the usa hour
on Tuesday evening when all right Next morning
he found the cell empty. they had stripped themselves
which prisoners sometimes fed In ordar n ship through
more easily They succeeded In reaching the ana
then le themselves down with roee made OF thsir bed
Globes Ore Of them lef, an uudershit bchtnd The
Jail 10 NOT guarded daring tho night, the Board Of Scpor
vieoys hsvfug recently dismissed the wsschman on &c
count Of the expense
CorSTUFEY BnIs-John and Nary Van Felt were YET
erday brought before Justce Cornwe, tho charge
attempting pass counterfeit: - bin Housanic
Bank as shs drug store Of VIM Bsce, In James street
They had = counterfeit the Bcyston Bank and
The Merchans Exchange Bank. Of Bridgeport Az the
complainant dd not feel dxpossd prosecute the com
PLANT vas dismissed snd the parties discharged with
Ycprimand.
RRooKIYH PoIIucs-The Democratic Assembly Convcn
tcn Of the Fifth district have selected Bernard OEe dele
gate 10 g. YAcuse and john Bcxart, alternate Hamue
Carbon Esq, wAs chosen delegate 70 The Judiciary Csn
veuuon.