New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-03
A FOUNDRY BLOWN UP.
LOSS OF LIFE.
SIX PERSONS SCALDED.

reirht.rhco e - .uutcery npy ing Nos % loo.
lC2 l0f az lC6 Goescb, Rivogtcn street, were
thrown re.o st8te Of crest excitement owos to the
eotlosion q steam boiler in that establishment.
The bold pg Wee rto'ies high, inclusive OF tne
basement; the upper story was occupied BY John
K acb A. a pattern chop sod the txo lower stories
With basement were occupied by M-ssrs. BroEne &
SleeaIt Il. ftish'rg shop. small building, one
story tigt s,aat,d al TIE S0Ut,w.st corner OF the
n.sn buiJirg and from ng On C0'rck street, Wa
uStC n III Office. The bller wbir exploited WAS
loested right der tire ofoe and the engine on the
grourc fur me iste'y IN tee r-sr OF the ONCE oir
Reporter vped the OF the disaster shor, after
the occurretc- and procured the following facts in re-
latiop to il:
The builcirg which is demolished i only portion
of series Of buildings erected together f)r various
pu poees c,rpect-d with tie general business OF
for Dcery a bnding in the rear Of that winch was
blosu down, trot ting On Msnsin street, was the
fonrdery Of Jotn Ro-ch. This sas protected bya
Thick wall vbieh distinctly separates the souniery
frou tie pattern ara fcshirg shops.
TIE explosion tooa psc- about twenty minutes
before four O'Clock and in les than minute toe
er,re tudug frvn,iDg on Gterck street Eas mass
of RUM bury ng several meu End boys Al the rams
IT, tire eff over the ite g, the boiler, st the instant
~ NtiDtifnt U.S. rfbIr' h'o'"t "ii'''-.'f~'
WITH sore flight brut~ss. Three men were taken
from the runs and nSeyei 70 drug store az the
corner o. 81 .nto snd Lewis street.. but they we're 40
severely scaded that 1t deemed Necessary totske
hem - the New. York Hospita, whittier they we're
,sker immediately, eod their WOUNDS dressed. Their
rance are Eiaard Ro,eb, f. ward Pe,Ii-, snd John
stewart. Suhseq entry another man Famed Jans'
Tsfrel. blsck.mth, was e,trcsted aud take 70 his
-. t,o TAD. 20 nv
j X. Sp.ll The DIR. sale he und fracture of the
cfesr oi the lip.bons, involving the hip mt
VIM Quil the ersni-boy. woo was buriei in the
runs, was eAiIi,a ed WITH only ie~ bruises and
flight scaldug, from the effects Of which be VIII coon
Hc,Ier
Altogether. there were fifteen men at work in the
psiiern src flushing chops at toe time of the efpo-
sir ard It q. sooderul all were not crushed 10 the
fa,i Of the building
Ore rsr beng missed, search wa. instituted, and
tie dead bocy of Joseph scbaie was found IN The
rims He was fni- Of shutters in the establish
ment of Mes.r. Brow i Stewart, and worked on the
rec 10 aoor # he bGiicg; 1t is sG that he lived 10
Gratd riIe-,, Wiiam-bdrsh. HIS body was taken
to the E'eseuth waro SlstiJn- louise. His rus sp-
pesrec to have ben severely scalded, ard 1t WAS
houk 1T ,bat biz back was broken in several places
. T. head Wa sery uch scaidrd.
There we're tour men :, work ia tte p,t' shop at
the til q the explosion. Nj Ot-rocier g Pi ched
| upJer hi- beicb, by which protected in
! III. iai'iu If tie bulldog.
| A Irgrsham K. MoGuirs, and j. Ttton, we're
| stoh,Iy sc,ldrd but not in any way disabled.
Vim B-nret e. f,isher. W., considerably hurt
! about TIE head. He was tsktn 10 his hol.e Id Dry
! Dock street.
Tie engineer, Abran Bow 'eu, escaped with
r.. II scratch on his right cheek, ani blow on the
| lre fem some of the fall ~ u.a'e'lals.
| Itgtrears that the .Usioee Is youth OF some IL
yeafs b 81 c1srge OF the engine for tue last
,sow-.ks. TIE eng ipeer previously employed lett
NJ Roach bec.uae be mai 10 wok considerable over
tine at ri sh,- wbicn 1t is sad hs employer would
slow hin no extrb comp ps,tjou The ooy B'~ien,
WHO had cha ~ Of the engine AT the tue OF the ex-
plosiou tas attended engines fot "a" last tSo years.
! TIE boil, is represented g. having been nsae by
UldtIii d Co.. j. thr-e sesrs old. at least u mas
been 10 Use by N Roach for toe last three ye,rs. It's
capacity "a. 100 pound- to the sqnare inca, snd 1t
was used oy about half Of each day cuieg the three
ysaIs
A. about twenty minutes a,er 3 o'clock, c. Wal
TOD foreman OF the foundery wen: into the engieeer
so tod lin to start toe engine 10 set the blower 10
| motion. Toe engineer hume iatsly set to Work TO
false the steam for tits purPose " pounds to the
.quaie ilco bang nece.-siy With lees than o'dr
nsy fl at it sppe-rs that the st=am econ reacaed 10
| y .Dd- BY the gauge. At tos mornen' Toe pup vas
at work ,cmg teatsd wat luto the boiler through
three gauge cocks. The steam WAS reduced to %
pounds bur ain Immediately rose 10 )jpJand-, and
The rpreesion of tho bad eeen the steam gauge
jusi pn,r 10 tue explosion is that there was oaly
pre-.ors of 50 poulcs on be boiler a, toe time
Our reporter l.apIpg that the engineer resided a.
So $50 Eighth street, repaired thi,her, aad received
| the
EvGfsg.Es STATEMENT.
| | EN- L. yeafs 90 age, | aro 81 AMERICAN nave
dIiSsD Mr.. ROscb'- elA o. fur the ls-tt~J weeks
have TENDED eLgire- r the last two yesr. AMI kn)