New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-04

-, IT,, IN iba construction of the boiler.
Nv some of t5e bands, With whom our re-
,,orte-s ecaversed, il was thought that the
csnse Of the explosion was the sediment of mud
called IN the boiler owing 70 The bad quaiity Of tbs
,v,,r IN NE The kicge~O GOD water is o1sly
sxrersive osting rival hat-factOrY 5000 per
Dnm, that Messrs. Au es & Melton were using water
from well just dug tue premises Others thought
tbss o. f.eo-p.e of the engine had frozen, and
occasioned q dvhcit Of water 10 the boilers.
The latter IL very probable conjecture.
The proprietors unable to assign for this
cab NIFTY. They ave that the boiIers bad oeeu sub
mated ny craOlc pressure Of $50 pounds TO the inch
befoIe being put mp. Tbey also deny the thst
any Ct the eeoppes had been frozen mp thar there
wae an Insufficient supply of water 10 the boiler.
Two miuuIes before toe explosion, Mr. VIM Cole
xnsn foreman OF the finishing Dom, was standing 10
The boiler roou lisenng 10 explanations nude by MIR
Eastman. the Hartford engineer, 10 Mr.. McCrscken
Of the working of the engine, &c, and, having ocoa
zion 10 90 20 the olOee no bad Just entered the
compartsnt nj fnrthest from the wofks when the
Tloeion occurred, completely demolisuing the nearer
division Of it, while he, by miracle, escaped
" ithOut q scratch.
From MI. William w. Porter, inisher, who
worked IN the third story, obtained the following
sTATEMtSr.
was standing in the hulrhiug-room talking with
friend at a point about p eet west OF tue portion d.
reC,ly over the boiler. Comparatively few were at
work the hour beIrg early. X gics AM about
awe I've men only we're IN the room, some OF whom
were nearer the bOier than myself. Toe explosion
made terrible nOiet. sbd tue nrst obo-rvei was
no iou Of the 40, hat Threw me Sovtr feet a1d
then ssS the ceiliOg coming down overhead. We
Sll ruled for the door except the asC<a II
foreman, John Hull wbO was carried down through
the ruiBs aid injured the spDe AID girl whose log
war bl 0l eu. la lle uimort alsrm rnahet down
saaIs. so great the excitement t1st one man
iuun ed over the railing and felt twelve feet upon my
ShouloeIs, hruisr NE CONT No life was lost IN our
rom. II the eNpOsiOu had occurred har an hour
later al the New. IorE bands, females, wonld have
been in the trimInIn groom aud she slaughter must
STATEMENT or MR SETH II. Adds.
/ was emplo, I'd ia the factory. am what
b termed d msktT was ~ tle building al tue
time Of be explosion. ca,e in aboIt hafppt seven
O'clock az the north entrance aud had DOT about 20 feet
from be boiler bet " hch and My'elt there was
5, brick wall; As ! this wall moving tow7rd one
JetFaIR f.I ward through open door leading ioto
the "plsnk. roon,' and Osdsed under Il ba.Iey Is
clrcuar Val iD which frames OF bate ars slrunk
before shapinR where waited for the fsliing bricks
and beams When the chimney, IS | sappO-e, struck
tb- root ~ith crah and spaee1 the roof aud Or ike
IL through. Ar soou as | could escsy pei through
window on Ire cart side and saw The North end OF inc
factory perfect wreck. The dead body Of yeeph
Nc('raken, the foreman whom met not two minutes
before the explVslou aud passed good mOrhing
ves living hall buried pile Of bricks aud Rubbish,
awIufy mans led. lie old acqd t,bt ance, an
had yesterday moved ms family frOa Ieoth street.
ny b. geo rescue several dead bodies aud as
s5sted to carry John Farrell, who Is trought 70 TIC
fatally injured TO biz residence. Toere Were bat lew
bands in the factory al The time OF The explosi1a
There ere probably 900 employ ed in 1t. 1t has been
in operation but about week.
APPEARANCES OF THE RUINS.
No s,sctsce ooud more viyi1Iy Impress with the
sn,rrons sro terrible ofwer of Steam, that rod ser
,o but had muster than the seDe p'esen'ed Jester
sov after the explosion rbe e6ure man building, OO
feet bv 25 with the exception Of the ext,eme eastern
and eeiern ends literally blowL 20 ITO Ds. The
WI, h and ruin tie more ing iron tue f4cthat
tie building had josS betn constructed, AMI the thou
sands OF bricks plauks wheels &c that lay IN every
direction Loked If they had been ind.scr Binaeiy
piled together by madUa0 who was about a.
ter ptipe an architecture O1 hls own. Az immense
division of the great boiler lay at least sixty
f.. 20 the north of the structure which it nad been
blown with a force that can hardly be conceived
Tin roof ioor4, beams. panks, wschlnery, bricks
mortar, WOOL shaf,'ng, g.. were heaP-d IN chaotic
confusion over q space at least one thousand feet
square The floors at the exe eastern end, stu lett
staudirg were 90 compressed thai If tue worknen haf
been ia that part Of the building, they wo1id Inevitably
have b. en- kilsd. Laboferr were bdsi at work yes
terosy removing the machinery, saving the wool, and
eearctnr for tie bodies Of WOO still m'ss
inn sno are supposed 10 have beeo buroo in the ruins
The name Of one of them PIcSipgs; the other Is not
known.
coRoSER's ISQUEsI.
TIE dead, with the exception Of Highly, were ranged
In n row in the Plank HODGE, where Coroner Hor-
ton sumuOped the col owing gentlemen TO act as a
Ju,y Htnry J,lrkson, John 81. Martin, j. S. Darcy,
Iva BoUers, Thona. L. Wood, james Wilson,
f, hrsIm Place II. Frank Wing, T. j. PoW WE'LL II H.
Since Jonsthsn Faulbber.
The jury were swOIn IN, and viewed the BONES
WHEN the Coiorer adjourned the ioquest IN ii Monday
at II O'Clock at noon. Da Ink the day Mr. Horton
was buoy suu moni,g wine ses, AMI tho deplor'ole
affair Win II lie hopeo, be thoroughly investigated 30
th1t ihe blame NAV attached 10 t-oss who are re-
syonsble for what hss happened.
INCIDENTS,
The exact tine the explosion occurred was sscer-
.a, ed by the Watches Of Or Eastman aud Mr.
Me- rsctep The buuos # both pointed ~ O'Clock
and 40 minutes The cry s'.ls were broken and faces
bsre,ed. SIR McCracken had bus lie injured tor
$500 apd ~r. EastDan 'or 5000.
About go periods we plOy ed 10 the building, Of
which from 81 10 Is were feuries h be'ny rome TINE
before the bour 70 com 5ence 40 H. bat lew, coupar-
tiveI, we've tbare when the catastrophe occurred
Five girls only had eutereo aud perhaps thirty nen
sno bo,s He'd tie az poeiOD TAKEN place ons h"ur
lsiet, the lo.s If life would have boon frighttu'
Doz4Ds were approaching the bulidlne from dnerehs
dteciops, $40 some iust entering.
TIE youns nan Joan Hgbce, tkilled) had applied
e ,o,k sf,,e dave before and had sOld 10 come