New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-08
TEsRrFEC HouLFH HxPEOsuoH.
Three Men Hiiied-Ninc Persons severely
Sraldcd.


ufactory corner Of DeIsneey and Margin streets, ex-
ploded instantly killing Christopher Shields of No.
232 Delaney street. and seriously scading VIM.
Ford of GreenpOint, Owen Riley OF No. 2ij Avenue
b. Thoe. Couand Of yiugton street, Robs.J. Wiley,
corner Of Stanton and Lewis streets, Michael Riley,
John Shields, and John Lyuee OF No. 90 Cannon
street, and Patrick Gilsor of No. ITO Goofch street.
Richard Williams OF No. 58l Grand street Was slight
~ injured. Williams, Michael Riley, Lynch, aud
John Shields were sert to Bellevue Hospital, and the
Others were placed in the City Hospital. Capt.
Steers, aud squad OF his men were quickly on the
spo t. and r,ndered the aid possible Tie Reserve oil
tue Tenth and Eleventh Precints were als) called
ont. Surgeons Kimbark and Wells promptly sn-
swered the sunnoBs to duty, and were unremitting
in their attentions 10 the Sufferers. The body OF
Shields was taken to the ThirIeeDth Precinct STA
tionIIouse.
The building was owned By |. NJ Singer ~ Co.,
sewing machine manufacturers, and was let out ID
the following parties, the steam power being sup
Piled by Singer & Co.: Austin Kelly & Co., hoop
skirt manufacturer; j. Simpson, maeninIst; Mr.
McDerbitt, wool cleaner A. IL. Wright, nee
cleaner and Mr. Johnson, bag manufacturer. In
the skirt factory there were several hundred yonns
women at work, but they and tie worknsn In 'he
machine shop escaped unhur1. Al the time Of the
explosion number Of Kelly q Co.'S employees
were making fires in furnaces for the purpose Of
drawing wire In the rear Of the boiler. 1be shower
Of bricks and the escaping steam inflicted injuries On
many Of Them. The boiler was in the basement at
the back rart Of tie building. The only damage
done TO the properly WAS the blowing away tue
ffa 10
the building is trifag.
| Coroner Widely held an inquest on the BODY OF
Christopher Shields in the course Of which tie i'i-
! lowing facts were ELECTED:
n Cthar;ne Shields testified that deceased her husband
| wa. A laborer ~ sinrers sewing machine factory
Td~a-d usgn tes.ihsd a. olowsi an ani'h' "ac J.
mn for 81. singer Co. watch 'n, ouelhS wH'5s lAe
I'M ,t i've minutes before xix ny drties was "a
., hs there In the boiler and try the faucets It
80 ibing was r.ht relieved sz O'Clock tie
49,! e.,,r triad the boilers uisht before
,b. dicated that fu sr two lower faucets es
a., ,s., there are boiler e Fgvn fcioch ire ool"rs
-. / tri.d the faucets I'D nrdog water felt
,srrnel went and c1rsuei engineer told rue 20 let
\ "a tho st-au; / dL s aud opened tfi damlers %
o. t s 1yn, the man I lied on wss bolefuakeri
~. raue 4, Patrick McCerern be aslcd ins there
Wa any FIRE | said be then tod me % ies vi
steam examining tas safety eouI soi p' . 90"
N ,.oud no. WORK; Arally got u 80 'lAi r. would %ohi
bsre was g ponds OF on s't iht and y pounds in
nori,g, informed iAe fireman whsA be- cA1e '.' nora,
s y 20 80. ya'cLas fr lin 70 hurry hin MP.
though, b. would want to hnry MP and get heed o. stem
Le fol fauCefr Ia tue fslts- HA-n -
70. - H., ont =, O'Clock: lie said BE- puuy,d IL
bere be wet away; told him something mus be "Ior-
b. eHslned aste pipe t the bottom o. Ao cone. s'l
"a wafer NUT "a We esell that VIZ II - i &
he hut The aud opened Ine bumpers ne hep e
10 pump IN soon a. he 900 '.t"I9 s'or- ~ 80
I'M ~ r,t. th.e we've l1G boilers. lie then ren lt poii
a. .ktL .
1o..s N,Lo1s VT, go ..keS eif ne ase Of he.e bs
uiht. n. din no. seem surprised said tLst ui no. tiA II
80 -. ia toiirrs without W. Ger ll uigh'. BE- sid.
~ hat IL vour opinion uot nine' IL ssd that by blow
Ca, IN tenn he'd blown of great doa q wa'sr bot as
'- ~ 49,. :. rot buins u va p-le,tiy sa.e D. cen
80 I'm ,,r, YOU II sou csuf 10 tlr boiler a-ne; nave
80 IN the aa. lius ssyea " ri. a; mon,l- never
he vs., ,.riery clerk know haI about ruunins
eyauil.d ilr voter in Tie boiler -ug.es-
Mo 4 qas ths. ave authority & stsend 20 me boiler
i'm co,I .rsfit,f ~ !ollowt. employed private
,s,i.,u io singers Building and w9-k keel, Go.
i.. III. chisr. 4 lloihsr gart Of h- bud.e froii
Bfr litle .tsr oelncs 30 tie sv-nins oit 5,h
.t stn 70 me. apparently someFAa' e8c-i and
r.tng a liuie vhie hr said hc would sud consult
>. sluref r-s d u lis lev m-a f- si'el"a 10 came
b.si i,h his frirnl oon hearo tie s;esn bo"n 80
M not 20 down g the boiler yas sles Tui@, The
n,-s eaes ,9 aiisr6 cioeA as so'u As 's engine
n sl RYAN testified foow.: have been employed n,
th- sinc place oe about 'hiee inon'hi WORKED M Ne"-
etns 81 fhe luse s Tor two winters on fiaJ uist
and ~ icif boi.crs t. the second Goes. left s0"ut ~
minutes sf.r- sl dcecN Saturday l)fn15 came g. "ok
e. aut 10 Minutes 20 ocook; a. came up ~ t,husp,
ia ata vs- stand She siswl'k Tie called u'd
ee.- cot into fbe building he t'd that there
wstc. ia tAo ooi.c'i nat mere gu oe 90. Na
doors Of the furnaces OF me boilers ~iLoni ~er IN olen
The other NO shut 10 go p ST.. eh2u ID roiA ne
uom.I think about b. and flied up the 1ol 'rs m which
tie w-t.r w'' low tho h. Two ooIsfs h"', lle
found hs the boilers by trying the ihe
above to sroond coc"i g. waterman We, iii
a. The tme' ate, 90 "@te! e2l.,li.- s-' ana
hut 90 the doors and made ready 20 sti't tie ekeyet 'e
ten minutes before o'clock Hslsan tod the eng s'r tat
there had been ws'er ia ne ooiefs' there we're ss
DDS between them, but lon't @nog Fh " said
sterusrd told tie nsneer nat 'holrlt The o'o"oh co,A
WIS oueu LEiftuu lad looked 81 Il ~ fesfat ~ tie
wstchmaai | think the w''er must have leaked
tho 5iowoT cock; .iilk 81 wss toe engiae'fs;
had not tuched s before ~ month had nothing to do
eli; II. name Within Ford tod the eusIecr tha had
prs,,ce oil before me exp u.d TIE Geek ABOUT
i've before tho posion .aeie VS. "s.e IN i"o 81
wsrhnsn the safety valves be scoded The wacnman or
inriois With ; Of tie tine q ih5 .4po-'oa waA going
had bee f,d -t ho engineer ia tn olgius-rooai when
,r,nt f,g the shovel; aaer explosion put cut tAr
u.s., ,s' 5ortcy sreine &C 6 o'clock the engineer
turned Oh he seAai hinselfi b. IN the ea.hei2om
aid not try tie that tined ne ooie
al round Fd.y isn. leg the tres as usual '9.'eled
the Gre bach covered With rsh eo opened the fn'noce
door. sna oS.fI s e, ILL., he boiler. found thu the
vie would not itself usually does ire water
us not ~ The second cocS VIXEN stopped the fosey
81 ue; generally cary about 90 pounds there about
a. orrdl that m'l4ing. both safety valves "ofh, o"iFe
tere a. about flnr pounds 4 steam IA o. saturday morning
a. ~ gr.rly leaves shout three nr four minutes s.ie
oc. he leaves ne tend to the fIes aad SEES that TIE
boilers hled. &c.. MI, -
was in c-rrohofaye Of chat Of hasan the ~achula1
The inquest viii be continued this morning at ~
o'clock.
On Saturday night Thomas Couland and Robert
{ NNln,. dnd OF i-air iniur.es AZ the New YOrk