, 1863-12-19

should considcE hun competent in his profession,
en th,9s b. s1sss hss beer sopslds.sd
A-Staetly temperate in every respect think.
think he is about thirty years Of age. know Of
no defect IN the boiler; noE have heard Of any
We were using. 1tWas the new boiler that expaod.
(To u juror.)-I nerer saw the papers OF the sec
ond engineer. The pump that was out Of rcpa1r
was pump connected with the cistcrn. don't
know Il the pump giving water to the boilers was
tn ordSr. We hare an injector and force pump
think the injector was working at the TINS.
Portland was not IN the engine room at the time
OF the accident, but was packing the old Wotthins-
ton pump. We Ind been carrying from sixty 70
serenity pounds. The defect was IN the new boil
ct, suppose.
TEsEuxoET OF PETxR DEyNE.
Peter Deyine, boiler maker, WAS the next w.t.
ncss- He Ind nine 1neu working In the distillery
at the time Of the explosion, fire ol whom were
badly eca}ded. He went there on hearing Of the
disaster. His testimony WAS Is follows:
Q.-N yea SAW the boiler after the explosion,
A.-Aiter lie explosion saw the boiler. did
not make much examination, but what1 did ex-
anime appeared to be boiler made In good order
= ean I'll 70 o
hear say. The fireman said the water g1lage wae
filed within an inch OF the top.
sinnt
Ain my opinion it was caused by low water.
4--Mhn8e fAuIt WonId that bet
think the siass was cloggcd in some wsy. The
glasses ftcaqent!y get OF of osdeE-they az rsg
unreliable, he opening to them ts 50 small ny
repair and lying Idle. Seven of uy men were IN
Is al Tie Mercy Hospital, he Is dead hs died rom
Iirve; he In badly sca1dra; F,aat Glagg, e. lives
On Jaskson 41est Ne 1s2 BE- is ds9d @ nom ths
Pisal; be is dead from the saine cause; John Cal
lahan. he ts At home No. IA Lasalle street he Is
nD nsa ns ssssa 3d. Or s,s shS hsss a .1a @ ii % to
badly scaldcd, nor ID Mercy Hospital. All these
men worked for me- / thfuk i. T. Gates s Co.
made he bellsr which , s1n!odea DE- one q ~ men
Anderson. .A ihe eoer " Ras WSsf Is called
! two-dued boiler.
TESTIMONY OF DAVID ANDERSON.
David Anderson. one Of the mn employed by
the previous witness, then testified as folows:
About a.:s1 J. H., nigh az can recolleet cot
done expanding res in the front end Of the boiler
One Of these Wns standing fdle-thc ono nearest
hg oe ;aat sPoSe eme outside Of
ncc1 On top ofthe boiler taking the weights from
the centrc OF the leser and putting them back- I
refer 70 the second engineer-Fore1and. After he
put on thr1n to hold the weights do1n. Said /,
'Fore1and you win get into trouble and another
mnn called Elm and 6e got down.
Q.-Nhat was he doing that foss
A.-To keep the steam IN and to kecp the safety-
valverp. paeeed The boiler. and he had ninety
The ant engineer lets steam pat On from seven.
y 10 eighty ponnde. When they had ninety pounds
on the f1cinau wns shifting his iires. helped to
Q.CWha1, IN your our opinion, was lie cause Of that
explosion?
Al could not eire an opinion On that It might
lille water. have 10 opinion, unless It from
wnnt Of Tater. don't know whether the boiler
could gland the amount Of steam she had on.
sIon, nor do / know where be was 1t he dine. I
did not sec him. When the first engineer was
there, have frequently heard him tell them to
on. The stcnm wac blowing Of when he went to
df the weights.
11s11Aosr OF WILLIAM CAMPBELL.
William Campbell, beer runner, In the estab-
nehment, gase the following evidence.
had hem helping. the second engineer about
iing On he steam pumps which stopped, ! told
him / would 20 and charge up my etm which was
ali ready and fhen come back and help him. Al I
Il u Fund d d2e1 Se Sef Ct
the tnbs to sec what had become Of tho men for
heard ths1n ben hallooing. I went through the Mill
s .S*s5 q nGs5 ssls.
wanted me to gre then coid wster % Tssh and
hIghw1nes and wonla not sire them. Thcv then
legged Of nc to 60 and get ibcm some oil. went
down They appeared 70 be erazy almost I then
wcut to WhCac the other two men were, could
not ret to them. there we're 60 many aronnd, but
heard small boy hallooing and vent to help get
him out. faw the engineer on the top Of the boil
er, and belicrc lam the one vhe called him OF.
snpposs he Ind been pntting weights On the
somcthtng under the valve, It was leaking etcam.
1Ee second & engineer 1T wa temperate and careful
the accident.
TEeT1XoSF OF HENRY w1LHY
Henry Wilkcy, fireman employed In the diEtil-
1eIJ. thus testified:
Before this explosion came we were cleaning
ont the frcs end the furnace; We had elghty-dve
pounds q steam On: At the came time the. glzss
10 be nearly full. Then went out and wheeled In
barrow fill OF coal; when came in again the
fireman was cleaning out smother lire; these fires
doors to feep Of the draft and to keep from rails
ing moro steam. ! knew him bJ the name OF
5ohn hs Il eat On he head a9a scded ea the
erect, On the forth side Of the Milwaukee, PLANK
Isoad. went ont OF doors and wheeled in coal !;
wheeled in fsve barrels Of coal, and that took
was eteam raising en- The beck part of the boilers
/ did not know what WAS up; waE HtAndlns
1sofin at da 70; ow W sh ESsy e e.
rouud me. Hall the boiler came over the top Of
ion of tae eos' 1,;}e ana ttia Tas al cvnr ma
came down agal1, and saw come Of the men CIR.
ryfng Of the boiler m9kere:. !! was scared. and
French. the clerk. told me 6hould 60 and help
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TESTIMONY OF W11l1AA cEoo.
William Geer q brother OF Fraucia one of the
men killed hv tle e.n,nston. tcet;6ed tbns nj h1a
brc,he- -S'''A " @N'
"'n.ne
twenty minutes After four O'clock YESTERDAY: he
WIS alive. He died at twenty minutes to eight.