, 1865-09-25

. EoES Q, IL oe!o9s tn'ns ths cause of The e4po
sonae saa vi y eand ao ndao@ Ies So s
"sne o. WAFER -
A1ashE GUTHRIE. ESQ.,
Re s1pse5 55'Psse ss
Of lhis cnche. aud think the cause Of the rxplos5
VAS an ovt9.presenre Of steam; do not think
IT, q .Son5 sePs'dss hs soe p.ops
than 1S
tk,nk railroad companies should test beeilers &
sinnce, no doubt the defect would have been found
think i wonld have required great deal OF car
70 haye discovered my defect In the hte box. bu
dcS,. ~. rGi5 nas es. len Pn. 70 tne boiles II
side sheet gave way a1s.; lad been n.tchsd: ID
cropp ehcet had inst hcen mn in in5efd ncaa,
stand the engine Nag fuei ont or he Wnrtshnn.
do not think the feei of the rrnTn hs,s reTc MN
crly sustained; ii Is not eonmop to tcst loeomot1y
tested detects wouji be dIscoTersd IN nine
often.
xnA,r,au.u1cx.
ol tne nsm Of HhlwoFk = uushiek, bo1er makcrs
d oeing lew sH9tn, acposeo: hase e1amlned the boile
oano .ne a10u e cooa GSnaaton and to al ap
Psslane9s SOUND Inc oaAtde sheet mast hay'
Easen WAY ntst, there Icing deIeet tn The eide
lne aton vas rather or3tfie 1ookans The eide ehec
| GIVING Way hrst caused the stay bolts and ctoWI
sheet 70 give way. The crown hsrs should havs
fsfleo on The slde Sheets The side aheet .goes
aooat hsu Ia, IN inca ION the To"n sheet, .es.tngt
these hasz are put IN my be safe enough, bpt thu
! aae sheets are more Liable TO Gtse Way. have
sssh nne sneets @ maanso @ and ne aass sanashea e.
uues naying been sprung The bars II this instance
I01 70 lne n1nt afecuon, as tney oosnt TO. Ihe
acaaGnt i nas oSGn Sonsso ~ oset.ptessn5s: Tne
bolts gave way. and then It tore AZ ont The f:st
caute We the defect IN re side bo:ts- % BY
!uln5.) ~ had e1p'9aed for want OF
ont = good deal more{" {Ans.l
~ IL nsta tG say Maa! enee1 aseam VIII have, but
tnoud 1hns Il would haXe cansed gsatss desrgc
non oelne feo not- AL tne nRcs were good and
perfect
,.,,,- n. cto, G; SINCLAIR,
cnior Of IL. MisNe"tss ra,'ra a "a engineer n ne
BY Il he time Of he acirai exnIoson "af 10,
cine fns1 rs,1ed M ,rSn,, aas oius' ana that en-
sixteen esrs On ihen. ioaded Taib .oc " a1a s3ms
,rsa VEIL 9aIa NJ panS;a nan G9t IN Ihey wese
tnnn stnct rards ,;n r,nnI ~, 70 u. ,he
I1 e s.eu tssa ~ anu 11s s1ppoR.
ane5 naa a lnen @ On oay soIe ;s s1tynse Or seventy
0ies i; o. ~ s'e ea =, 10 I'M mo,e eE a1teen eass r.
es @ ony u heard they I'D 6 1 g o pouoas ~ nsS of
si'a ,ia ~ +1,7, t On tae SAG
3s s5s W3qao Sf, mnd fn !ne 1fn e1s on efrght sss
employ i5s company !. = snsasss' sna nov sSs
Ss s + o. ssfs s5ost sn{ys; ;s III
steam th9n On r. main incl. My engine weighs
a@Gnay-fl! ,y 20. OF E EtTeniy.seven tons; this engine
n n1e 1es5 .9d- ,e1 .nne ~
neasy as any otnes cals u takes ninety.hre 10 one
3fohotsn ponhds o. steam ioE me 10 Etast my tran-
MI. ar Moa lo,a IL naln on !ae
shon enf,e' J nase rot n2t examined The boiler q
~, ,s ~ 11, or eoH ne1sIda
i os ;sn y, ,ns, n nn. ny Gphop Is about
RhoaiS ,ns ,son n, s h e1essS amoaut oi steam.
snouia not aay sos Nas sniaf1sntly stayed On the
bc engine sp he es she We tbsy Saa in
ias neM aas huee' ana 1e" co"n sneeL sne nAa
were just working her about The yard for
day or two, As is usual, to work her boxes tdown
and get heT in good !uuing order, before putting
deal more than We esrr test 1t a. Lave never seen
any experiments TO test It. and the ouly trials orf
boilers hsse Is dEin: them up with train. 1t is
other hypothesis to oHer Tor wreck like this. thau
an oEer.pEcssure Of etean.unlcse they had low
Wnter and there ts every evidence they bad plenty
to loo high point, and slipping. as shc did there
naturally strained I'LL her parts. Slipping will somc-
times cause sound engine 70 gsEs way. She must
nave have bad more than Is Ds pressure; ehr could
not slip With tha. pleasure, with dfy whe.ls and
clear tack. do not think there WIS any neglect
On sS ths s,p part OF The engineer. ! think
him. It might have happened In an hous's
time and been yeE readily oserlooked.
on onr gauges. We have our safety y.vajves, and,
even without them, cau tell b5 The working Of The
engine, in the dark, about how much Eieam We
they were 20 much blown up understand that
the engineer who WIS killed was not regular en-
gineer on that engine, but was merely PIT on while
The yard; he m considered capable man, but
had NOT had charge previously OF that particular
h. man sS been 10 on AZ l. engine tue
% e, t5eai asbea sae e e.
i mp let wet '9e Sen
The stesns-I never heard OF such an instance.
NE. CHARLES s7cx,rs
being dn!r sw9.n. depoeed-I an engineer IN the
et emplUy oi lns Sor.nNestesn hAilrnad Wae sent
iS ,a 70 III tats sna9s tnis moI1lng She Was an
tor repaifs :; .ths cana on wednedsy. I was intro
hn vrss ~ Me- @ ~, WY ~, nds I'M nel me aan
sse coupled On to the TAIN: askea htn L h ~
Yards, and be seid he was. Iatked him II he wss
Il steam, md be did not answer. noticed she
aeTeed with with me. I tested The saletJ-yalves.
Sne na1 on1y my Eouods the dtEt time she worked
l ne Aliwau3ee NJ rain vas coming tn and he bad 10
nmped on and went nack, down TO the milwaukee,
aakt enseE depot When she stopped. Al the time
et1 e M ne1 sne hsa ~ 1bs p.essufs by ths saasc
oscE down here: Alter the passenger tEaln got out
her wheels commenced slipping. (Ans. to Juror,)
lnousnt u vas nol e9nect, lha1 she Wa Eotking
.nuie s1eam tHau sne sh1"so- S1e stalo lnefe
or,s naa ~ u nuas H. t ~ "4h sns falseo
s Hnstner @ .ney naa ias inlnaee ooosS open, while
a ,aes "giE ftahu.ns fnete r. OF not !aels was aot
iust bntn,n~ eo shr e hsa nv mas h,n1yn ry loM;
Thea 'Nas l.. l leM / remarked to ne engineer
III ~ said srs ~ 1b. ~ NC gcessa es sam
snc 81 HoW ueh ne sssm sbe sa1 en-
md IN sxhen sha hieT ~ ~ w hnt ehnns I ,.e . ~
hsp WEI 1e bep tuatns II fto ~ @ @os
,onnas 1rhcH she hie. ."5 N snT ~ ~ 4s @
ciecte tn her. She leaked lille round @ IL furG.
C door, but not cnoush to % Do sny % Ssias. NJ We "
omedmrr, in hsrd ptpch. we nut On Httie Inore e
a mans enuse i not ngbt, be generally Knows Of
L sss own P ass @SSs Fl 5 s9s M
yhai was The cause Of he explo.ion. The steam
.suee ehowed seventy, but I thought 1t the lime
ss haa N anas sns T., + h ss
bave eGne round there With auotier enrinr. With
trnin Of sixteen OF seventeen cass. 1 I'D 10
e1ae q z,e.; ~ T. W sa.y MINUTES to n!pe
Iad three gauges Of water. teaw The engineer test
ne them. and heard the water. She could not hayc
r working vaies. but was working oil dry sH sm
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nE an!s sMotnt r. an enpei1n5endent OF
xamlned The w!cGk q hc locomotive exploded
us is aousn y; ncaf mattes 70 eay ~nat
he hnjieS 1bsf ms ~ tToof ~ ~, W 3ta .ls
e1y detective, ehou]d iudee from ti3e snnesrance
hai The cnrne had |.resf 3ee ~ ste.r, " a. ~
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