The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-08-18
BroO kIyn.

TIE STEAMBOAT ARROW ExPLo<toS-Iy.
yrsTIGATroS RFsuMtD. Tho Investigation before
Coroner Lynch into the circumstances connected
With the tes.h u John +. wcs,sks, victim Of the
steamboat ArroE eIplosion, continued In Brook
ln yesterday morning. The following evidence wa.
taken
John 6. Tip pan swcm-Re.idc at Irviug,on am
Nce fle,ioent OF the unton Mutual Insurance Com
p@y, Mss P.,-'nSeI on tie et.gmbCIt Arrow on sat-
nreHy, ne go o. Nueu-t took the boat In tho
ing a. ilo'I Ferry, in company . III feyera other
tcAu'ucn tun ! win. ton, .rtained w were
Va ug Ia. ore hoieg, the bot hat broken down:
We mac very rlo. pTosfes! 90 slow that Ne@rf.
laics 7. e'dcnt "a Tho Corn fvchanso bank I,f tho
Io.l nj ia i.ss,the nsTt stopping place; I'D not
I leave; Mr. stout state he vss iIwiiinV to rick lis
me On eGch b)s.; ol n previous oCca ion No had
c'hVe! saton on u lnsaiet, VI the boat; / then ad
eos.ISs,lon WIN seS e., OF sing Sing, in reter-
ente 10 the boilers Of the boat old him Intended
70 have All inspection Of the lost that day; reached
my ohc', 81 Millism a., ~ minutes aier the usual
tiin@ aud found ssitinE for me Capt Faunce OF tie
Sutei c. 'shura coke him II lac Lnev ~ steam.
.'steuuhost >rrow, foot harrison street" and ssiod
him TO Eyo u 10 the inspecto that day do not Lnov
rho'her he did or not IN tie afternoon rssched
the boat thirty minutes before starting cbtaipod
seat And sat down In iTont OF the ladies' cabin on
saIbOaId side loaf started At four o'c eek the Loaf
had been out about hfteen minu'es when a Iut,ll.i
,1piosion took place, hins the ali with steam aud
blaes sm, ke; Sin Conversation just previous that
tmo with hr. Tough VIA explaining that In case
OF an explosion theie was no dan but fIon inhaia
ton Of stosm; three minutes alter the explosion &C.
cufied there wee let's cen 40 and bOU passengers.
looked which way tue rnd WAS jumped out Of
the open Windows to the suhd putting ny solf TO lho
rindwArd OF tue elc ping steam Tie Acne a. 1, pu-
tntion Of the boat Ton safety has been bad; IL Va.
notOrious TINT the boilers WOKE IN bad condition. Know
there was tryg eGcleuent on board the bOstpu IN Al
fSenynisbi or fh,rtioth .trost; took tEs ear. TO
topiG VI cOnye sit the bOtt IL about thrty ye1fs
old frou record Of suIvey books have Know edEs
that che has been burned; DO not know whether tne
inspectors practical en-. iLees OF not know Inc
onnets OF tie uoe DO not think e!tLor boa d
81 the time OF he accident once had Conversation
Slth M. smith, one y me 0TneIs and Told him l
had cOhnd nee IA him OF would not go In his hos
have lost that eontd'let since At the time OF tho
tce!dent told .he passehsers not TO put on .ho TN
Ilie-pr' servers - theJ wore useless, ard would
S x, hen s 4, the .is had The sohyertatioa
perfectly safe. The appliance. for saving liie ON
bo.ld were entirely inaiequaie the liia-bost ON
board Nou!d scarco!y hold sL people do not think
the boat CJld cary the number ot pssseu crs ,he
had on board with safety abe had on considerable
board ras q smal yswl had no conversation eftsr
th9 accident with any OF TIL oirccr. OF the boat
Don T. hsnHeT s~oTn-kesiae 1t IrViug.on am a
meT ham doing business in tue city Of Nc. York
was pssenser on the Arrow. on the afternoon Of
the 9TH instant was not regular traveller on tie
boat, but during forty or fifty days Of extreme warm
weather vent up and down on her about fifteen
time. on the morning OF the day OF tho accident
M. Preston came iuto my office and said she la
come dosn with only one Whec left tho office wi In
missiyns, she wa. not .iaunch, and hkrl, 70 set
ouI OF trim 70 that ths fielght would have 10 he
CHANGED hen We reached about Twentieth street
heard an indeseribsble crash | knew the bo,ierr
had exploited from a conversation | hsd had win
some Rtnt,cmoR vi the time OF the explosion Wa
Htng near Mir IHVpsn, on The ssLfnoaTd side OF Tie
hoa' there came stleaks Ct iir and Ia seeing II
Sas dangerous rushed " lhs laI tord sido and
nunt tho rane-plsnk over e.. terrible oppression
and hot water h'riEing me, the steam 90 denpe
that nOthinf could bs Cui put han lkciChet INTO
my mouth sud went dosn lOS TO cape suto,alL,n.
hlttr he steam EocEn 10 ds?el hcaIu enc say
the boat H. then Nent on The opposite slIs
Of lhe boat the cap ain glVing Ofdor sad uus,-
ins ire iciis OF the PASSENGER; wa tie first pis NJ
reI on shore; have never noticed tho iuslsctoI's
hcte' on board the boat; never saS any frsbuckts
hb"alu; saw pAir OF lle pleseINeEs Only $40 on,
small boat; after the excitement The passengsv
very hdinan; on the cars SONG up they could be |
Iold by tho marks On them.
George .. Fenner and George +, Tough were ,,b. |
sequently sworn, but their evidence did no, throw |
any further light the affair, aud the turthes boar
lns wa postponed until Monday next.
The NAVY YARD FRAUDs.-The examip..
ton into tho alleged Navy Yard frauds vAs Ie.umed
yesterday morning before L. =. Commi.,oncr New.
ton. The evidence takea wa behalf of tho
defence, Nm. II. BliuyelL Martin Conuery, Achse
brU n ami Charles Hastings were exam led Ihe,f !
testimony gNs to the eheCt inst they lad visited NJ
Ma.rlCn'i hJutr Tone OF the Accu-ed lu' aid MOI 1ss
any buoEc.ICs t1CAts such ~ ne tsOI are ct rsd
VIM HANl.R manufactured IA tue navy Yard, n, lie
ma Oh rOlkMtu IN tL1 pay OF the Government |
AiUl n exA.uinniiol OF tue witnesFCs, Il nrIo'
hes; ~ o., tho case IA. adjourned LLtn IAgnl.y
'Lr .ltl 4Iit.
ArTgMPrrD SuICIDE.-An old man named
Stephen s'reeter, reading at 4O4 North Second =,
j. b., vas yesterday found on the Backus Fam he
sisSsI Dsitsz. " ~ SA Gssiaat pafsS.as Gan |