, 1865-09-24

often.
NE L. r. BJBu1CK, :.
OF the nrm Of Wa1work i Bushick, bollcr makc1s,
Gep sSGn % nod
pcaraucea sound The outside sheet must have
gwen WY inst, there being . defcet in !he side
Inn VA ssh tss ,a9
sheet 10 give way. The crown bars should have
rested % the side shceta. The side eheet goes
spses , ior lori tho n Gown @ bar. The manner IN Whish
tbcse bars are pnt in may be eafe enough, hnt the
hue sheets ale more liable to give way. hare
gether-but hero there arg no indications OF tho
nues having been sprung The bars IN this instance
run in The fight direction, as they onsht to. The
side sheeis could mol stand tie pressure. The stde
bolts gave way. and then It tore All ont The first
cause was The defect in The side bolts. o. by
's water, would i Il u moi Ssse sa.a "1ai tsines g
out q good deal morof lAns.l
II Is haf say what etleet steam WIN have, bnt
lion. There Ses no indication, however, OF the
iron being rcd hot All the lues were good and
XR- GEO. @. aNcL4IH,
employ of he Milwaukee rallroad. I was NOT near
rom anSsuEee <: at 80 this molnns, ana t5ai "a.
s4ts1 ss o. h osae S ,3
10 wait snd were not allowed to come down on the
track mill ny sn e.. H. .o1n Ihsy wsis r.
ss e roana hs seuaa
engine stalled and the wheels commenced slipping,
They had then on only come stxty.nve OF seyenly
eoirc 6 q nd ioo 70 rup my posesngef tssin Of fve
cars. I only heard they had IS %, 70 pound, Of
steam On. 1he engineer who was On the gine sad
with tfy pounds. I have been seyen years in the
employ oj the company as m engineer, and knuw
thcpowcr Of an enefpe-am thoroughly acqna:nted
itI 6fY nh Nrh fhaA.
which this engine stalled, Il takes much more
steam than On The uraiu track. My engine weighs
twenty-etx or twenty-fesen tons; this engine
rors.J The loaded ktock ca1s they had On were ~
heavy as any other cnrs- Il takes ninetydye one
hundred pounds Of steam for me To- start my train.
main track. They were stalled coming round The
short curve. baye not examined the boiler a.
thoroughly as olr. Guthrie OF some others-did
lie as hat la given iesdy pshioe shs seea. ea
ploded from the excessive amoqnt OF steam.
shonld noteay shs was snfi1ctently stayed On the
when fixing the engine nj the shop they hsd put IN
new flnc shect and = new crown sheet She had
just come ont Of The shop, md they
daS Or two, as is usual, to work her boxes ldovn
md gel her tn good running o7dcs. before pntting
heE On train. Iron ID calculated to stand great
any experiments 10 test II, and the only trials our
boilers have is dFng them up with train. It is u
aapgcsons sy h1t Me have 10 do Il ;, have no
IN overspressure Of sscam-unless they had low
o. .salsr; think she got up her steam gradually
- natasas @ T saned Slipping qs il ea s soms
have have had more hin Is nj pressure; she could
S e NJ. hnf eas e any nesssi
on The part Of the. engineer. ! think
lhe deiset Tss IN The gauge, unknown %
@ mc md mssa e. h.ss sy PPasS u oTeass sa aSs.
VIC arc not in The habit Of depending altogether
Oh onr gauges. We have ous safety valves, and,
engine, in tae daTl, about how much steam ,sa Wa
have On fdid not look al her valves particularly,
n thsy were 80 % much b'eyn . np undeEstand that
ciaeq on tsat cpstne, but was M ue9e1y pui on viii
they were working her down herr, because be knew
the yard; He wns considered a capable msn, bur
bad not had sharse previously Of that paTsisn,,1
Willie, he knows whether shetts In good working
order or not, merely by feeling her scnon. An en-.
been san ling tcr some time IL The shop. and Il
would require an almost impossible power to bend
The stems-I never heard ofsuch IN instance.
NE. CHARLES s11cKLEs
being du]y sworn, deposed-1 am engineer In the
employ OF the Northwestern Railroad. was sent
eii engine out of The shop hess .he bad B been
for fep1irai she care On Wcdncday. vas intro.
dpcea to the man who WIS running her, the man
She hsd my to sixty pounds Of steam On and tho
she coupled on TO tho train. asked him II ha Was
Inrdt, and he eaid he ysas. asked him II be ,vas
going 10 take her round the curve with fifty pounds
Of steam, and he did not answer. Inolieed she
worked pretty sharply a. she went round, and he
agreed With with me. I tested the saiety-ynlves.
She sad only ,y pounds the t1rst time ehe worked
lhs M Milwaukee, train was coming In and he bad 10
Ia NNIs IN Irf
jumped of and went back, down 10 the Milwaukee
5e;t hei, she l,aa = rs P1essase y the eause
hack down here. Alter the passenger train rot ont
Of tho way che began backing ont. On the curve
ter wheels commenced slipping. (Aus- to Juror.)
thought 1t was not correct, thar she was working
more ttean than ehe showed. She staid there
Probably hall m hour IN all. in which she saised
whether they had the furnace doors open, while
they were stumbling there OF not Tnere was not
much mus. IRE when ! len, It was very low,
when leit n 1em..kea Ca TO o0' The eoss snstneer e4
that she handled the tain Tho quickest escf saw.
ana md he .aid ye, sle l. The quickest IcQusan en-.
then do no. know, ror do I know how much Ehe
had On when che blew up, but should not think
he re had mqtc than fifteen or twcnty pounds more
have heard some one say she bad oniy sixts-dye
defects IN her: She leaked little round The fnr-
acc door, but not enough to do any haym We
Senerally run with 100 to 10 pounds pressure, and
9ometimee. in bard pinch, We put little more.
mans Esuge is not right, be generally knows OF
esaly. how much he Is running. l could not tell
what w1s the cause Of the explosion. The steam
EauEe showed eesentEs hnt thought at the time
nanulc tInln, and It takes heavy pressure. When
nave gone round there with another engine. with
afah q sixteen Of seventeen cass4 had 1s0
GeioSk whcn she backed down on the trasn. She
naa dnrec gag7cs q water 1saW The engineer test
~ mem ana heard ne water She conld not have
or orMGtkms water, bnt Wss working OF dry ste am