New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-18
nC9 NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY, AUGUST ls, 1866.

In about 10 minutes heard gmoth6red explosion, when
boat was euveoped 90 that we could not more tean
q yard; got out on the guards; the passengers all
rushed for the guards; the women attempted to jump
oveIooa,d en, were prevented; was on n, sns new
were In motion until we reached Ihirteenth-st.; as we
run into Pier No. 80 saw four life preseryers floating
npon the water there appeared 70 be good supply OF
life prescryers on board.
John Murray, sworn--I reside at Irvngton; on
the Arrow the 5th; was sitting near the gangway,
on the starboaId sidp when the explosion took place.
the smoke and steam was very dense forced my way
through Window did not see on board any water
buckets; saw only one small one.
This witness e0rroborated the former testimony.
JOIN Berthoff sworn-I reside at No. l2l Concord
St. Brooklyn; TN attached to he steamboat Arrow as
fireman; engaged on March %. lct5; was on
board the 5th nst there were two fremen on board
the boilers two in number are below; we only bred up
one boiler the 5th inst the other boiler gave out
tho day before: we blew hole in fewi we arrived
IN EewYork at 10! o'clock; kept fire on the boiler all
day usually began to fire up ct l0i o'clock p m; we
under the orders OF the engineers; on that day
built only the usual fire; was not ordered TO make a
larger ire; fired on the boiler that exploded the de-
ceased fred the other; tho boiler which gave ont on
Friday was patched BY Nicholas St. Pierre on Sanr.
day. the Hues are about le inches long, the engineer
assisted him; about three minutes before the accident
looked at the guage, and there were about IL pounds
Of sream on usually carried from 20 to % pounds
never saw IS pounds Of steam in the boiler; the Arrow
lies OF Nyack; she went mp under steam was IN
the orecaste when the explosion took place. the boilers
were llspecrnu III July, duu " grdutcu "
carry 20 pounds Of steam the steam drove me ont OF
the forecastle the steam escaping from the smoke
pipe; think there 100 life preservers on board the
hue that was patched did not give out.
Isaac p. Smith, swOrn-I reside at Nyack; am en-.
gagged In steamboating; the Arrow was built In 1857
and burned down in two thee years; rebuilt hers
she was then named George Washington; she now
stands boat Of about 10 years having been twice re.
built; the boilers put in by Radiord Cox, about
six years ago; they regular ue boilers after run.
ming about four years the boilers taken out and
the bottoms or outside shell Of the boiler cut off and
new ones put on: thought tho job very good one
boiler-maker named Thomas Niece went into the
boiler since the accident at my suggestion; he found
that the fue which gave way was probably torn away
by the effects of stean where tie iron Of the ue was
rolled am Of opinion that a seam was formed which
gave wsy on tho 9Th, causing the explosions; McGec
went into the due and examined il; the iron III the i'm
mediate vicinity Of the place where the ue gave way
is strong ever; there are 10 lower flues In
each boiler the boilers were tested In July last the
seam has given way by degrees
Tuns Smith, sworn-Resde at Nyeok; am half owner
Of the Arrow; became such owner in April; she was
formerly owned by Cox e. Bradford; for seven years
she has been running between Haverstraw and New
York; there were 30 preservers on board two fire.
pumps % fire buckets five and 375 feet hose; We
have conoed 20 the very letter Of the instruction the
Inspectors the inspectors told that the boilers had
been tested In the most complete manner by pressure
Of pounds; heard that the boat came down with one
boiler tho day after the accident.
At this point the inquest was Adjourned until Monday
at 10 o'clock q. 10.