, 1865-12-25

Saoaths oi The boys in DC 1fst bed md lootia. i
irr1her through tho hole in the partition, NV
Jchno} WIT opsnng I'D ,sa shnapE he monh
i,o5s wess ~ desd IN n the 3e bscF bealoom sa1e 1ns
so e ILL., sE1 = ~ to- ae
Johnny White up in hts arms, and carried him into
the room be Il now occupying. / ran ont and got
91e nens ssR2 R1gs Is Doc
ed lacked hun il be could not DO something to ~.
so @ dsaa T. II eSee @ but b ssd h
| went 10 bed between teven and eipht o'cIock,
! James McCauhH. Louis Lout md johnny Wbite
Eent to otd a = halapax1 eleven O'clock. John
and johnny started from The bar room; they took
ene no soa III IN 1ns h.s u NJ e. Ss
San The lighted caldle N their window, and saw
Them blow + out: bare oecupied .thla house
nSs hs sn; IT. b. q H. Nv asr 1es Il s y
never cav ibe cap in ihe ceiling. Lad d. 20 % puosl:
s1se sos s Ss ts1 1ao f. hs
been out Of order On account Of the troat.
TESTIMONY or MICHAEL onBENEnAux.
Mr.. Michael Greenebanm. Hho had been sum.
moned before the Jury to testify II reference to The
sworn, teftifld: lam a plumber and gas nticr.
have e3amtned The Gus PIPE II Tie room where
the dead men ase lying. The mt has been some-
alone Of ihe gas agalnst 4 would not be sufficient
70 throw e. Inf putty o. O. csmsn. which Z used
or break unless something knocks against II If =
pipe with the cnp similarly fastened on u thla
one was, were Lid under the floor with
eHp down, the jar Of persons walking over II wnnld
probably loosen the cement and Gauss the cap to
fai oa: bat N Tits case 1t would not dron un{rss
something struck T. Probably this mt was srncS
PY1Hff 81.
and The cencnt broken. would not cail ID a r-noi
job. The pressure Of the gas alont would nof he
sat,cent 70 sian The nut from i.s place nel'her do
think the accident Was occasioned by the ftt.zfnr
Of va1eT In the pipes. Il the pipe had been on ia
E1onnd floor % level with ths meter, water eez.
anE ~ h r. NO w9Ha expand and probably burst ihe nut
tas Company make rule 10 tes, all gas pipes IN
buildings with an air pump before placing 4 metre,
II mailing this test pipe s.ans IL the Iesss, OF
hy The inspection. Ihis Lind Of cap Is the desc4tp.
tion castouartl, put on gas ppes, Before pnttlng
r. the tnnd Of Ssth RPe and nst are covered
n1r hested jnet enough to mc,t tic &c cem.nl M 7his III
fame pFoce+s has 70 be gone through with tn re-
some Of COURSE but the esp is also expanded, and
conseqcntly When they cool the contraction i, alike
md thc mi viii not come of. The shIinkase OF
tod weather. The PIPE and The CAP arc o,,ly made
cement. TIE nut shou1d i lesss 1eee,se iwo M or
l
think thcY were put IN about five years ugo, l
think as much blame attaches to the occupants or
The heuse a. 10 the sas hues who put IN liz pipes
s sa aso ssl % ssss sseds &C. RPs e s4 d c !.
company until the job i completed. and not tben
until they want metre placed. This nnt in al
!he pipe: People ase soaest1nss ~ n 's tse
habit of changing them. Had The
room been full Of eas when the lieht
Ia winter time ut The cseyiees abou. the windows
become frozen up ind will cot permit OF the escape
gus of ar In ,hts case It appeaEs that both the
II would require many minutes 10 dli The room from
Inc open plug. If there bad been small oz1nce In
the CEN. at through whicn the q: could escapc,
break OF The remainder OF the cement and loosen
the hold o. Tho cap: The cenent is brittle, bu.
littie hole n # woad no. grow By the eecape OF
pump ne put on pressure Of ffteen pounds Tor
one ntmotphete> to the inch. do not think the
nns could hass been oG whea the Men res,red-lf it
had they would certainly have sGneed the escaping
Eaa. do not know 1hst any person can Justly b
blamed lot this aecadent. The nut may Of may NOT
Sss t but
AT this stage Of the inquest. On account Of the
darkness of lhc room occupied BY the Corouer mud
Precinct Police Station, on Union street The next
u1tneee examined WIS
xR, AInE1sr u. R11Isos.
President Of the Peoples Gas Company. he te.si.
ded: In ibis aivfti1n Of the city we are running
with abou two inches Of pressure to the foot Thai
is s1i We give In the street. We MEASURE b. pres
ein. Erhee: sh1y.,hrce feet On IN atmosphere.
The prett use Of steam boiler Is somet1mes run
up Ut high as e1cbty pounds to the inch. We are
running On Light pressure In the WeEt Division
can gave only ihTec inches, which wou1d not be
snteteos @ t9 r. ha;ss pipe On. rule i that when
inspector to test The pipes, and II be finds them III
right We put in metre The pipes ntextng them,
are pumped up. We cndeavol to control the putting
AS m 1-af > hfIf
people ase constantly changing their Axtnrcs
When parties wish 70 put on a pendant they simply
We are not consulted On the subject At all. When
maD complains that VIC are Charging him for none
gus than be coneuraer. we eend for hia meter and
rect, new is attached; he must zee to his pipes
himself However. If be tells that his p.pes are
in IN leaking condition Te ax them. r here Il TIE
hep but detect il. The smell ofeas is unlike any
othes smell The weight OF The nut alone would be
Iops II rsstd i sn 1iSrFPs a1 Pf H. o1
over are alike-the pipes arc ali made to
fse Europe FL see u" Il naa On E ss g. h ppe af i ,ts
Instance nany hare been cut BY some one-I ana
not prepared io say that Il has OF has not All cas
dlde1ent nannlactones and mix it mp together With.
out FfERrt to who made 1t. Il the ftte1 failed to
eCrex the nut On in a proper manncr. and II 70.
down. II would not come of had it received hall
turn On the thread II there had been ever 90 small
an orce in the nut o. in The cement the cas would
have heep stoelled. The cap mey have been knocked
OF nj snrne other time ind stuck tn an Imperfect
1nanner BY The pernon knocking ii Of Ii bear
Mr. Eillinrs being Inc list witness summoned
his 1e-li1cony toncluded the examination, and tht
room was clesyed Of al spcetatoss, md the jury
proceeded 10 draw M
Which was a. follows: We, the Jury, find shs
the decea>ed. Charles John Diachtiae. AdolT Dlach
siae, James NecauliG, JOHN johnson and Ioull
day OF December, 1865, tom sutocauon induced b
the e.eape Of eas into The room N which they west
sR % e. aSSa e. s En- be o D xee 70 s H. p a1t
other pipe, By which It We injured. 1t had no
been P;ops1ly secured nRen Or The p!ps and wa9 r
ssoaa bs seaalsa ses by py ey oriaanee II sueh
o tb hs p 1o o. no9e 6q1
The caps should be examined TO- ree that they ar
screwed upon the pipe, and not held IN iheir pac
The veadici was signed By the following a. jnry
Frederick Becker, Form, Jsmes B. wsrde1l.
sam. J. Mtdli1, T. j. Hutcbings,
VIM. !. Schokke- John Eden.
es@se Geo1se Nj 4. Rust, sose :. sssnts;. m sp'
Otto Deh1inE. W. W. Kennedy
VENTILATION.
There j. another most important saiecua1d to th
public health, one whose need Is shown with tel
rible force In the revelations Of yesterday, thong
is considerations did not come within the PROVING
of the Jury. The unsenti1Ated. osercrowded roomt
tonnd not only IN that house. but many othe
placcs IN the city, are more dangerous to tn
health or The general public than filthy alleyE Q
| ruclenn oulhouset, oyrr which a sanitary supe,
v,tton Il 10. said 10 he exercieed- some Eneasarr
should be taken to prevent Or nmen1rnse tt.-EO
F1nEs,-Afew minutes before Z o'clock, on sstul
day evening, fire broke out IN the four stor
br1ck building. No. Is Idnzle street, owned by Nj
Nlcllc1, The fire waa nEst discovered issuing ttor
the Windows OF Wal.h i Ahrensr boot nanutat
:ory, eitnated In the third siosJ Of the buiidtnG
pri In very few minutes they extended dow
| though tte floor 3nto the second stoly. occupies
| principally as an oais.bin by Me.szs. Weston l
a pfa1 e9aey e.
| Was soon qnepchsd. though net until eonsiderabf
damage hau been enstalned TO both hnilaing M
uesian rtore u ns ~! We'an 10 d d.
| Y. Ha,cr and $. l. shotncll, whore s,ock, whtc
uas pTinc1pally eomposcd Of apples and potatoes
fuliy insnrtd: The oats On the second ttoor wes
not very badly Injured.
On this tloor ~as also stosed a large numbe. G
trunks Owned u some psttitA who are Al ptesen
et'sent from The ciis. They were sased IL slishsl
tamased condition. MesFrs. Wal4h d A1ten ha
nuil conneaucd boole In this establishment, all
which vc1c more or lees damaged bY Gre and ,sa.e
The nrm have t3slfHnce Of Et-001 o. their goods
*eGtt in the Equitable Company Of thia city, e. o.
II The brooklyn OF New York. mud $3,U10 IN . Oh
l. cago company. The building was Owned bv III
I Wicker, whore loss Will be between l+101 An
kl.AN, On which there Is TO insurance, The ogtgt
, o! the fire il unknown, though lhcre Il Etare Fca
tonA for hellcytn. IT to have been the wors Of SON
! dae:ardly incendiary.
tbrre O'Clock on >atETday afternoon b. the born.n
Of mail srame harding hoase and saloon on MI
. Nankee avcnne, lear the eosn-r Of kinzie stree
! / Tie p!ace was occupied by German family. II
roof ryp. partially turned on and the butldsas a1
', contents Otherwise damaged BY fire Bnd Watet~
the extent OF shout SG0a on which there whs no Il
| eurAncr- >,
: covered in millinery store IN the RAYMOND Bloc
t State street occupied by Mrs. Thomson. II VI
t | occatioued By tie oyesheslirg Of stove near
| partition, Almost simultaneously with the alat
: ! The .sfrank sherman was oil zhc spot. and The
E | wps cxtipC Cusehel ia a fen mtun,es. The damn
uil3 not exceed so, snd il covered By Insurance.
!. LAu1Es> CENTENARY AssoC1AT1oN--Ihe Eetul
i, sno1thly meetin: oi the American Methodist
: dtce' Centenary Aa~oeaatlor. will be held o. Iu
i day morning, 1t ten O'Clock In room No. II. N.
:. Church Block.
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