The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-09

Terrfhe steam boiler Explosion I'm Stone
Street.
SOAP FACTORY DEMOLxSHED-rwo MEN KILLED
AND ANOTHER ONE PArAfLY MJURsD-rHE I'm
6ifEkk ONE OF THE vICyIks-cAUD OF THE
EXPLOSION uNKNowN-MvlVTIGATIoN BEFORE
CORONER COVER, ETC.
Yesterday afternoon, shortly beforS shsss o,c,ocr
steam boiler ON the fourth floor of the lvemes known
as the Manhattan Soap Company, No u Gsone street.
ana extending through to s. fear street exploded,
''.l's ,s ..y which alwcst shook Ms surrounding
ssai0 their founlat!5ns, almost instantly kline
william Watson the engineer, whose head breast and
abdomen were teT.oly cut, bruised and scalded John
Bittner, q German laborsr, employed in a store
opposite the soap factory, and who was
at wsR on the sidewalk opposite, was struck
and. injured internally by portion Of the side wall,
~hich was blown the street The police started
with him for the New York Hospital but he died the
way thither, and his remains taken back TO the
First ward station house. Thomas Hays, employed in
the SOAP factory sustained fracture OF the hip and arm
besides other injuries which, II Is feared NAV result
fatally The police conveyed him TO the New York Hos
ptal after being first attended by Surgeon Andrews at
the station house The explosion carried away the roof
of the factory and also portion of the roof Of the ad
Joining building, 81 Stone street, occupied by Messrs
Teask h Zuberber. The boiler was badly fractured
one portion or il being in the street opposite the
building, and another large piece lodging on the
and smaller parts Of the boiler scattered in almost
every direction Many bricks bits of mortar, pieces Of
timber &c, thrown distance Of several blocks
and fell in the street. but without inurng any ones It
was impossible to learn the Of the explosion but
IL is believed TO have been the result Of carrying too
much steam, added to defective boiler The real facts
OF the will be developed during the Coroners nves
tgation. Mr. Halfr0m President of the Soap Company,
stated to Coroner Cover that he had certificate from
Captain Lord, Of the Sanitary Police, showing that the
exploded boiler could safely seventy pounds Of
steam TO the square inch.
Immediately after the explosion Captain Warow, of
tho First precinct with Sergeant Noyes and force Of
men the spot, and rendered efficient service in
removing tho dead and wounded preserving order &c.
The remains Of Mr. Watson tho engineer and Mr. Bner,
are lying at the First precinct station house. ~.
jury was empaneed yesterday afternoon by
Coroner Cover, and the names Of the gentlemen sworn
10 act in that capacity follows Sylvester Crooks,
William Elliott, Rudolph Bruhaus James X. Boyd, E.
Brown, John Stewart, Gustavus Teask.
The jury was discharged till ten O'Clock this morning
when they will meet At the First precinct station New
street, where the nqusiton will be proceeded with
Mr.. Watson, the engineer, a single man. and lived
with his father and sisters in Third avenue. between
Ninth and Tenth streets He about forty years of
ase. ---
John Bittner the other who lost his life, was
about thirty five years OF age native OF Germany, and
lived in Dutch street
Mr.. Hays the man in the hospital resides in Brook
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