The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-10
THE STEAM BOILER EXPLOSION.
The Investigation Before Coroner Go
ver-several Witnosses Examined-Ver'
diet OF the Jury, &c.

Ten O'CLOCK yesterday 'o'A'As, 's "'Ns''s"
ton, at the firs' precinct s'as0n 'ne 0'so VI
Willard Watson and John Bittner, who lost their lives
- ~, ,os,or q, tho seap, heller IN the soan MANN
oy inc eHp'D 20 60 49,, a. r.,s.- .,,....os 49, :.
factory NO o. stone stree ON Fnoay Aternoon as TO
ported in Yesterdays HERALD Below will be found
-. or, s tho ,es,,oopv .ra tho verd,ct NJ the
'', n..,or vorrsor honr swor, denosed-I v. :, No
20 State street. Brooklyn have been In the employ Of
tho Manhattan Scan Comnanv az ,aborer. have acted
''e - -f
as foreman ana engineer untii the ARRIVAL OF the en-
qneer the boiler was under his control built the fires
E-,s no.u,, b.. ~ .ha. Lou,,odn. 81 s,ao,o ,hor
i'"ay "e, 'o W. ~ e " $3.50
TO Tell now mucn steam was up the engineer arrived Dc
fore had steam up; have seen eighty pounds of
s,aa,c an ,ha ho,,a, lo,. veer. 7 saw the heller NIL
w ~ ~ ~ ' w -
DAY FRIDAY, out oo not look al the gauge; the steam
blew on at eleven o'clock the engineer at that time
opened the boiler door, the safety valve sixty
the explosion place about past three
o'clock was the floor where the boiler was
within fifteen feet of the boiler when it exploded;
was not hurt spoke the engineer about 1--WE minutes
before the explosion; at the time Of the explosion he
was standing some ten feet from the boiler Of
some soap kettles after the explosion him stretch
ed lfeless alongside Of those kettles; Naked
except his shoes and stockings few boards had fallen
him; the boiler situated the right hand
Of the fourth floor the Stone street sde after
ing the body gave information that he killed the
pounds; this was last week; frequently il carry
seventy pounds of steam never the safety valve
loaded with sixty pounds saw the steam escape nj
seventy or eighty pounds; heard the engineer
say that he carried steam in the boiler than he
allowed to do by the law; believed the engineer COM
potent man. from the fact that he was able 10 put the
engine in repair; he left some days in charge; do
not understand anything about the boiler except the
quantity OF steam the boiler could stand.
Joseph +. Coffee, Jr, being sworn, deposed-l live at
No 10l Charles street; am practical engineer and
boiler inspector under Captain Lord did not inspect
the exploded boiler previous TO the explosion but did
tube head in II lying in Stone street. the fire box and
most Of the tubes together with inc lower tube head
of the outside shell rs distance eight feot
from the IRE box ana TUBES another portion round on
the ROOF Of the building the direct opposite SIDE OF the
street, this piece has poth ragged edges ana was por
ton Of the outside she'll put now Strengthened out and
came Oh directly next 70 sne piece ylng ID ne street
there were several small pieces ssfewea aoos Inc ms
when evidently belonged 70 tne OUTSIDE shell Oh inc
outside o shell ssIroandlns he Are box was
torn there portion of this piece which had
a pa'cn on ana, from me appearance o ~ De
eve tns acn was o. %as , s ba pascn was
Iiao.ueai oie wa" ' -. 81 I'D p', n s vas wi
apart wncn appeared 70 me 70 nase oeen p aS n
weiaed wDlen J. snouiu not nave uone u ~ naa oecn
Of accident the other portions of The boiler we're appa
Ion'iy sooI an. sVuA4u y. ny . s I. a.
SION was INC result o. ah s o, ~ ~ 10
% @ s ~" oor st sy pT" ,o ~ :, a
Win lhe sae'y wave SCI az sAy pouhus, u.iess ~ was
covered en aas.eneu ~ o aa, az 'ns ;. Will NV
@ h, .m. rh0.d nd th v a,nr ,, IN tIe teayn
o. .he Joliet "nI W.. , -. ~ se - IN
wou senoa ss. Wv 4se , 'S ~ M , ra11 .ns
cei.noo we'sn. u"e 49, ~ h ud sa n Az vas
nress,re of seventy and eighty pounds From
the examination of this safety valve lever am OF the
opnion hat the ball has not been uscd at sixty pounds
think that the boiler could carry eighty 10 ninety
.ninA Inn my .I, . .t, 10y "suy ~ lily
pressure the test ia made "a x the amount Of il
win be sac for the boiler 10 carry in conformity with the
desire OF te nave no donot ina. the marks On
or tho hall an the lever
Fysncis w Rocon bcno sworn testtAed M follows-I
resdc A. M I0a Grand strest Jarsev (yi,v. am ma
chins, and engineer: I have Examined he exphoded
boiler this morning. confirm the statement Of HE last
witness a. 10 Inc general anpearsnce OF the boiler
conrd ths, thors hoS hoor stavhow ~ hrca nnarcr
inch diaecr Sasserad from ne sheet 10 aue thH
mt IN The ovsr and in tbs arc hoT Was am there and
49,. a. -. - ~ IN ANA In the snokc hor or bnn
s. w.s wy con. The ,oS having hrEsn o1 Al he Mace
-%.~s ,s M, hsa h"sr. ~ Arc Soy !. resr,v cn,tre
,e,i r,ac. nn,v hav,rg haar torn an tho ioysr and
Evil tss M tndicst;nn ~ s hsrS ovsrhcsteA in nnv
. 81 ,bo hoiar nv AZ hov sr, ~ ,hs onrion
III r. .xrns,on ~ss not rrcdwced h. an ovrrnrcs