New-York daily tribune., 1865-11-09

= -,..,on ,x;tpa.s Instructed his assistant 70
Ins " tha coal and remarked that II the sr auo cnJav
at o'clock woud be- time snoas S boilers were good
and ,rbt, they never leaked in the fractures hoers
there Serc small leaks In 1t Ike those OF o'"''
the poi9rs What do yon think caused the expo,
;nn, A. The alternate expansion anu con' nd might
The boilers are calculated TO weaken 'no % dawn tRat
no the explosion; during the TRIP aow ths
have a M nnnds of steam on at time wheh tnc
nid rater was put into the boilers " p,s. aown IN
80 WHICH connected with the hues ahd run W." o,d
he mart which fractured; did not @ hot had
would weaken the boiler, unless u was nGt n
always very careful TO let the oone, o honr N
filling H. would take from hall an hour a. n onnJs Of
cool; thought the boiler couid aaieiy '"''' y
10 Won think the freqaent contraction ana
sion caused by cold ard heat would produce
where the iron gave way a. IL hiB"''
| and expansion would weaken u. No air
~ ~ lid you notice leak in the vent A. NO ~
! q what it produced the Wnho , sP0. P"ansad nv
inches on the bolerf A 1t might have been cau'eo W
Did Won observe the laps to see II the steam eSao
oose out, did you examine them a. W. ,ak tha,
might have been what Is called a sweat lenhi 'Ha'
might occur where two sheets are Tapped togetner;
o. What was the thickness Of the iron in the boiler
A. The thickness Of the iron was Gtn,y % bcSn. c a.
Is il your opinion that the caulkng OF the ponef,
weakened il at the particular spot where the eipoSioH
took place. A. think SO, oon,tino
/ o. Do you think the "sweat leaks ara canAHt
/ would cause the explosion. A. Yes, sir II night.
by a Juror-was examined as witness ee,ore o, IN,
Government Inspectors; they did not ASK h'H a'"'
the leak In the boilers 10 his recollection -,
O IL there a method Of inspecting iron Dy hah'nci
ingUp A. believe so; 30 pounds was the erealea' i
pressure had during my watch tried tno 1','. M
thcn TO see how much water was In, when iouno wa
had tvothirds fan: noticed foam; never saw
any defect In the boilers; be had fixed the saiety'a'
so that it would blow of at pressure oi $, ~
two less than the boilers were anthof@ea 70 r !onl
ths Government Inspectors certificates the steam eon'.
. not run up higher without blowing on IN my opino,
thc canking had great deal 10 do with the weakening
of the part which exp.odcu ,,,. 4. TboaI
| The witness then testified that Crowbanks ~ An,'u
manufactured the boilers at 29i cents per ponai ,nn
lie believed the best iron was put In IT, ana t' 'n''
were lot hurried TO complete II. c,h. ,
Tbeal. testified: Submitted q draft OF the ioier
july 1851 the Company OF the Peoples Line instuc.c'
him TO furnish boiler; be- with other pares pIUposu, @
to furnish suitable boiler; he go' 9 cents per pouu'
. for the boiler furnished the thickness OF TIE iro
is shown in the draft; the chimneys were ihiehasu
be ~ teet inches long the contact was luaac o 49,
18th Of July ;le64 between Crowbanss q Iheaii o. W.
first mart and Capt John Acker The captain OF the ~
John; s not boiler.maker himself, DnI has sNeh ~
sructons 20 bis foreman TO spare neither pairs hos
pense ou the boilers; to brace them 20 u POUNDS steam
he could have no interest whatever III lbahibK W
n boiler Of light quality. for the more u weished .n
Il more would be the price, the guam! o. ts1 ,sVn,"I
T. n.cd by boiermakers the u = Inspector tested th
/, boilers; present at the test the 1osIs sovG W
test perfectly; the witness requested the I. D ~ y
suector TO enter the boiler and let him Know Whetne
n any defect escaped lis lotce; when be came Guy =
10 snd that the boilers seemed perfect, and could not
be,ier braced when the boilers passed the Gosenmeh
n Inspector we we're rid Of any further rceponsibhiiy
George Andrews Of No. o2 Houston ST., iestihed ina
10 he was a boiler maker for 10 years and was at pIesen
omu,oyod at Mcssra. Crovbanks TheaiFs be rnperir
tended the construction OF the boilers for the 81 JOIN
a and In his opinion the iron used IN their cosneto
was of good quality. iron was sometimes tested
;. hammering and sometimes by heating.
4. o. What do you think caused the eIplo'ont a.
10 think there must have been smal leak somewhere.
IL o. Did Won ever know q boiler. built as this one was
q Of good material and used for long Tine 10 leak
c A. Yes; IL Is very thing with new boilers
O. Well then they need close watching n 1ei
le iainly ~
Witness stated he was not theorst enough to kno'
9. what the efec, of fosmiBg was On the boiler. .
The Inyostgation was then adjourned to o'clock
II IN. to DAY.