The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-14

OF the passage he did tell me that there were two women
run to New York we were then about eight hundred or
thousand miles IRON this port not after getting
here. report TO the COMMISSIONERS Of Emigration
/ have never before this circumstance, known Of any
psrssn being ieft board OF ship after the Commits
se0ers Of Emigration took charge Of the ship; the
Of the ship did report tho fact Of the deceased
being rremaurely confined board Of the ship; they
owners, the who told me the Commisson,rs had
| been notified. a33GlIsgqgA st .l sFd. af5
tain if it his business 10 have after the de-
ceased when he kncwshe III The captain assorted
moi ms U ,ae me op
mssi0ners here explained the law regulating the duties
Of the Commissioners Of Emigration, showing that they
had to act in the premises until the passengers
delivered into their charge by being landed Castle
Garden During the discussion the following letter
handed TO the Coroner and read by HIM
| OYfICE CoMMIs IosERs or EMIGRATION
| CASTLE GARDEN, Jan. 10, 1866
1 Captain PEABODY, Ship Ncptune:-
DEAR sIR-In the Of Mary Ann Giroy, In your
ship not being in condition to be transferred with the
The police that she has been permitted to roma in the
storage without comfort sent wagon remove
her II In condition to DC removed II not must re.
| pecfuly, BERNARD CAssERLEY.
wness-The setter signed Bernard Casscroy, dated at
Castle Garden the 10th inst in relation to the deceased
handed to TO- day during this investigations the
that the Commissioners Of Emigration took charge Of all
sick passengers arriving in port; think was mistaken
of tn, deceased and her confinement; think it the
steyedore man. and then sent for the doctor the doc
their being admitted 10 the ship in foreign port until
they are taken In charge by the Commissioners Of Emil
| grafton. ~ rfea
a juror--what is the extent Of tho Commissioner
authorys sitany more than to land the passengers
| and see 10 them after thats ma ~.
Captain PeabodyThat's all do not think that the
berth between decks was TT place for woman 20 be
confined I'M think IL the duty Of the doctor Of the
ship on finding that the deceased confined In bad
place. to have had her removed 10 comfortable
place II he could do IL the berhs In the seerage were
constructed and arranged accordance with The British
law, and they inspected by officer OF the British
navy appointed for the purpose oil tho passengers
shipped under the British laws there wore one hundred
Al this stage Of the proceedings Mr. Anderson read
from the I%essa Sy sss British
United Kingdom, the following c'ausc:-
Every pass niger In passenger ship shall DC on,
the end Of the voyage sleep in the ship and to be
wded for and maintained board thereof In ths same
the ship shall quit such port place In tho further pro-
secution Of her voyage In case Of noncompliance With
for each offence be liable to penalty not exceeding i've
The csrtan then concluded HI, testimony aa folloxs
IrccOgnize the British law under which Ishpped my
passengers, and believe have conformed 70 itnr ~
there were no places on board the shp provided for
those who might be confined during tho voyage. The
-four S ioa Ss
get deceased any Of thoss 10 would 10 obliged
have her carried through hole four feet square The
captain clsQ stated In rcpy to the question II there
B S5i pealy q females around sosassd
had been given 70 understand that the women had
sessed going 80 far even as 70 steal ,hs bed from uadst
her 49, ~ sse,ss-.-r ~.
| erArExyvr or On. BsAcB.n ,s.
John t3each. NJ being sw0rn, stated that on Thurs
day, January II. 1859, 81 sboui eisvsn A NJ, Ok.
amin "a The condition * Kasy A. aiIsoy, then lyiIs 10
sensible ana sbe 70 converse inslleby she was very
much prcstraied her pulse WINS very feeble; shc had
little below the knees were 81 iivi color ana Of very
| low temperature; sensibtty seemed 10 b entsey
:aSps1Sdsa her nose xs" Of sas ssTe dark hue,
| again and found It becoming weaker and gAyc
my opinion 70 Coroner Cover ths, she could
not survive twcntyfour hours twelve hours amer her
death made post norton examination Of tho body,
and found well ncurishcd; the lower cxemites and
temperature above aud below the knees very great;
AN the internal ORGANS were sevcray examined and
found 10 be healthy the uterus healthy and pre-
sencd the usual appearance after recently expeing
large sized felus; 10 my opinion death resulted from
The Inquest viii be con,inued on Monday commencing
al ten o'clock A. NJ
The stcamtug Neptune Explosion.
| rNQuisTios OVER Tas REMAINS oF THE SECOND
ENGINEER.
coronsr oover yesterday held an inquest tho New
York Hospital the body Of Joha Walker late second
engineer Of the sseam,us Neptune. who died from the
Objects OF scsds received the time tho boiler OF the
only evidence introduced in the that Of Captain
Williams, Of the Neptune, which will be found below
Samuel Williams, Jr, being duly sworn, deposcd and
said IL live OF ondcu, this State aud was captain OF
tho seaus,ug Neptune plying In In hsrbor; been
she siwen,y-sx horse power; her boilers and en-.
| CINE we're built by the owner, Mr.. John Dillon,
had never any doubt as to her safety, ana
laft February shc was inspected aud allowed 10
carry nifty pouuds OF steam; the hydraulic pressure
lii In Inch.
had chef and second engineer one fireman. plot,
steward aud two deck hands my cef engineer LEFT this
got another engineer named Peter ak ng 20 take his
place during his absence; deceased was engaged
told deceased had got good papers, and since the
cideoi have been to 6o Inspeciors Once and found
:ass January 10 yGsf, s's to s. ,,s%
boat up % the FOO. Of jay stree. that evening
\. s ss. ~ ..g. :s1 ss %Ssf i, ~ Ts:
had some bills TO collec, and could not go heard
nothing more q the boat until "Wednesday. morning,
while q anchor a. the buoy sbou, half ra three O'Clock
on the morning Of Jsnusry 8; my son was foreman
brought my and the sscond engineer, chief enei.
Cay Hospital my s1n was rot injured by the eI.
plosIon OF ply boat, but scalird on bis way up
ne ey Va ~ the ResSlu,s e,osins 81 cylinder head
sweSh Twelve and one O'clock nv 81 i and the chief
then wen, 70 bed BE- 81. Y ssa lggi the Ore. down
guage that he had neither started ts main engine nor
her donkey; that he and The PHO. we're 10 Inc engine
room when the explosion occnrlei he said he had
idea what caused ts exr oson, hey were rescued by
the Rssclute, and "a three minutes Tie boat sank
There being no further testimony y introduce Coro.
Cover submitted the case TO the jury, who found
verdict ~ follows THAT John WGisnr the deceased,
came % his death by scsas ssc.-es ec:iyed BY The
explosion OF the boiler the sean Neptune, the
ncvn,ng Of January D. 1890, vhlc Ehs q The spit
buoy. -
Deceased was twenty-five yoan Of ase. and native Of
New York
The son Of Captain Williams u ing in the hospital In
very critical condition from the effects OF the scaids he
received By the blowing Of OF be cylinder head Of the
resoiute -, ........,......
CounpRcs ov LAKss--It 10 computed that the
commerce OF the lakes amounts ~ present 10 At least
ii 200 900 900 annually, and that 600 vessels are