New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-16
steamboat Explosions



THlBopEArS, aprll H. 1ooo.
TO the Editor Of the Crescent
The explosion oi stealti ooo.s' ~ 'as ',,,tn ~
renee IN our rivers, naNins aao , ,as h.a,,1
sense OF the great insecurity VI ifo on Doio
STEAMBOATS, VIZ ,eei ~ q '"'' " '''''
marks on 1ne s"oJeos' ,,.,.,,,,u
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waning oiiiy niue ''ihs'oie 49,.
"hen suoh RESORTS are naue W ihet .''s ,ue
seneta'ol VI Steam III ooi'ef oi any A'nu' Iuue
OF 'uou'af', 'ney are 'he i,ioie unsafe wleh .he
wafer seppieo 'e eoller of poleis contains eaf'hy
matters OF hau IN soiutioh as the case WIN our
river ana several VI i's tributaries as suoh
Ma.er rs muoh hofe iiaoie 10 ioail excessively III
o'iiet 'hah GEAR wafer containing ii.'ie Vi no HE
pulI''es' ,a.
| "hen water ioauls Wy neat Ut escapelhen' oi
steam W 1ie engine OF otnefwlse) 10 any extent
III eoiter IL mas LOST us density OF completeness
IN other words tits not sohd water steam IN large
9uanti"es oeiis lniAeo VI ihihsieu WIN i.-conse'
4uelt'y 'Ae hea' u 'he fe-surisces u the eoi.ei
auu Aues IS no' AepV oelo~ .ile hiaAilhuh poi!'
l"oou' HUI oesrees WIN IRON OF an men
'iicA' iot generating steam most rapluy anu those
"a LAC ie suiiaoe VI 'he sheii VI 'ne ooliei
eNp'seu' anu sie aoJsoeht pai's' " .ie coioeh,
i"'e0 4l'0Ase Ae"' u 'ne iuinao0' oe'one ieo
W. VI nets ~ ine"Ai'iie' INC s.e".h ''iA' -
iniAsu WIN 'he ioalilhs WATER anu Is III cohtacl
WIN .ne VI reu lo' surfaces Ill uilei
peiiOu VI WING oe'oines eAptosiSe' anu DIS SOON as
t--ts A"ppeHs va NV oe4oie' Wy the iitnehse fo''
une' Vi s'7u" eiea'eu "nns' 'ue ne"' VI 'pe NIX
"eie a' 'ne inaAiniuh punt "aho passing
W ieuhess'J uiieiui ca piosion Is .he RESULT
Do.ie1s ~ s'e'iieis are seneiany haue Oh tne
oes. lron iof 'he purpose yee quick intense
neat VI 80" cofrouins rust. VIII weaken ana DE-
s',US AS s4ea' 'en@ei1y anu s'fenssh'
| INC iohs' seipen'iihe iihes Vi olach sihohe' as
~ .,'es iise iron, 'he Tall chinheys OF steamer
Mniis' sne maiAs the "a'er IKE d thlng OF me-
nave sfahu appearance a5 hrsl view; out When
ene louSAl arises udt tney nave just escaped from
'he NANTES Vi gaping heii penea'n' lna1 ere long
may ciaihi us victims, ny scores II not by hundreds
'iie ihonieh' Vi sia'neateh IS soon turned 10 SAD
hess a' We "te'cheu iate Oh SO many OF our leAoW
hen'
we give III PROOF OF at leas1 part OF 'he views
ptesehteu' eA'faets from the aoie report OF the
coniiill''ee tappollteu py the secretary OF the
treasury III iooo' ol Tue frahAiih SFenh') institute
vi INC eApiosiohs VI STEAM ooiiers'
III Is presumed tnat Gear water or 1hat winch
ooiaiueu iit'ie VI no eartns lna''er' was useu oy
the coililtttee III Ieir experiments II lhls DC
the iact' ele report more polhEeaiy sassalhs oui
conclusions.
rage ~ part = win tnis ooiler' experiments
were made which showed that, on making ar
opening In Inc poiIer' even When the pressure dc
not exceed TWO atmospheres, local foamng com
nenceu ae the point Of escape, followed soon by
general roaming throughout the poiier' the more
'loieio III pFopoftoh as 1ne opening was IN
oreaseu'
1ne 'o'ief was lia'i iuii oi wafer III lhese eA
psl+nlsnE'
IHe 'oain,As' "!li'n was 81 fepe"'euiy oosef'eu
oV gu "a Vi less uestee every
..e '4i''. swan % ui"Mn run ''iiet u supply
'He 0y '''i,e 'na' a s'1se oo0A Is
oponou' VI WIG 1"i1'y ,"is0 inisea
III ~i9 i4s' eApeihiPn'' tne grass
tiis VI al iiieh 'ii'A al One Ire
'it' " t,' D4o" o"e ".'n quioA Siiafp re-
e-ou'i Is 'i'' u iiusAe'' 'ne oi
I'm d ii0'e IL 1l,e oen.e, "a .ne pave, "efe
SA o"sH a "i-iuo" ''"on' VII ieeV iiol
w pp't9i anu eo0'u A'' VIC iouiio'.
iie'o eApi'S4N0 steam was sehefs.eu W 'he III
VI ""'Vi 0'i ieu NV 'toh anu al .Iii0 ho
eAeeeolas one o r, TWO niihu'es AZ 'le most
- 4A0 teNIpei"'ut's Vi ha>itiiuil
'"p9i'Ns''oA aie ieaoneu III pracece Ill 'le h'sn
pie' S' sV9"ni
tne iipn ooi'eis Vi ou, ing pressure ehsihes
n9e sG9ss'- u I'm s0i " u
- ~ " ~ ennsi'' 'ii'
80 s. 80 '"oHS NesioeS
DVIoN "te .enl "tuto l'"Iu ioi .le in"a'Anuii
.A@so,' Vi ""'ei ny al oAiua'en suiiaoe u
si,eA Ho ,,.
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