The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-11
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
1oR ADDITIONAI LooAL IEEAla ann INaIpn rAaEa.
TIE SAMSON STREET DISASTER.

the scene of the ex plosion being daily visited by
cuted their iabors in the ruins ali day yester.
day, but after the recovery OF the remains of
the morning a. stated in THk EvENISa 'TS TsLE ~
GRAPH. they met with no success until about
Woifrom was then recovered. 1t was found
lying upon the face, with two heavy iron beams
resting upon the bach, The lower portion of
the remains had been reached by the fire but
the face was so little injured tnat IL was easily
recognized. MIR. WOlfiom resided on Twenty
third street. between Chestnut and Market He
was nfiy-two years Of age, and, as formerly
the nineteenth body which has been recovered
and Identified.
The Coroner and his Jury, yesterday after.
noon at o'clock, visited the scene Of the ex-
plosion, but were unable TO examine the ex
until the search for the remains of the victims
has terminated. The jury, however, examined
q large piece of iron wnicn had been torn from
the boiler by the force of the explosion, and
which indicated great strength In the material
A portion of tie pipe leading to the steam
guage, the broken stop valves, etc, are now in
the Coroners possession, and will receive due
attention. The Jury also visited the fve-story
house a No 1876 s. Eleventh street, which had
been shattered by pieces of the boiler. No evi.
dence was taken yesterday, but this evening,
at hafpast o'clock, the inquest Will com.
mence at the Pennsylvania Hospital, when the
testimony of the wounded persons still cared
for there will be taken. Welesrned, this morn
ing, that there was no material change In the
The work in the ruins was resumed this
morning, but the zeal OF the volunteers appears
to nave tagged at last, and but five were at
work. They found piece of iron this morn
ing, which is supposed TO have formed por-
tlon of the safety wave. II this should prove
to be the case, some light may be thrown at
once upon the cause OF the disaster Messrs.
Miller q Reader were also on the ground,
experimenting the removal OF such portions OF
their machinery as were nor endered entirely
MIR. Tucker one of Messrs Geasey & Wards
employees, was likewise present. searching
fruitlessly for q watcn which he had In his vest
pocket at the time of the explosion. He stated
to our reporter that he could not account for his
escape from the building, lie was standing
Nv . nf fnn Eain
Suddenly the floor rose up, and the next thing
he RENE mbers was finding himself upon pile
of broken boaros. He thinks he must have
gone through one of the windows.
Among the labor ers In the ruins this morning
still missing Mrs Shuman the wife OF another
victim whose body is still buried In the debrtS,
was also present She was In deep distress at
the untimey loss of her husband, and gave
expression to her grief in loud and narrowing
shrieks.
The back portion of the building fronting on
SAMSON street is in very dangerous condt-
tion of the Authorities The eastern wall leans
over very much and is liable at any moment
to fall Lives enough have been sacrificed in
this unfortunate affair and we hope that all
further danger will be removed at once, by the
Ing A strong force of police are still on the
ground, TO keep all intruders at distance.
The movements for
THE RELIEF OF THE SUFFERERS
are still progressing vigorously. The CONNER
'cial Exchange subscr ption already amounts to
time. They request us to acknowledge the re-
ceipt Of $25 from Lewis 7. Brown; s. from D. r.
FraSk McGrath and David n. Sim, each; and
$3.50 from e. S. Farley. A considerable amount
has already been distributed among tue fami-
Mr. TT Mason, the Treasurer of the Home
Missionary Society, acknowledges the receipt
OF $3l from the Church OF the Covenant, Rev.
MIR Shtras, pastor.
Chesnut street Theatre last evening, in aid OF
the sufferers, realized between $4OO and $500.
The coming benefit at the New American Thea
fra nr1E ErlnaV RVRninR 9hOnl0
gotten by our readers.
THEORIES OF THE EXPLOSION
are quite numerous, but 1t Is impossible TO ar
rive at anything conclusive on this point as
yet. We have received several com 'nunlcaGlonS
ON 1eTS ens sSieno we to
E. Esq2 So.s f In ss Sssssy %aPPas n ea OK
Thursday last by which 80 many persons were killed.
society. If lives had been lost, none but the
6Gsa Rsve snS Been we'll that
these shocking tragsdleds shG9a % SeodF a.
fected 70 the VIII .ch lurk behind explosions.
oI u SuaSs VII theory STR9aad q
o1 seSd s 6 Sgq may wiz
ascertain the real point. il the case, wthou: regard
origin Of the casualty. This number, however must
eyen bS It's anxious friends. Hence the next
trophe repeat itssf under the operation Of the
ana none be the wiser ior the chastlsement ,,.,
Hs os Se n VsG oP posem
l. That from the time steam was shut on from the
engine the moment OF the explosion, there was q
period OF about TWO hours.
That the pump not worked ahd no water
4 That after the bres in the dues had been renewed
with int ems ty the alarm gauge indicated only
pound pressure TO tine square Inch, ana THIS upon
Examination by the engineer himself ,, -, n
That within u few minutes thereafter with the hIe
b s ha1 E9SSns Snr ana no rep0f'0o
These are the four acts upon which we must rest
for q solution of the question. From these data our
SsTe are thee and only three theories which
be brought 0 S nature TRe rst that DAM
ReFous gathered IN the chamDer OF Ihe OolleL
ana Sy dnVepped force and wrought tn ruin
his hypothesis Is not tenable, because the Water
supplied the boi was the same as that used every
5ayand because every twenty-tour hours the same
Variations OF ten peralure were experienced
The second theory IL, that the disaster happened
from the high pressure of steam This hypothesis Is
also untenabe because no intimatons whatever were
given by the boiler that the steam was strai9ng It's
np 10 that hour never tailed 10 nue4 the pressure
~ Inn the explosi N upon either of these theories
cannot be explained upon what hypothesis must
Rv Teerence to few we'll established and inds-
pntable facts, we may draw aside the veil which
covers this mystery she ulsc,Gse e nnra larga
onaptity OF air is locked up This air IS ll6e-
rated BY 1 SSinT BECOMES s@S @ha. Is Known ss dis
titled If wster IN this condition be sub sub.
eSer that may be. The mass remains perfectly
9uiescent tn has stored Co. 20 80 90 or or even Go
cnstomary with the natural huid II exglodes into
Steam one bound and With gi011ce t W9st dls
~ NJ NAV precipitate the explosion. So indeed II
lei OF water be upon is face the Riress mass
wiz Ds atsr 9Trs deprived OF air will boil but always
explode; wbyi agitation under nign temperature M
aree ~ Few drops the normal liquid 90 the sur
lace viii energze IL into Kissing sSeahs nc d b y