The New York herald., 1869-05-26
NEW YORK HERALD WEDNESDAY es-QUADRUPLE SHEET

william Parks, lying al pier No. 16 East nver,
pointed out the whereabouts OF the accident and told
but too plainly that destruction, and perhaps death,
were again on the wing. The shock was exceed
ingy heavy and caused considerable excitement
among those who chanced TO be In the neghborhood
There was great hurry towards the scene OF the
catastrophe, and IN q very few moments vast
crowd had collected but the noise OF escaping steam
for q time seemed but to increase the confusion.
The accident occurred near the head OF pier No. TO-
and by 1t three persons-the pilot, Thomas Rainey;
the steward, James Johnson, and q deck hand,
named Charles Powen-were severely II not 30
riously, injured
appears that the tueboat but little while pre-
vous to the sad disaster which overlook her 80 sud-
denly had entered the slip between piers Nos 10 ana
10 to wait for tow, and lay with her bow made last
to spite on the latter pier, and her stern swung
across the slip towards pier No. 1o At the time OF
the
the vessel and In close proximity to the rear end OF
the boiler which particular end was the cause Of me
the boiler that was blown out and as these men
were but three or four feet in front and almost I'M
received the fu force of Of the shock The steward
was 5Hsy engaged In preparing the snn ~
some work near ear HIM, when they were, Without the
slightest warning suddenly sent whirling through
the @ air and and into M the water. ,n.. .,. wo-
5 and scsIaed scale i by ~ the a' explosion would doubt
M. James Coventry, 'Iongshoreman: who
witnessed ihe accident, heroically, and at the risk
and after some diiculty succeeded in resculng hun
from watery grave. Captain Kainey, @ ,ovt0n VINO ns
the body was taxed 70 his home in this city. It is
said that he had been in command Of the boat but
Charles Powell, the deck hand, was thrown from
the boat on to pier 16, distance Of about twenty
feet and is badly scaded and bruised about the
chest and arms He was taken 10 Bellevue Hospital,
where his injuries were promptly attended to, He
was evidently suffering severe pain-so mucn 30,
unable to dnd out whether or not he had received
any internal Injury, which, II ne mas not VIII per-
init him to recover In very short time.
James Johnson, the steward escaped with COM
paratively slight Injury. He Is burned about the
arms and the upper portion OF the body, but not
Hospital, where he received medical attendance.
The wounded men We're conveyed to Bellevue by
John Harrgan, the engineer of the tugboat had
been away from the boiler about two minutes, ana
dock Another deck hand, whose name We could
not ascertain was near the stern OF the boat ana
likewise escaped uninjured.
The engineer states that when he last examined
1t had pressure Of ffty-fve pounds OF steam. He
further states that they were allowed by the inspect
ors certificate to carry sixty pounds and that the
boiler was provided with a 'lock valve" which
OF Of he aeeden % usage and Old
and were about five years old. The pilot house
OF the tug Vas blown into the water but In other
respects the boat sustained but very little damage.
good repair She is q triie over sixty yone tons bur-
| den, and is owned by Mr.. Washington Duckett, OF
Philadelphia, which city she left about two weeks
ago and to this city to be fitted with new tanks
| On Monday she made her first trip down the bay,
| and yesterday morning had come up from sandy
Hook with bark In tow, which she had left safely
alongside Of an adjoining wharf but q little time
previous to being incapacitated by the explosion
| IRON doing further service.