New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-02
THE ruIRrY-rHIRD-sT. EXPLOSION.


Yesterday large crowd assembled in the
examination room. in the City Han, to Listen 20 the
evidence la Of the boiler explosion in West
Thirty third-st, whereby William 5. Wright and George
uussey lost COT0uer FLYNN conducted the in
vestigation The following is the evidence taken:
Decker Of IA as Eas: Tbyrhs testified ;hat Feb "a
Ne hiobw toe deceased returned lu lunch aud witness
ad been up few inmates when be heard load report and
"u. a., r o asv otbsr war. sw steam and ,upposcd
explosion bad occurred M's lhrousn ibe 10 Re, sDf'
who va ~ns Pe Sa wS, 5eI b 40 Ig 6
iauer iuorne5 giiaess o TIA. fact ,, s..-- MI.
,Gfsd hat he bad sIanaei boiler ann toe
what called ccomo.ye % Of boiler ,st crown zee va' s'a
uaae s boiler was apParoi' N COED oooe,n before the tIpo9s
proper ihiet9es.; tae hesg o. Tic eoois.! o. tSe
ss5 vas a 40 6o s si hat sSt Sas pabs. a, ii @ from
eo5J Of The oe rom the male Of 6e boiler IN my
Urepsy Tor tn Of the explosion m bt olcn o. VT
a. e. Soissri =. ,SoS, Eve years old
Thomas Ros c ei' l ' August 3 he ,s%asS The
std found good condition aol capable o. Sayng ~
,csspair called err since sIsnne the toi AMI found all
gsi boiler after the explosion and found tas too e,oSn
gwen The car3shee, was supported BY two e3,toe
ha's uh one RISING o. tie plate PEI and ta ocL On ,S Ias
Sfo ht vtrh led TO tbe explosion ss TIE ,esIi Of want
boiler Indicated steam 'haa Tie boiler aa.. cd bat ,t;
ssouut; boiler good euogg for he amount
si p most durable THE arch supported
'Ioagbi'Sa braces lbs .tT sGa'i nav s's y M & s,,,
pbe that 10 company Inspector toTey be Examined Vie
be asceTtsuca .u tie explosion
tie upper o. The tube sheet ia eo'ofat
g. The boiler tue 80 TIE request
- Of the boiler The jurors euIeavr'd
l. prove pressure qua u tgn the uubaced surface
Of t5e Witness desd tbs alleging that the sup
tB st,e Of trac1g kucT nothing o. Tie
15s .r IN which the until after ia explosion that
thS business Il District Inspector and he MAKES hs report TO ne
TIE witness befee 'AaE 'At q
nilsson ya- esusei BIZ ofrs the croWnsheet
Tor the Tst egli yes ttstttI tst
he boiler be explosion ana CONSIDERED he qe
the ccnai aus be cfoWset bA'ti
~ would mpet the circulation 81 the ~ateT ana
d places TIE cToPut1ee
,rng become eerteaei AID making patching nrc
ls brace the sheet from The sleh
y If kepg the the boiler m tnuess here
.ittei Of tie CTOvLsheetf fhe iioc bhtst Was
6syyei 10 The usual the explosion took place ln
DC angle ohs he sheet the crown sheet vac forced
some piece iron ber. iron q tue side elects good
good although Is ~ 0ua USED
sufficiently strong 20 ysahl
a., nurs 70 which subjected the ends ~ The bars $40 not
ofe tb pom; uoivthsasg these detects
euou-b 90 Withstand tae
Of opinion the rec el m some
The engineer infuSd witness tt ne ae
The statement Of John DOunelly, the engineer, was
read II forth that returning from dinner he was
Informed BY young Wright that the boiler leaking
witness found such the case and put s0mo slack
the nTe Wright and Hussey were standing ~ inc engine
room: believing that an explosion was imminent, ne
turned to all IN the building 10 leave, but before he
could the explosion occurred ana he was maze III
senslbcf he knew nothing more.
Several other illnesses were examined bnt there tes
fmony not Important. Tho ycsiEduou vas tbcE
adlOurHed uuuI Saturday