The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-09-17
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THE RED JACKET DISASTER.
THE EXPLOSION JHiT FOLLOWED A
DAY or RfCING ron LAGHR
Nobody!I Drunk, md yet Cold water
Penred into n Heated Boiler The
Little Wager In New Brunswick
Inquest Adjourned Inde fniteIy.

Nobody!I Drunk, md yet Cold water
Penred into Heated Boiler The
Little Wager In New Brunswick
Inqnest Adjourned Inde fnitciy.
DR.. Samuel Harmed Of Woodbridge, one Of the
cor3nsrs OF NiddlestI county, New jersey, yester.
day began taking testimony in Perth Amboy rels-
tive to the Circumstances attending the death cf
Rolert Brown and Francis Dunn. The former wa
captain, and the latter pint OF the tug boat Hsd
Jacket, whose boiler exploded in Staten Island
Sound shortly after midnight on Wednesday the NJ
inst, and both lost their lives In the disaster Tbs
inquisiton was conducted in the paror OF tho va
derbil, House, and Mr.. N. II. Tyrren the rorsmsa
Of the Jury, examined the Witnesses. Tho investa
CATION was conducted with skill each witness being
closely aud sharply questioned by Mr.. Tyrror aaA
tbe Coroner. "A
Tho nrs, wos join Seward, :
rlRSnAS on TnI ILL.FArEp yro.
He testified that lie was wakened By the explo,,o.
ai twenty minutes ps.i c;'c-""k, The Red JacIsi
had not been racing on that day but had had raos
on the dag previous fron New Brunswick to Nev
York sgoinst the Blue bonnet the Red JACKIE
carried steam ss hieh ns eighty pounds and wo.
tie race; her captain aflerward aave his crew .
keS OF lager: there were niue hands all told. IN.
lager was nearly all drank before tie Red Jackss
lett New Brunswick there vas bet he believed a
akeg Of lager ts TO which OF the two boats shonll
win the race from New Brunswick to New Yorh
aud back; the Red Jacket arrived at New Rru..
WICK O'Clock on Wednesday morning I'm inst,
Peta Gmbov AZ Ss Sst oco on sSs ws5r..s:s ,rIvsS
evening, towing so, eral barSes destined for N,S
YORK she anchored of Hawiey's wharf TO Wait n,
the ude; the boilers had on four SOLD slusos; b.
BANKED rHs TInEs
% close as ne could and covered them over, ana
was was Ieneyei oy one Morris; he then went ashors
deck hands; was on shore about 25 minutes.
NOBODY pnuSr
hllen Dunn the stewardess OF the Red J,cksA
whose husband dhe piloO was one Of the victims,
was next sworn. She had retired for the night sDA
did not know what had awakened her she heard
somethins like glass breaking, and then saw smols
small boat; she was on board during the race anl
during that time saw none intoxicated.
Andrew Taylor, the deck hand referred to By ths
nrst witness. testified tina, he saw keg OF iaxss
brouzht on board at New Brunswick by John Sew.
a srd al aoout o'clock a. Nj IL was all gone -
noon saw no other liquor on bossd; - - .
board one OF the canal boats, and wess 3 esf 80
~ o'clock he did not hear the explosion; George
Collins woke him up; he jumped into yawl boat Il
which were also George Collins and Mr.. Dunn,
While at Perth Amboy he went ashore TO ConveryS
no,ei' ,' wnere ne drank two glasses OF ale; whiis
Cor Conitn, deck hand, testified that lie did me-
went to sleep the deck. The Captain came o
board at about one O'Clock In the morning when -
sess soard 'Ss nes s,S ~. sa. SSae but u.
the boilers when they exploded; the steam wss
making an unusual noise in the boiler room jusa
before the erplosion; Duun the pilot called to hin
and told him to open the doors around the boilsg.
room, because he was
snorHEMSe WITH STEAM
In the pilct-house he never know so much stesm
TO escape before She was leaking badly he ws1
OF the opinion that the explosion was caused 6v
their pumping cold water into the boiler, when tbs
water 10 it wss low he could not say that suv
steam escaped rom the safety valve, because Of shs
noise OF the steam escaping In the boiler room ~
saw Q keg OF lager on board at II o'clock A. NJ %
Wednesdsy but It was all gone before they arrived
st Perth.' Amboy: outsiders helped to drink u
he saw the engineer drink at once.
lie testified that some men could work bettss
when half shot, than when soher;; taylor was IL
only one he saw drinking, and hs thought he had =
little too much ballast on board.
DIR. Arthur v. b. Lockrow testified eonesrinx -
nature of the wounds.
Owing to the absence OF Mr.. Riddle, the assst,sA
eugine"r OF the Rod Jacket, who Is confined TO NJ
bed with Intermittent fever, and who Is an impor-
tant witness tile Investigation wrs posponed at thh
stlee until sucl ume as the Coroner may det-s>
mine. Meanwhile the boilers OF the sunken tug ars
to be inspected by an expert