The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-08-02
THE NEW YORK EXPLOSION.
The Calamity Growing In Magnitude
--NeaTly u Hundred Dead.-PeT-
hapS 200 Injured.
Sight Seeing at the Scene of Disaster


IigatiOn.
New YoRE, August /,
Up to one O'Clock this morning, the
dead numbered sevGnty.twO, and dozen
wounded were not expected to live from
one moment 10 another All The bodies
have been recognized bnt two A chubby
baby, about nine months old, awaits u
claimant II il not seriously injured
Over eighty wounded remain at Bellevue,
probably iily more are scattered about
In private houses Of this city and
Brooklyn. s-r+
Up To u late hour last evening the bat.
terry grounds and all the nGighbOring
streets, were thr0nged with men, women,
and children, The arrival of the Staten
Island boat, u sister boat Of the Wcstfcld,
was watched with interest. She was
loaded with passengers, who eagerly
crowded 10 tho side oil the boat to catch q
glimpse OF the scene Of the late Catastro-
pho The boats crossing to Hamilton
ferry, were also crowded. and the sad laces
Of the passengers plainly cvinCed the anX.
iety of all, Some Of the friends Of those
who have not yet been found, congrega-
ted on the wharf and anXiOusly watched
the drcdgcts until gun from BellOes Is.
land had thundCrcd across the water,
when several bORtmen COngregated
around one end Of the piers, and all eyes
were strained anXiously watching the
mon in the boats steadily pulling at the
ropes, which after all proved to be caught
In mass Of old rope. As darkness set in
the crowd gradually diminished, and the
divers ceased t0Jnake their journeys, but
the drcdgCrs worked up to late hour.
Coroner keenan, will, In performing his
duty, adopt the following procedure; In
order To sitEc unnecessary trouble and u
waste of time, separate inquest will not
be held In each case, as the bodies nrG
identified. A certificate Of burial and
permit will bG granted To the relatives or
friends who identify the remains, and
then, in about weeks time, grand in.
quest will be held on all the victims. At
this investigation Coroner keenan, will
make most searching inquiry into the
cause Of the explosion; expert maChiniSts
will be examined regarding the condition
Of the boiler and the probable cause Of
its explosion; the engineer Of the West.
field will be examined at length, and no
effort will bc spared to place the respOn
sibllIty OF the disaster where Il really be.
longs. tft. f ht t0|
The World publishes the names OF sev.
enty.One killed by the explosion, and says
that there are eight bodies unknown. The
MTM gives the number killed ~ even
greater. The names of one hundred and
twCnty.sevGn injured have also been pub.
lished The majority Of the wounded
are from this city, Brooklyn, and Staten
Island. II Is believed that many more
bodies will he taken out Of the water and
of course others will never be found.
The most painful feature after the trag.
edy was the appearance Oi hundreds Of
anxious and halG.cra2ed people Mt Tie hos.
pitfalls and station houses. inquring alter
missing friends and relatives. One poor
fellow, Michael Finsly, who lost his wife
and child by the explosion, has gone
mad, and attempted yesterday to com
init suicide by throwing himself in East
River.
Inspectors Matthews and BOole will
commence an examination to-day At their
office, No. % Pine Street, by order Of the |
Secretary OF the Treasury. Capt. Bel
knap, u. 8. Supervising Inspector General
OF Steamboats,, las received telegram
from Secretary Boutwell, directing him to
make the most searching investigation in.
TO the cause of the explosion, md report
the result of his investigations to him,
A terrible conviction IL settling itself
upon the populaCe that the holocaust il
vet more awful than has even been sus.
peCted. Several bodies have been taken
ont of the water this morning. making
" the total number already recovered,
II Is now said by those best informed,
that the number ii injured will exceed
900.
The Secretary of the Staten Island Ferry
Company stated Yesterday that Il was as
vet itnp6ssible IN account for the accident
The inspector nr tho Comnanv ripidly
cross.ex xamined the engineer. fireman.
Captain and Mint and he cannot attach
tllg slightest blame 10 any Of ibese officers
This statement however. must be taken
for what il ia worth. No regards the en-.
pineer The allowance OI steam nress,Ire.
according 10 the IiOvernment certificate,
is 81 pounds to the sduare inch, To pre-.
vent accidents tlc GOVefnhent, compels
the use Of what is termed as n "locked
safety valve" which is only accessible TO
the (iUyernment Inspectors. Alta pres.
sure of 81 pounds 70 the sdIate incl, tlan.
ger is supposed ID begin, and thG valve
automatically opens. The engineer all
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