The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-06

they still
years; i
inspector; have known him for hirtyve years; my
opinion OF Mr. Matthews requirements makes hun very
he had great exrerenee at sea in running marine
spes he has sd very rS esp o s s
given a. very e beyond what was es.ed e fo
% Sy hal the s & s sG
81 D se the s99 FOR Dc
and at Tie same ioe would reduce The rate OF steam
A oAucrn eAuesp.
Levy y. Smith being duly sworn said-I manufac
exploded the wesiseld my opinion is that never
welded; am not speaking from my experience
observation theoretica mechane never worked
patented %
aase w mnas Of S s % h p0s an
Of 10 pounds Or il the Of
s @ n
there in boilers rveted more that
my pp,Sn r that tauss s s
y hs oSe9 fss an 81 s wn f e
= Inc steam order another ,hins
Sesa "s ' sways Be
be- TO nt a s
IL e.ch boat should keep order; ss
on he water getting
water line.
Mr. a to- nesi M iea
ss e asi rho snS
ss Tss sSSs
rowins,' IS 81 rs Called tia, caused tie e.pIo:
aTS distance s'Sf eh:
s s. sa~ the Of s sss .sd
to s % s y iron s , & Of ss Sr
# was no. wede! should have bsep not wei rolled or
e can from The exterior portion of the boiler there
@ an 3 ooa S S Sa ca a s oStd
when ~ bos was made and em'ua,ed ina haw made by
rnT orEaIsa OF THAT FLAW
The boiler bean gradasy heated cooled; or It
nr be mat some portions would be heated more than tho
Of The boiler, the would be cause that
the cakns tool in the hands 81 careless workman might
ss Of Si e s e. eo M sss ss
for 70 s e Pc ss %
boiler sea and known as much sbont Il US do pow,
S that with oS pss
ae' IN m
a 1 Or s Of AGa ess p s ss %' b
ssseraiaed what : would would, stand III pressure
have seen II, outside but c The nav had
.ae 'snperasart of lie water sSonId think woai not
70 AMI may termed proSiGena SodS,
think would prevent explosions have
NEW sysrGN or rEeprorroN,
when s.oa-havS osanned, .SoNs asy
have &sown By order nspscor he Soe;
Ds S Or % nf ~son
sin wout doubtless prevent great many OF these terrible
How ~ ISpg do yoa 'PpS.e boiler Away; 1snf fresh
thirty years: they In manuactorv and good
tar as bnt considered them quito
pS,s S@Sss
for s c,s win waite: usually wear
have to use salt wster would institute system
MAKING TIKI
att that time consider boiler worn out or in that eord
aroyn away EIosaOy good and e
nevertheless safe one.
rHE SURVIVING rIsrxAN's rvIpKSos.
he sHfs,s av. his se
ss s Ss left Is as At es
y .s ~ AND right away SG s,M
.ss Ss 5 a tried
ere was al on and rlht IN orsr ten minute, afterwards
down again evcryhna ali safe; furnace
shut abon. three minutes as think, and FOR
twenty three minutes after;
rrnrs wrnr VERY osp,sARr
S a6S e S & sos
lies now aaa men went up r mr., the steam whsn
pna%Sd s va s a ss T'a Sa and got
%ss steam aaro IN the fire 80 hat
see @ pressure re Of se r., have nothing with the
Did noo ,nytnus tcen ~ in ,ss shape of ns
leaks OF any consequence; was not present when the
boiler ms pected.
rsiesaiY p'eicsS one day and d
accident antn eighi O'Clock that evening; then I
Sss ses SS f"s "Sss
r hf g I'VE gsSet and We say, State, s .,na a.
O'Clock u she bad not blown up; came her at weDy
O. How long are you out any one ,,me? A. sssal
nn. s sIe % s hat sbo as 5ns a.
O. How do YOU eet your food9 A. Our "s,,b" fetched
ton we don't get OF We get it then when IL CONES
EVER orr Awr DRINK.
or do they allow now and then n brittle of whi'tey
allow ", any ,wSisk-yi never sly ssa,hiss sSss.
"p day. Ss S" che Si give sh '1sS
o. s and Ss they s nt y. The @ g- of n
ttic las sunday one had anJth TO drink for
with bur not Sunday and then they draw the beer
70 NE noai on board me wagons neye brought on b,
pressure Of steam W. nsd
q. DO You fresh water entirelyy A. The engineer viii
fresh water except in the dry season. thea they have
water since she last inspected supposed
bio" OF S1y 81. S%PS S G9fr rA
the S En- sys h ORDER ns s.,n ems erd tho we
q. Doyon empty The boiler get clean
every oher day A. cane SAYS some days we wan. more
water than Others on an average shou,d ihins we blow
S"rsr noticed the The water i
It; ratric. cunningham mate, have since.
been Board tSs btr then TOOK he
stand,
ANOTHER GOVERNMENT SxPRRr
y. Have you examined the boiler A. ] have sIamned
hoher two or three times; must refer to diagram !
have in 90 In the first Place
explosion all the rupture started from pom; in the
the boiler; at points IN the boiler the iron
INA. the explosion could result ,his was burst
O. What was the pressure A. Some OF the testimony sad
IL low water and said IL the because
she pounds have made calculations
could without measurements screwed the safety
valve and nnd tho esus 20 thirty pounds s
half the square inch and yet tho valve did not blow
that however, might very probably be, because all
gincers the valve lifts little sixteenth
inchh il enough TOR thirtyone pounds, but the
OXIDATION NAY HAVE ACCUMULATED
around the stem the stem OF the might become
distorted that not NJ liberty the occurred
the of the boiler and longndn ally
engineer knows the strong
longitudinal md the logical deduction that there
flaw that seam that more ihsn
one half;
CACsE
after various measurements 10 thls.hss
ing hcse diagrams TO be thcEness Of