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


TME OFFICIAL NyESTIGlFiOv.
The Official investigation into the causes of the
recent fatal disaster TO the erryboaJ West6eld was
continued yesterday morning BY Inspectors Leonard
A. BoOle and Wunam Hi,l at the Uated states Chr
cut Court, In Chsmpers street.
ANOTHER EXPERT
David ANDERSON and rs the wit
Se. nc not es nst a a. FOL am practical snsner
sons,ruc.ed bolsI. but experience Tor
SWsS years have seen the exploded boiler Of toe
=. vas , no. due, In my a.. opinion, to the want
scay portions OF sa had the bee below he TOD T a
even inc heated Iron womb have forced these SAT-
don't know how much the pressure was frou
made with stay bolts; they put in to Snen tho
IRON sheets IS. and keep them in their hts.
pressure tina. caused the explosion must have been
boiler which in the bow boat; did not raeas
nS Ia w o a Sa S n M ny
from ns The S
% the there eo not .s h@
throw the boiler out in the way sec there; do
SPEAK. ~
might there have been in judgment, this boiler
Would have one H. wona b. mere matter s RSsa
s a va & ae S s 70
into the position we now lind !.
Ho c have De- S ha boiler A. o sGnd not give
pounds would have lite damage
= WITH such boiler how much steam pressure wound
hs, at TWENTY-FIVE pounds steam this boe
in any sudden emergency would been afraid to
cary more man twenyaye pounds ro hc appearance
wihsoed greater pressure than twentv-ye pounds, hut
wond not IKE to have put on greater strain Than
y. Did You examine
few Of T S s has as w I sSS the
were In normal condition; the did not
holows Of haf an inch oaieed ii here there.
nothing % in new boilers there Is me- az ge1ss uni
drawn l,e; tae indentaon thai ease is Immediately
the middle between the bo,s thought the
G. DID voa the fractured sheet and Of
tho boiler from which hey had been aken A Thought
except down bottom small part of the she'll as If
snS ron d been me' h hepns wo
have looked clean cut; Will
some ron VIII stand the iron M ia Ia. soe
rom n a no So Do ne oas
We have to DO with ae strength OF couple Of plates Of iron
Mr. Fair5airs tnr.eeissths IN Tlvs..a V plates
The crysia'aed q the weaker
,hann ii bad been berous; Low Moor or bowling English
appearance nbres neriac.d with each other
anvil nS hove we have ron on hs
the host Enseh in boiler Of bowling iron II will cut
suriacc than crystalline ifon crystalline from you
fractured not present Tho same appear
snco as low grade o. steel, Tar the particles looS
would not the heat have caused
SLIGHT DuIGrSc
OF the surfaces A. o. sir, because the heat would have
been disspaed so easily opinion Is that the FIRE would
O. bid you anything like fracture in the from A.
No s; e'amined thc iron al rcice Headqusrters that
nP' nctsS any ssy am @, WORT p'ee was
hid never been properly rolled toseher don't what
par, OF the boiler that piece was taken irom.
Charles H. Haswel, sworn ana eramiEed--I eng.
neer; have EXAMINED
THE EXPLODED BOILER
al the Wcstheid saw H. the after the
shelI OF thus boiler u normal condition OF its plates and
tensile OF pounds per square ncS The
resistance TO stress Of weakest
not then how sufficient
tho greater portion Of the boiler the pres
fcient strength crown Of the boiler Tor
IT, entire length shows crysiased and laminaIed iac
period extent tina, leaves but an
s. an slS s
from the riidy the annexed parts from being IN the
rupture Is N evidence ,ha, tbs boiler was lately sed 10
rupture Che s.se Indicated but twenty pcun as
manifest upon examination tina, the borer
issre e.o be no question with h.se elements ' be-
This boiler The result Of burst ana not an explosion;
s Nc ac SSe ren and e To G de-
generation of steam consequent uron supehea,ed steam
second that tie location initial rupture clearly and post
y Sry nrop 20 Of s bSy Of the 0 S
=. aeou, tue middle Of is length and Me tensile stress
inch, or aicoe pounds for single rIvs,sd lap
iso0o lsxa The rigid support, however received
rrsa,ef stress Tia, hi. boiler wisssod cold ~
% ~ nw weeks Se0s s9a rssdo a. sec
The shen OF the boiler would be rctuced diameter
drawn together and receive support Ivy the n:cracinr OF