The New York herald., 1871-08-10


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Al two O'Clock yesterday afternoon HERALD re-
porter startcd with ,roner whitehiu, OF Brooklyn
from once IN Kings counts's handsome Court
House a visit to the wreck oil the estheld
now ylng M the loot OF Twelfth street,
East River The visit was made by the worthy.
Coroner and some individuals OF his jury lust en-
paneed, win view OF preparing their minds for
the proper comp eeisioa o. al The lagoon OF boiler
making and engineering technicahtes which ne
government investigation Tells tnem w.l assa heir
Don professional ears during the forthcoming inquest
on The Dode oi the SIX persons who died within
Coro or Wmtenl's jurisdiction rom injuries re-
ceived on The staten Island ierryboat last sunday
week.
ON THE WAY THE WRECK
the reporter and the Coroner chatted on the
subject OF the great exposion. "What do you
think, Mr. Coroner" asked Inc repolter, "ot the IN.
ve>tgaton into THIS matter now beng made by the
United states authorities ;"
WELL" said Mr.. whltehn, II have the proceed
ings from day 10 Il ay since they began, but cannot
say think they have thrown any more light on the
subject than II received from the mere fact Of the
explosion ITSELF"
RE. oRTER-Tnere is q great deal or deeD 1eellng
In the puDiic mind resp pecrny TINS business.
CoRONER-I know there s, and there ought to be.
II Is OF those terrible occurrences that bring
themselves home to every mans hearth
REPoRrER.I tnink that most people will think
themselves Individually aGGrieved II not ont
raged unless the government Investigators tell the
public something more than 1t knew before
they began lhe.r laoors. In case Of their failure to
90 So the PUBIC VIII turn from lnem IN disgust and
look 10 the CorOners for sati faction
CORoNER-i am per ecty aware Of It, sir; that's
as M ana taI All wy wsn and
means to boot, would go to work with WILL, clear
away
THE PROFESSIONAL RUBBISH
from our pa h. ana leave w free to follow up the
common sense part OF the inquiry, IOr which We
happen to be Dest fitted.
REPoRrER-But no matter what conclusion.
want OF conclusion the government investigators
make your own Inquiry as complete and exhaustive
as pos ,iDleS
CoRoNER-Quite right, sir. Ishall spare no pains
to probe that fearful business to tue very bottom.
We all Know that When so terrible all accuent occurs
the general I'm resSon is tnat tere must have been
negligence Ot culpahiiity somewhere Oi course
AM unable 10 say blame attaches to an 'DoIy In
tins case: d II there mas been taut am where !
REpoRrRR-in case YOU mud the Ferry Company
cupable canno; the wounded PERSONS or the friends
u C"RoNsRUTnat @ depends T on circumstances. Ihad
a case the other day in which. LITTLE girl
was killed by the exp.csion Of Kerosene
The retailer, taller the wholesalc dealer and the manu-.
lax turer; then mad the uid analyzed by Professor
SquibDs, eminent chemist Of this city. VINO proved
on the Inquest that the oil! had beeh a.lulterated
with napnIha, winch mace II bighiy explosive;
the VICIOUS liquid haa passed before it was
received by the consumer tired TO shit the blame
on himself 10 some oota OF the others; put t
was no use rney are All three liable and IN father
OF tha; lit girl VIII make Them pay severely, II
REroRTER-When will your inquest commence,
CoRo ERR can't exactly sav. At an early day,
RrpoRrER--Have you got your Jury empaneiled
already
REfoRTEs-Are ,ney picked jury OF profess
slona!s and scen lists, or Lave they oeen chosen In
The Ordinary way
ConoNE Wei. rather in the ordinary way. l
have simply taken thev shall be all men OF
AVERAGE GENERAL. INTELLIGENCE.
who will be well abie TO uniers and and pronounce
upon the evidence of able and accomplished ex-
perts. You vii, meet some members OF tue jury on
board the wreck iodai.
i.rpoKIER May ask who are your experts2
CoRoNER-rhey are men on whose ability and
ex erience have had excellent reasons TO pia
great reliance. Among them are MIR. q. l.. Johnson,
manufacturer Of steam pumps. Greenpoint; Mr.. IA
va Burden, constructing engineer OF llayemeyer's
Iron Works. and Prniessor Hynes. superintendent
OF the Worthiugton Steam ru mp Works Messrs.
other two gentlemen. Win one or two other first
class experts. Will examine the wreck Tomorrow;
so think shall have the DeSt n1d fullest lnfOr-
nation ,nat can ue obtaine Oh the su oject
lne Coroner did ca on the way for Messrs. Bur.
den and Johnson ana the whole party soon arrived
the loot of Twel tn street. This dock Is broken
clean across. Tie Wesdeli is Doored TO the outer
hall OF IT, wnich can only be reached BY a swim or
by SIN IL boat, whose owner eau be persuaded 10
lenl the U.s. O! IL only py the tender or
A MOST E<oRBIrANT sARE.
He cha ge but p3 or takin. Coroner Wh1tehlls
little party across the broken part OF the dock.
Slnce the day OF the accident he has made quite
81. ile' Ia this way, and the a,tcDd4nce OF another
bOatnan or two at tins dock might prove advan-
tageous TO themselves as well as to those VINO have
to visit the Westdeld.
once on board the Coroner and his experts and
jurers set TO work heartily TO stun themselves
with valuable lniormation. me exparts q we'd
into the bowels Of tue wreck and crawed through
every admitting hoe and tuDe OF the broken
boiler anu lis attachments. Here they measured
and probed and hammered away for over two hours
the Coroner and the HERALD reporter constantly at
their side. Several other professional engineers and
boiler makers were on the wreck. and the opinions
given by these were as
CONTRADICTORY AND PULLING
as they were numerous, The COrOner's experts
however, uttered no word aloud, until the conclu.
sion Of that oays explanations, when the wholes
dark noies rs black and soot-cOvered as
30 manv chimney sweeps. The experts
mean % keep their opi0lOus TO themselves
until the inquest comes on aud they expressed a
lish the REMARKS he heard them make Oh the SUD-
lect while he accompanied them through the bowels
OF the boiler request winch is hereby complied
with. Duiing the discussion among the
other visitors one clever and experienced old
gentleman heard 10 declare his ability TO prove
that more steam could possibly create the havoc
before him. Ii was
NOT A STEAM BUPsT,
he said, but gas explosion. Coroner Whitehtn
overheard his re marks ant promptly [ ok his name
and address-Mr. +. z. Tucker, IA Cheever place,
Brooklyn, an old engineer Of the Mississippi
TIE BOILER NvLSTIG II on.