The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-12

sucen force the issue Of the overpus through the valve
opp sps % sys few
ing Of e an extent OF ter pounds above the pressure SUM-
omEF ENeIsEER sEwEiL, UNITED STATES NAVY.
George sewei sworn and e1smlned said-I am engineer
boiler OF The Westaed and made various Diagrams which
Visited the steamer eight days after The catastrophe the
sssmns9n q he man part Of the boiler wa. frs.
cracked wa, q very n,e5or q1y IRON and for
and IN places The sae seors was visible between
the layers Of metal next examined that portion Of the
up the Of the and deck this prtcn con.
s 1 81 The The @ sa s
first class boiler plate ought successfully Withstand
working OF two three times the amount Of pres.
e y sas s psanss
p ns Ss s s y s.,:
Bscn the %G MOrn., character being
mentioned board could not discern Il is in the making
spsrn he GS win punch that
sure to b more strained
S11a a';iIEsa 'f'sa'
ron na 81 pounds the mniSm strength Of as
SSas si:;sd sSss. " upper po
= q
1raHLY INJURIOUS TO BOILER,
seeds Of future rupture WIN less pressure III.
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stiOte paisation Of pulp applied to administer Il
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see sas IT,
Much may g done to Eys !hs paSc protection
held K:
81 he 9Epss' a s poA
treat the iron unfairly or ioyrioHs while fabroAns he
% hss ss n Re
used instead the calamity would have been avoided
to TS ps ana
treat them accordiny "Hs that knows danger fears
admitted that ey had Of
Just % NELL ,Ss will To- tho
pounds per square inch fair to suppose would not
o 81 sa S .a% rs Sae o a..
wesGed the clock face spring gauge vaey steam
f'''' LIKE cSsAR's WIFE, "Anovr susr1oroN;"
To S sS
snce had one OF them attached to the donkey boiler Of
ne
about The true condition Of thing: the boiler would have
constructed mercura gauge; much might be usefuy
that have long felt that something ought to DO done to
A MORN APPROVED SYSTEM OF INSPECTION;
which fitness
FOR guidance Of III
boiler inspectors circular cona'nIs every mnutie for
n PEI Ss 1a ha Be
will state further that lookup safety valve can be CON
mt With N
IKE the % to the OF oSd such things arc
The coored engineer Of the Weshed then recalled and
boiler and that he was not aware Of the removal Of Of
them that had not been subsequently restored o repeated
Of interest Was elected from him.
Robert Creuzban took the stand and read lengthy docu
the day previous Instead of quarter OF inch OF
"a a' q
of s An average thickness OF the scale over
OF an Inch.
Mr.. Boole then announced that the last witness
had been heard and that the Investigation was now
closed. Addressing the reporters, he thanked them
tigauon from the beginning As to the report to be
made he desired to say that 1t would not be made
the supervisor OF the district by whom 1t would be
on to Washington and 1t was for the supervisor
to say whether or not II would be made public pre-
vious to It's being sent to Washington. In explain.
ing why 1t was that Mr.. Till was one OF the COM
mission in charge OF the investigation, he said it
was because Mr.. Matthews was In office with him
as an inspector OF bclers-and as Mr.. Matthews
was the Inspector who lad recently inspected the
by the supervising Inspectors that he should SIT
the commission. For that reason alone Mr. Hill,
his other venerable cole .gue had been Invited 10
assist In conducting the business.