The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-04

3 MIA L, AOOOOA K, 1OsA
A. No. no. much; only for minute or SO to oil the
o. And who do you leave in your plAcef A. Patrick
q. What means have they Of communicating with You
from the areroom A Through the Speaking tube
or n your just before the sxploson' A. II
g Were in the habit Of lifting the safety vsvsf A.
What ise :0a
blow S % "a every %as, night III. engineer.
We're r ycn On that night before No
BLOWING ee OF ny 4. Ut Il was just simnerins Oh
What kind Of coal did You use in The fun.o'' A. s0
Q. How tina. engine make steam when lying in dock
| RAPIDLY on SLOWLY
Not u , Rsen , "n1f ss s ss very eng how
s .h Very ner. the dock she
q s:s ss:s: being in
You s.d Jay think s The safety valve blowing
pounds. and that you had soms.r,es seen the
the al Wsnae
| sir because we raised II ourselves. a..
nsn
pressure Would run up to twenty nine
e What was your practice about thAtp A. Raising the
O. You felt justified running up twenty pounds
.. Did you ever
% 30 YOU know how 4 reads about carrying steam A.
don't remember; RI; it is such q long tune. e. ~ -
YOU how os much could work A
wopla look a tho Inspector. certificate; =, s...
and correspondence, and SAID -
just sSa
PRINT You ' asa sG 1sa aS' v mi'!!iiissi
You read printing! a Very Little little vo,r ,,eo ~
much you carry 7 A. would ascertain from
read "a. ssTs. a ys: ,,nm o,
We'll means ana N y9 S Sea
allowing the steam to escape ON account OF the nosc A.
g. You are sure that you have never told not to shut
down valve account of the steam frightening
sengers' A. No, sir; we have
not TO let tie steam rise make It bow.
o. When your valve blowing at twentyseven pounds
were you not aware that you sSS two pounds more
Inspector allowed Two pounds more for blowing or; /
a. g. order from The inspector
q seems then 10 Be custom to let the steam
Twenty-Five pounds or twenty,x pounds, and we always
You say you Rave received let the steam
50 a 70 na SOwnS this make you feel
q You would DO under any crcu~s.ance,' A. Yes sir
you any hesitation in doing so? A. would go up to
The Superintendent ho on board aud tell him that
q. And II he no. board' A. would then -
.." 4 GOVERNMENT nxrnnr's EvYssoF.
eaeer have been following proIsssi0o since 1885
and running shem and am now engaged In
"A""' ooNpifIoS OF THE BOILER AND FURNACE
hsaye You examined ne steamer Wss.ned since
boiler ssey ySs sn all s my attention ss had
t s. s Boat AMI e @ s ss
& thai Ssyon the
q
| discovered believe it
for length Of about eighteen inches Looks 70 me a,,f
iH se Of
new iron ss re what WAS very
the sSr S Of
s oeT %.. Of @ e an o ns %
goo quality Of IRON The section urng about eighteen
p hs sen
away by o0G wans e Tar s awsy
DID you s canine the Sar A. .,. 70
gsaeT .ney would 30 to sixty pound;
the % sV not a.
for aSSS the main isn safety
70 too
close and was set altogether in unwokmauke manner,
Q. You want make statement A There wa. a seam
Al that I'll hsir iha.
p n9a Gr Sa Il S ss six
far knowledge extends believe at the time there
PLENTY OF WATER IN THE BOILER;
% n S OK SS. n as WAS
IRON In the transverse section OF the rupture good
ss9 what 5 ss 'sn
g Wsl admitting was now. how much them A. 1t
O. Don't you know how much will bear the square
nch? ihave known ten feet shells stand that
pressure xty pounds many hundred times with thicker
10 III what
MoS ike How
square inch A. As it stood ihen-I have thought
g notwithstanding the crack IT.. in tina. ssee.eiEh.c1
f. there being only one.slxeenth Of an nchdo You think
then i would have stood forty pounds Would
cir, would not do /, after knew Of the defect.
9. How much would you have alowedY A. Twenty-Five
Q. Would you have been willing to carry twenty-seven
pounds on the boiler! A. No. not after knew would not
O. Iut you said ago would take twenty-five
Q. How much, shenP 4. would no, allow more than
eisheeen pounds, or twenty at the most.
5 At ds % sn
o1 o sre y0a or that
am surprised; should have though. !, would have stood
shape shod pS1@di ,n o
you as 1Vs , sad Oo the
,hirtyopr pounds on the day It blew up? A. DO not
q From You infer you there nigh, have
PRESSURE TnAN TwENTYsEvEN POUNDS
At the timer A. do.
O. Why from the testimony taken appears there ives
not. How do you account for that do yon
account for the indicating and the valve not
blowingy A. believe the safety gauge was oxdlzed
proper should have done q practical man;
recondly the gauge in that condition that its attach
not free to work the pipes such
running through near the stcam which very
liable to disorder or injure IT,
o. Would that any such tendency TO pu,
gauge out OF orde A. may state that twice Me,
during twenty years, had safety valves became
oxydzed and came
VERY MEAN GIVING NE A "nOrsTr
bowing ups do not why other people should have
such things occurs never had any accidents; all
wanted good safety valve, good glass gauge and
good sop gauge cock said for twenty years
and met with any accident
O. Did the boiler give any Indication OF the water having
been low2 Not ALL IL the furnaces arches werc
now put together would venture sixty pounds them
FLAW ONE OF TIE FLUEs.
O. You spoke Of flaw In of the nues That was
down by the set saddle; examined the saddle myself,
especially the iron, and found II as good a. ever.
Mr.. BOoLKlou say you examined the boiler personalYi