New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-14
TIE WESTFTELD E1IGOSlS
PROBABLE REPORT OF TIE GOVERNMENT BOARD
or INQUIRY.

PROBABLE REPORT OF TIE GOVERNMENT BOARD
or INQUIRY
The members of the Board Of 1nquiry~'n the
westcd case state that the Secretary Of the Treasury
has declined 70 permit the publication OF their report
until shall have been forwarded and considered In she
usual course They have not therefore nade any stae
men as TO their conclusions from the investigation; b0t
conversations with Of them leave little soubt az to
tne general drift Of their report. which may Dc sum
married follows:
,h 10 tnere was suflcency Of wator in the boiler;
liza Ies were good" and the furnace doors were
The pressure Of steam was Increasing during fne 10
u5s previous 10 The explosion. and wac at least two
- Ihere was an old rupture on the under side Of the
boiler, caused by unequal eNpaueirn
T. AZ the JOINT In the middle section OF tho eip oppO-
site the center Of the lower of nes ON he mort
side las heretofore indicated by drawings i'm TE TRIB-
increased by the bcowsc action OF the sbeI in alter
nately rounding and ftteunG under varviEg pressure
initial fracture occurred. 1" '''' '10
g. The boiler had received its last supply Of water at
Quarantine, an hour previous to the explosion and
while % tnc slip, the water had become quescen the
heat had been absorbed, which, however did evolve
G. Tie explosion occurred the moment tho engineer
sounded the whistle because fiat producef nm oiiao1
Of the water suicn TO cause extraordinary masses Of
steam to be evolved; tie water when the air was
heat which absorbed the rapid accumulation
steam, until stirred up; the pressure then instantly in,
creased to point beyond tie capacity OF the safety
valves 10 counteract IT, and caused the shell 70 yield NJ
the point already weakened by the rupture flaw, or ifs
sure and the perfOratlOns made in TlyetlnC.
Z. Engineers should be better educated. Inspectors
should search more carefully for ruptures ana laws,
carefully sounding boilers with light hammer IN gl
caees: and engineers and .fremen must DE especially
careful to the condition If their boilers just before
starting statistics show that the greater number OF
steamboat boiler explosions have occurred at starting
The pilots testimony that just as he blew the whis
tie, he event up!
BRAVERY REWARDED-A MODEL BILL.
Michael Quigloy and Patrick Collins, the
brave whitehall boatmen who saved so many lives on
the occasion of the explosion Of the ferry boat Wes1eld
were presented Saturday evening at the Nest-st
Police Station with handsome silver shields bearing the
following inscriptions:
Psent Quigley b. the Police Of the F Precinct for
Of the Vested, JAY 81 ll
Patrick Collins by the Police Of the fTs, Tct ior
rescuiu. passtn- Of the steamer Vested, July 80 5L
OF al those who rendered professional or other erces
that day only two persons have presented Di Tor
payment Their claim was handed to capt Clnan Oh the
FIRST Precinct Saturday, and reads verbatim as fol
lows:
Police DeHartnert
c n tn urrylcd Services rendered H the te disaster
VERIFIED life, Save. Known Hester Irice hs carer am
Husband Res cuca Beach street. rendered great aS,iic 20
Soah done thing power 70 l1 'he
sulsrlg john Ash - Mrrke. s..
D4u.e! Oman 81 Market st n. 7.