Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-08-04
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EXPLOSION OF THE BOILER OF FERKN
BOAT At NEW YoRK.-ovER SEVENTY
PERSONS KILLED.

AZ half past one O'Clock Sunday after
noon, the Staten Island ferry boat West
held exploded her boiler while lying at the
Whitehall ferry slip, near the Battery.
There were about four hundred passcn
gers on board. The explosion was most
terrific, the force being so great AS to shiv-
or the entire upper works into thousands
of pieces. and To tear up the forward end of
the boat
The front of the boiler was blown out
and lodged in the bow of the boat, and that
end OF the boat was lifted fifty feet in the
air. As il came down the whole deck, for
ward, fell into the hold, crumbling into at
oms and burying men, women and chill
dren. with horses and carriages amid the
debris.
The scene hcggars dcScrip ions. The NY
ing boiler-head flew some fifty feet across
the dock. Al the same instant the huge
boiler belched forth cloud of burning
steam upon the writhing and terror strick
I'll mass OF humanity. The fearful agony
of death by scalding was suffered by ma
ny, while those who were able sprang pam
ic stric ken into the water which was in
lew moments awe WIN Struggling VIZ
Tins Ten boats which were near soon
came to the rescue of the drowning, and
large numbers were saved.
The fire alarm was sounded and the fire
men hurried to the scene, while ambu-
lances and hacks soon removed those who
were rescued and who were injured. The
police were on hand promptly and troops
from Governors Island who together with
citizens succeeding in resculng many more.
'irappling irons brought up the bodies OF
the victims.
About 70 deaths have been reported,
while moi Less than 100 are badly wounded.
Among the killed and injured are a score
of children, and AT least dozen infants are
dead or cannot survive. Nearly all the
passengers were residents of New York
and Brooklyn. The excitement in the city
on Sunda was intense. An examination
into the cause of the explosion indicates
either criminal recklessness or incompe-
tency on the part Of the engineer, Henry
Robinson. There is no indication that the
water in the boiler was low, but the amount
of pressure was allowed to become excess
sive, and hence the dreadful result.
The incidents narrated are of the most
narrowing description. A man named
Nelson had seven children on board at the
time OF the explosion. one of the chill
dren is missing, another is dead at the
morgue, and Ave have been recovered and
are now at their residence so badly scalded
that they win not recover. Three genera
tlOns Of the Phillipss, a family of wealth,
residing at East Fortieth aud Forty fth
SITS. occupied carriage at the fatal moment
and were very near the boiler; they were
grandparents, sons and daughter and grand
children, and were six in number Only
one of their number MRS. Moss Phillips
retains any intelligence. The others arc
dead or unconscious.
One of the victims OF the catastrophe IL
A ntonia Mazchi, partner of Garabaldi In
his candle factory at Clinton, Staten Island
The poor fellow was shockingly bruised
and probably will not recover. Mach
has sacrificed all his wealth in Garabaldr'
movement, and in succoring poor Italian
emigrants who came to this country. H'
WAS Garabaldi's most intimate friend anc
adviser. lie was a man Of great ingenui
ty. and has secured seventeen different pa
tents for improvements in candle making
and machinery, and had elaborated sys
TEN Of speaking tube telegraPhy. by which