The New York herald., 1871-09-11

ner motion caused the paddles 10 revolve several
utlons t was which had caused al the crashes alter
Tue nrst. Ihe cylinder top, made OF two-inch IRON
sHrvHrgD INTO HuspRvp PIECES
n Inc slide on which the cross beam worked up ana
%0wn oad. ,snasn lnsac. rne gailows BEAM or
spIintered and snivered ON the port side.
In the endeavor to trace the cause OF the disaster
spoke TO
THE ENGINEER JOHN B. ADAMS.
who said:-''she was running along easy, carrying
the gauge when l heard the frst crash ana that
piece OF the cylinder cover ieli at my leet.
ten sss Wa Thinking al Vas a t%s
toget;" .!w.a, ,,. o,,.,o =, ~. cams. a, ,0o ~.
THAT'S what I'm trying to ind on. AS we'l as
can see now II is that
and so let the piston strike too far up so as TO tear
the cover right OF The GRINDER and travel round a.
A passenger present stated tnat he noticed the
me hoiler 10 have registered thirty pounds at the
peSe sSe Of e was saen was
Iound where II had broken at the tongue which
Gea Sn IL to she Tayeng AVS 30 Iar conymng tns
riez.n
As the engineer an nos say that he had lifted the
safety valve, sought Mr.. Churchill, the plot, aud
discovered tnat 10 him was due our immunity
From A FURrHER HORROR.
He alG:-"Wnen heard the noise ran out on ths
deck and observed mat the safety valve was not up
laccortlngy hoisted IL from up mere and tied 1t up
as you see.r
10 the two dremcu, Edward wool'ord and Eugene
Brando recognition is also due. On nearing
down In their n,cr3i0 the thud thud overhead,
they stayed TO draw tho fires before attemptlng 10
come up 10 face the unknown danger; That this
pcturing himself In their position.
"When tney came out (" said passenger, "they were
LIKE GHOSTS FROM HE'LL.
the white showed 20 through the coal dust" After
some twenty minutes lying to Perth AmbOy
bur as there was no Imminent danger, the captain
and part owner, George ". Wilson, resolved TO wal
christening In this case was no misnorrer. The
Norwalk was now slowly towed TO New York.
There were some iudicrous pictures In the panic
OF the first few minutes. A rotund Dutchlnan re.
fused all consolation, but
SEIZED TWO cANE-BOTTOMED CHAIRS
and sat down. calmly awaiting events. 1t was over
half an hour before he could be prevailed on 10
bulge an inch. The oldest story is that OF the
young man who jumped overheard, His name IL
George Harmon; he Is an Englishmap.by Dlrtn, ana
plays the cornet at the Olympic lie aid his brother
pany with three young ladies'. When the rendina
ana humping reached his ears his first Impulse
was TO
CALAMITY DESERT THE LADIES
by taking jump through tho awning over the Tor.
a tremendous header over the tafrrail INTO the
| water He rewarded the iour boys, according to
their story, with nfry cents each. inc mcorrlable
young gentleman rornarkiAg that he was Saving
his money to buy white hat"
thus ended, happily without loss OF life or limb,
what might under the change or half an hour III
time have resulted in terrible calamity II was
not more tuan thirty minutes from the debarkatiOn
Of 300 passengers on the trip to CODey Island TO tho
disaster. Had ~ probable the after part OF the
ladies' cabin ucen filed with passengers, that piston
dealing Its savage blows
LIKE TIT ,NiC TRIP HAMMER,
would certainly have crushed numbers, while In the
panic OF SO large number the worst results might
be feared. The officers contend that 1t was such an
accident as could never be fOreseen and That G
might happen TO any engine BUT the alarming
query creeps ln suggested to me By the remark OF
the man at the gangway In the morning-Can ono
steamer be expected 10 do the work OF twOY That
the Norwak was attempting this Is obvious, ana
the question Is open one Or the proper officers
whether 1t was not due to
TOO HIGH SPEED TOO LONG CONTINUED,
and whether the pressure on the cylinder was not
such as TO drive the lnstOn rod out with sudden
Jerk Not being an expert, do not pretend to give
any opinion hs but Is 1t not time that all these
old vessels which are used as Sunday excursion
boats when behind the times for other traffic. should
be overnauled by the proper authOriflesY
Posted over the boat was piacard as follows
"Coney Island. Last Trip or the season on Non.
day. september III. The steamer NOrwalk wilt
make but one trip" &c.
This SOUNDS now like bitter sarcasm. It Is never.
theess stated that another boat Will make the trip.
II be feared that yesterdays work VIII diminish
the success OF the excursion.
THE LUCKLEsS N0RwALK
was la u In 1s43, rebuilt In 1861, and after the acci
dent to her In the bay IN 1869, when The pubic VIII
recall a schooner having collided with ner and car
ried away large portion OF the null, she was again
rebuilt ~ large cost 10 the owners, Wilson, Lewis
X smith.