New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-25
SERIOUS ACCIDENTS.

ANOTHER STEAMBOAT DIsAsTER-THREE MEN
LOST.
NEw-LoNDoN, Conn, June A.-The steam
lighter Wallace of Jersey City, Capt f. Scott engaged
In laying the foundation for lighthouse Mt Race ROCK
off New London while steamng out OF the harbor at GID
a. m. to-day and when opposite the Customhouse. ex-
ploded her boiler SCATTERING the entire vessel The
officers and crew numbered 10, and only five escaped
injury The list OF killed and wounded is as follows:
David Allison fireman. of Manahawken. n. j., killed
Lawrence Black Of Jersey City, missing-suppOsed
killed William Whitley, engineer OF Jersey CITY IA
leg slightly hurt George Buckley OF Jersey city badly
spine injured; Joseph Waters steward OF sandy
HILL Nd bad scalds and conclusions Napoleon Cram
mer Of Manahawken, badly scalded and bruised j. w.
Crammer Of Manahawken, several bruises ana tmgh
broken in two places.
Capt Scott escaped unnjuFed by leaping overheard.
The vessel had 80 tuns Of stone deck at the time Of
the explosion supt. Rich not board. No cause
for the explosion is assigned The engineer said he had
but co pounds OF in the boiler when exploded
while the certificate permitted rs pounds. The boiler
was new and was built by Pond r. Gray Of New-York
and inspected six weeks ago.
THE GRAND TRUNK RAILROAD ACCIDENT-TIIE
CORONER's JURY.
BELLEvILLE, Ont, June A.-Ihe COroners
iurv in the case Of the late railroad accident on the
Grand Trunk Railroad find hatit was purely accideha
that in our opinion the track in good condition
that the engineer was a sober, efficient, and careful
officer and died at his post We cannot conclude our
panu task without bearing testimony to the anxiety
of the Grand Trunk Railway officials to place all the
evidence it was possible 10 procure before us anu ~
their Jealous and unweaTed eXeiOns TO procure every
thing that orethOught and sympathy could suggest u
alleviate the suherings of the injured PASSENGER
Signed by the Coroner and - OF the IA luryiheh'
THE LIBERTY-sT. EXPLOSION - FIRE-SARsHAL's
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF THE INJURED
: Fire Marshal McSpedOn continued, yesterday,
his Investigation into the cause OF the explosion OF chem
cas in the drug warehouse, Nos IS and 20 Lbertyst,
on Saturday morning. by which 20 persons were severely
burned. The following evidence was taken:
George A. Erkenbrach OF No AZ East Nineteenthst.
testified: am manufacturing chemist was III boston
at the time OF the fire my brother was IN charge Oh e
Mace; he is not practical chemist; We 90 not manu-
tseture IN done in Hoboken, T.
T.. we had four five carboys OF spirits OF
over the middle of the saloon below this liquid is very
volatile the yapor being inammabe; II becomes red
boys of this liquid TO BURST think the great neat Oh e
past few days would produce an expansion sunceht 10
burst carDoy; had some Oh Iona ~, ou o in
ties these carboys; 1t Is very y0aue anu due IN
nammable like sulphuric ether; there were ABOUT 50
plosve than any thing else IN the store lhee was ao
quantity of acetc ether IN halfgal0n and pound DOT
ties and several carOOys OF aqua ammonia ana aeec
acid also think we had three barrels OF aeohol anu Two
of bay rum the store; all these materials were saved
except one barrel OF alcohol partly hed which was III
the END Of the store; tnk the explosion when W
jured the remen must nave been caused ny spts Vi
VIM. H. Frkenbrach Of No 352 Atlantcave BROOKLYN,
tested The only person employed in the store beside
myself was young boy; received nothing put DaIIel
of alcohol and five empty the day before the nre;
two barrels OF alcohol were near the doOr ana were
saved another barrel partly filled at the back OF the
store, destroyed had Two barrels Oh pay rum WHICH
were saved had nothing else In barrels am not pfac
teal chemist; there were IL or 10 carDOys
niIed along tho partition, filed with various
iiouds including ammonia, spirits OF inter- ana acetc
acid; we had bottles suphurc, nitric, ana muriatlc
-, lncked nm the store Friday d. M every
thing appeared to be safe them one night earDoy Oh
ammonia burst in the store all the carDoys are packed
with straw and hay; our store Is quite small IL was
very hot there last week.
The Investigation was then adjourned. The injured
men were doing well yesterday. Those at Bellevue
Hospital were pronounced out OF danger Their burns
are not serious Engineer Monroe and Fireman Bat
tersby are also improving
EXPLOSION OF FIREWORKS.
Paul Cuenin an Italian, keeping a small
confectionery establishment in the basement OF No. 81
Tbompson-st. recently bought n stock OF fireworks
While he was lighting kerosene lamp, last evening" the
match fell among the fireworks, and explosion fol
lowed Beside the proprietor, Alexander A. Destodne
workman and Adoph Dubois boy, were in the store
and were very badly burned about the head neck face
They escaped into the street, and were taken to a
neghborng drug store and aterward to Bellevue Hos
pita The flames soon eXtngushed Loss on STOCK
$500 The building owned by statenberg Bros, was dam
aged $500 Fully insured
COLLISION ON THE NORTH RIVER
The ferry-boat New-YOrk of the COrtlandt-
ST. line ran into the tugboat H. g. Lapham off Pier No
1eNR last evening, carrying away the pilot-house
smashing the side OF the tug, ripping up the deck and
breaking the steamppe The crew Of the tug, seeing
that collision inevitable, leaped overheard and
were rescued by small boats. The ferry-boat was
slightly damaged and OF the passengers were III
jured. The tug is damaged wow
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