The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-09-14

n,r 800 present, when the State and C,n,
'' aS,s sno o, be Represented by counsel.
day for pn.' departure of the jury on Tues
Of ~, ~, ior Eikton, Mr.. James r, Sanner On,
a na',l%ore city, arrived and miued ~,
enc;roo uolier IN company with the chiet
I "eer (Pierson) of the mills.
aston Nc ABOVE account of this painful dis
rernr+ ~ - condensed principally from the
poi' ot the explosion and coro,ers ex,m
tha furnished by a special reporter o,
am PRESS and Published in the Baltimore
tsna so''a I, and Sun of Tuesday. We at.
T.4 the examination held nv corone,
counsel, ue, a. on Thursday, conducted by
at.n el' Clinton Mccullough, Esq, States
MoC,m ana W. J. Jones, Esq, for the
Meoulioush Iron Company. The exami.
HI was conducted in the American
:. e'hanics Hall, and was SO tedious that
es vas impossible to get complete report
lor THIS issue of The Wig. The witnesses.
aI Wv substance Of whose testimony is given
-. were re-examined with few addi-
''0''al ones, whose testimony did not throw
any further light on the cause of the ex-
p'oslon' The object of the examination.
Do lar as we heard it, seemed to be to ascer-
''.in whether the Iron COMPANY were guiltv
Guy neglect Or precautions to guard
ssa,ns1 boiler explosions. Although great
'''i u stress was placed upon fear that
was entertained of this particular boiler,
among the workmen, no one seemed to
KNOW why he feared it, and none of the
men had, it seems, reported their appre-
tensions to any member of the Company.
= Inc members of the firm, especially Mr..
harvey were in the habit of going through
the mill, almost daily, among the machinery
anu boilers, with apparently no fear or
apprehension of danger. The fear of this
particular boiler appears to have arisen
from peculiar practice it had, before a
Ut" SAFETY valve was placed on it, of puff
ing the steam out suddenly and in larger
volume than other boilers,
None of the experts and scientific men
summoned for the purpose had been called
on for their testimony when it became nee
eSsary for us to leave the examination, and
the testimony Of the men all went to show
that they did not know whether the boiler
was safe or not. One of the engineers, J.
Harrcks, testified that he believed that it
was safe aud the Company certainly had
no thought of its being defective, as is
evident from the fact that members of the
hrm were in the almost daily habit of being
about the mill and among the boilers when
the engines were working, and the evidence
went to show that they were promt to rem
coy any defect in boilers and machinery as
soon as appraised of it. We will endeavor
to get all the additional facts with the
opinions of the scientific men and experts
a complete statement of the
case for next weeks issue. The character
Of the individual members Of the Company
as business men and christian gentlemen,
forbids the presumption that they were
guilty of criminal negligence in not using
all dilligent means to ascertain any defects
in their works.
P. s. The case was concluded about 12
o'clock on Thursday night, the jury rem
lering verdict that the three men came
70 their death by the explosion of defec-
tive boiler, and further that the explosion
was the result of negligence on the
part of the Mccullough Iron Company and
ncompetency in their agents.
This verdict is in effect verdict against
every Iron Company in the State of Mary
and, for we venture to assert without fear
IF successful contradiction, that there are
lot more competent and conscientious men
n any steam manufacturing company in
his Or any other State than the individual
members of this company. 1t numbers
its members both practical and
scientific mechanics, who give daily per-
,onal inspection to their works.