The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-28

reporter yis,,s,l Ia lspt.. y tveic Slick II
sn eat, though conscious, he was scarcely able IL
Alter much dniculty the reporter enabled 70
CLEAN the following
Reliable STATEMENT
~ VI tne SAD occurrence from him :-Shortly balore
lug began to tow the Seminole out OF dock the
WEs an ~ leit the engine and went on deck.
urena quantify or water In the boer-n fact they
marc hnost flled mp. He remained Outside On the
,' ~, some time, until they had almost cleared
tne COCK, and when he returned ne SAW at on 70
,mnnt h h was no water In the gauges. The mo-
called %, ont saw ts " said to reporter that he
"'c;-.1 OF the boiler, '''''''@
.'My GoD' We ARE ALL BLOWN upr'
BEFORE ne hhd Gmo to take a step further than the
door or the engine room the Dolur ,iey no I'D
has no recollection OF ythiny further until II !,
was picked out OF the water, when he recovered
CONSCIOUSNESS for short time, but became ins,u.
sble Immediately again.
While the repo. ter was listening to the above
statement the regular engineer OF the EpsiIon n
man named George 0lendyke, visited the hnsn!fa ~
to inquire after Curley. 20 mad been sick I'm: to
last few days ana had asked Currcy Co do a ~ .e
him. When Ollendyke hal left the hospital poor
Cuirey appealed most anxious TO impress on the
! reporter that he was
!. DULY CERTIFIED ENGINEER.
lie called 70. his clorp7.., but was informed that
they had been f5en TO shreds and that he had been
thrown into the watet, sie saM f,!at he mad
passed the regular engincera examination and re-
ceived certificate OF competency from Mr..
Mathews, Inspect0' Of Boilers. He also says mat
the whole blame OF the explosion Is to be attributed
10 the
ChRELEssNEes AND DOWNRIGHT NEGLECT
Of the fireman, WHO was killed. When the explo-
sion took place the steward The deck hand and
another man were sitting nit and were all three
blown into the water The captain was standing
forward and was lost as well as the fireman.
Dr. Vandewater informed the HERALp reporter
that Currey must lose mis- leg the fracture Is oil
most complicated character
THE BOILER.
The boiler OF the Epsilon was five years old, ana
was OF the most approved construction and mate
lial. 1t was considerered Of the strongest
hgh-pressure boilers on the river. II was last IN
spected by Mr. Mathews on the 18th OF May last
and was certified to carry
EIGHTY POUNDS or sTEsN.
The engineer, Currey, informed the reporter that
the Epsilon never carried less than eighty pounds
pressure OF steam, but that she very sesom carried
anything over. He added however, that from the
construction OF the valves ana steam cocks It
required good deal Of care to keep the water well
up In the boiler. The Epsilon belonged to Mr..
Townshend, OF Gouverneur street, owner OF Che dry
docks and had been many years in the river. Currey
has also been certified engineer for many years.
The doctors do not expect that he can recover.
In reply to question from the reporter CurTey said
that he had thoroughly cleaned and scraped the
boiler the dav before yesterday.
AT THE HOSPITAL AT MIDNIGHT.
Captain Mitchell, the Sandy Hook pilot, both OF
whose legs were broken In South street. was In
very critical condition ut midnight last night The
condition OF William Parsons, the shipwright OF
Brooklyn, was also very bad, but no imminent
danger is anticipated