New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-25
THE HARLEM EXPLOSION.
cARElEssNEss OF THE BOY AND WEAKNESS OF THE
BOILER.

c,prrEssNEss OF THE BOY AND WEAKNESS OF The
BOILER.
The testimony before the Coroner concern
ing the Harlem boiler explosion was continued yes'er
day and developed tho facts that the boiler had never
been tested and that engineers who passed there re
peatedy spoke OF the lhconpo'ehcJ VI '"o wy WV
charge OF II. -
william Johnson an engineer. OF No. los East one,
bnndro and twenty siXthst., testned that ne nhu
in had 10 attend TO both the boiler aud the hosting
vim only small boy to help him; did the work for QUO
gay am roo much work noticed leak In the nreboX but
saw nothing else wrong and thought the boiler strong
Ioer he Thought that the explosion occurred because
OF ne elect IN letting the wafer get too low the pup
not work with any certainty, and u was not POssOo 10
tell that water was coming into the boiler after the
pump started unless the gauge COCKS were uleoi
The fittings on the boiler were secondhand.
Henry c. White OF skth-aye and One-hundred-anu-
twentyei ghth-st, engineer at the Payne Hour mills,
had seen the boiler the first day it was in operation az
One.hnndred nty-sxth-st, aud had afterward
watched IL; had said TO Mr.. Bamore don't hke the
looks OF that old boiler" and Bamore had sad On
thar boiler looks rough but its good boer' had once
passed and the boy Dasgett playing on inc val,
and his father said 10 him that he must attend to the
boiler; the boy had then up aud tired tue
gauges In the first gauge the steam came out piue,
ike dry superheated steam the boy had then tried the
lower cock and steam came out there too; was
frightened and said 10 the boy You VIII dow your
head off some day unless you attend TO your WORK pct
ter and the boy looked at him and laughed did not
stay any longer, aud afraid something WOulu nap
pen being a practical engineer, aud knowing that the
TWO little girls never home from schOo Dy way
OF twentyeg hth-st; bad went BACK 20
the factory aud told his fireman what ne ad heen ana
tad that the boiler would explode some day ana XIII
some one ; had passed by the boiler on oatur-
day aud on Wednesday the explosion came /
examined the boiler after the explosion and iOunu
defect in the back OF IL about IS Inches long, the ue-
feet extended through 10 ryet holes ana could not nave
been seen from outside except In the way OF eok
at that mart the SEAM the previous witness nau
testified there was the explosion was the result OF -
nroper management; IL the boiler had Deen tested ths
Tia W would probably have been made manifest; nad
seen rho boiler moved aud t not kept pump hdd
REGARDED this as very dangerous had seen the boy IN
charge OF the boiler several times; the canng over OF
the boiler could have obstruced the saleyVaVe that
il could not raised at three tunes the pressure AZ
which IL was set. o.. ~. %, -.
Mr. Adam 5. Cameron, living az No. Ht East
Figbteenth-st testified that the boiler was sOid 10 MT
Bamore partner IN his absence that the DOuei
had stood doors from November 20 June eApCseI
10 the weather aud that the boiler was never tested lHe
Coroner stated that letter had been received from
nun named James Fitzpatrick, claiming 70 De WORK
man from Cameron & Co., affirming that he witnessed
tho sale OF the boiler and making most uIDaeIhg
ems rges against OF the persons concerned lhey
mad not yet been able TO ind tins man.
Patrick Henry warren. tho engineer VINO had charge
OF the boiler waile Henderson Hand used IL ana fOr
some weeks aiterward testified that the boiler had never
been tested that for his Own safety he never put
more than co pounds OF steam pressure upon ~.
Isaac y. Fellows engineer, testified tnat about
week before tho explosion he saw small boy running
the boiler, and warned people to keep away rOm there
and THAI there would be All eNpIOsOn