New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-13
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE HARLEM BOILER EXPLOSION.


PREPARATIONS FOR TIIE C0RoNERs INVESTIGATION
EXPERTS TO DE EXAMINED
Coroner kessler arrived at the scene of the
Fourth-ave. explosion about p. IN. yesterday. the
fragments Of the fatal boiler the pieces OF tnbers and
scantng and all the debris OF the terrible disaster re-
NAMED untouched until the Coroner and his jury viewed
them. Immense crowds OF people we're congrsGateu
about the spot occasionally rendering II necessary LOT
the police drive them Coroner hessler selected
the following persons for a jury:
David Morgan Secretary cf Thrdave. Savings HANK
Richard Kelly of No. 500 hirdave President fllth Na
tiona Bank John b. Root Of No. 500 second ave, oI
safety Boiler Co. Peter Jackson VI No. 3l5 East twenty
eigbths OF the James L. jackson Iron Works: George
Lowther of No. GO West ieaa eIeh"n; lace
manufacturer; W. H. Pauldng OF Potter a stymas
Manufacturing Co. Of Lexmeonave' ana Ienis
soa carriage manufacturer OF NO 'o5 inlru-aVe tt
odore semway, planonaker; oA I,erI Monre
builder OF ana Avenue
A; John Chilean banker Henry Grossmeyer Oh NO. Ito
East SiXtietl-st-
The Jury carefully examined the pieces OF the boiler
one OF which, weighing about 100 pounds was FOUND IN
an upper room OF the dwelling house NO. 1858 FOURTH
ave. two blocks from the spot where the boiler stood
when IT exploded II had crashed through the roof anu
lodged on the floor Of the apartment. Another
fragment. sull larger and heavier, was lodged
the same distance away, the wall OF the
excavation near one hundred andtwenty-sixth-st
The jruymen went TO the One-hundredand'tWenty-
sixtt Police Station and viewed the body OF the little
Italian girl Irene Belire, whose mangled remains were
found lying upon the harp she had been carrying when
stricken down. The remains Of Miss Bassford and the
boy William Brett, also shown then at tine resi-
dnce OF their respective families but II was not thought
necessary 10 see the other four bodies they having been
removed from the statonhouse by their friepds, ana
given in charge of undertaken with inc Corohers
permission. Later in the day the little Italian grIs
body was taken 10 the Morgue, one having claimed It,
ssaVvr QE
police station Otis T. Hail. counsel for john Barnun, the
engineer In charge OF the boiler demanded hls Release
ball. but the Coroner sed aud ordered ms oou
mitment TO the Tombs await the result OF the inquest
jury then dismissed ana requested 10 reasse
bic next "Wednesday morning az the C9Toners once 10
Police Sergeant Long has heard that there Is another
boiler used the IOurthaye. Work the cohditloh oi
which il said TO be unsafe. He is engaged in invest
gatng the matter. and VIII report 10 the authorltc'
he finds 10 be true. Capt Bennett ana MS scrgeans
have been udefatgabe in aordng aid to the sufferers
by the disaster the OF which, until quite late last
night, in spite of the rain, was visited by crowds
Before lea wing the police station the jury requested
Coroner Kessler 10 call upon Mayor Havemeyer ana
Controller Green to-day and obtain their guarantee tha
II experts employed 10 examine ana TESTIFY as 10
the exploded boiler before the jury their bills shall be
promptly paid by the City. Mr. Copeland and others OF
the engineers now making boiler tests at Sandy Hook
were suggested AS being competent but definite de
cison will be arrived in this regard until after to-day
The bodies OF the four laborers lying at the es
tabishment OF an undertaken named FreedDorn az ~"
Hudson River Railroad Company, it is said. In an IN
formal talk with the Coroner Barnum the ensl4 n
hundredandt twenty elghhst ana tne other az onenu
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Only short time before tue expo
sion he looked at the sean-gauge OF the D9ie lnate
plOdod and he had noticed that IL Indicated low pres
sure of He then started 10 examine inc Otbei
boiler at which he had
lust reached when the explosion occurred lie tnongh
that accident caused by the aDofers canning inc
boiler from one side TO- the other, wneh wouiu cause
sudden flow OF water toward me redot surface Oh mo
boiler, generating steam so suddenly az To cause he eA
ulO on Barnum asserted that the stories about boy
being left in charge Of the boiler we're exaggerated DC
Police Captain Yne commands the Sanitary Police,
whose duty It is all boilers at least once
wear and 10 issue licenses 10 suCh persons after
thorough examination found competent 10 act as
engineers He inspected his books yesterday ana
named John Barnum TO be the engineer OF
portable boiler at Nineiy-sxth-st. and Fourth
s sSSc DUTY Ray 1 at 6%e s andwenty eighth
Tue books Ss ..ne6 man named Dasse wno
said have had charge of the boiler a the moment
inc engineer Hanford Horton, 20 the
accident and obtain Information respecting the cause Of
neer ho''O"' ''''N NEw-YoRK Nov. u, 1873
can't YrIE, Sanitary Company SIR: BY your insiruc-
ton proceeded this morning 10 Harlem to collect what
cTred there We sterday at 800 Tue facts
thereto arc substantially follows: Messrs koyue
ment between One-hunirod- dtwenty-sixth-st. and
Observation-Disclosures They had two portable
other between One-hundredand.twenty-r eighth ana
Onehundreo and-twenty -ninth-sts II appears that
the one al Observation-Disclosures irtieth-st. in
charge of a man by the name %. J0hn Barnum. lie
examined rs engineer of portable boiler at Ninety
,xfh-st and F0urhivc.. owned OF leased by T. j. Don
nell & Co.. sept. 8, ls73 Tue boiler that exploded was
the one between Oneundred cny st. and
one hundred and WENT -ninthst and IN charge
| of "A man named Daggcrt II was used for hosting
dirt ont of the cut The boiler of the upright
tube STYLE, about SIX seven feet nigh, ~ Inches
diameter; had "a square trebOX with horizontal tubes
IN the upper part OF the rchox aud vertical tubes from
rho ion of the Fe-bOX the head Of the boiler. The
boiler apparently parted about In tho center Of tine she'll
and blew gmcnts III all directions. The largest piece
was the top head of the boiler, Of about 1900 pounds
weight II landed tho fourth floor OF fOurstOry
budug about feet distant from the scene of the
plosun. Baruun is locked up In the Twelfth Precinct
Station house where had au interview with him. Dag
CERT was his home. Respectfully III. HORTON.
Engineer Horton also stated to Capt Nue that had
tered boiler Whether IL had been tested not by the
SANITARY Police OF late could not be discovered
Barnn upon being questioned In relation To the cause
of the explosion replied that was not possible for him
10 eXpIt Am IT, inasmuCh he over block
the tine boiler burst. He denied that he had charge
of the boiler. affirming that Daggert the person
whom contractors had employed 10 act engineer,
and that Daggcrt was doing tbs work when the Cxpo-
sion place. Daggert asserted To be carpenter
10y trade.
THE SHIPPING ACT.
RrroRr on THE sHIp-owNERS' CoMAuTTHE-COANIs-
StpNrP pINCAN SAID 10 HAVE INCFIbEn ms