New-York tribune., 1874-11-19
THE HE'LL GATE EXPLOSION.
CAUSES OF THE BURSTING or THE BOILER OF TIL
TOw-BOAT LILY-Two OF THE VICTIMS NOT YE


CAUSES OF THE BURSTING or THE BOILER OF TIL
TOw-BOAT ILY-Two OF THE VICTIMS NOT YET
RECOVERED.
The bodies OF two OF the victims of the tug
boat explosion in Hell Gate have not yet been recov
cred They are the remains of the cCok age 49, known
only Dick" and John Carson Of Grand and Jackson
$751; who boaT led the at Ninety second st. from
yawi which tOwed asern. At the time OF the
posion they were standing together talking not moro
than four feet from the point where the boiler exploded
The parents OF Carson. who 10 years
Old had yesterday almost given M hopes
of seeing him again. young named DugIn, who
came on bOari with Carson, escaped with slight iu-
jurics. being thrown into the water with John Hogan
the fireman, picked up by boat. The dcck-hand,
John LaSberg. Swede, living az No '2i3 Cintons was
supposed to be lost but unexpectedly arrived Belle
vue Hospital yesterday He in the cabin aft
trimming the lamps when the explosion occurred. lie
jumped overheard and swan TO the schooner Anne
C9ter and cut the hawser uniting tho schooner with
the tug ugboas, His injuries slight. The Of
the Lily Chas g. warren Of No. 20 Catharnc-st, went
before the United states Steamboat Inspectors yeser
day, and made sworn statement which is suDstan
TALLY follows:
At 90 minutes past o'clock D. NJ. the nth inst,
while coming through He'll Gate in the sst X yer. he
boiler OF the seaIn-tug Lily exploded. sinking the
steamer ana parting nc Shrouus ol IIe "
the schooner Annie C0tter, IN TOW OF the Ly. from
persons lost their lives was acting
engineer at tne tluc, cTrlel OF
when the explosion occurred TIC boiler gave way for
ward by the base of the stean-1rum.
The boiler OF the LILY, return ue boiler II feet long
by feet in diameter made 1866. II has been
paired several times, and examined by the Steam
boat Inspectors July 1876 and. being tested up TO l05
pounds pressure licensed to carry 10 pounds of
steam TIE Lily was built at Philadelphia in
1862 and had -cOndensing propeller en-
gine. Her tonnage was 81 tons. She
sold to Capt Hlvens, who was killed by
the explosion Tuesday, few sweeks ago, by
Geo. Townsend OF No. 80; South-st Mr. Townsend said
bat the boiler good one. lie had 1t repaired last
Spring with bottom, new side sheetlng. ana new
iucs l.. J.. BIgley OF No. 3-j SJuth-S, VINO repaired
the boiler last Sunday sad that the rents In her she'll
only haf zach long. There were Two or them,
bO near the steam chimney Ono patch fastened with
bolts covered them both. At that time the steam
gauge out of order When there steam enough
to run the engine, the gauge Indicated 10 steam Mr.
Bag.cy told tie engineer tu1 he Thought she was I'M
safe in that condition. Thu engineer rcpeCsthat when
the pressure was up 10 about 81 pounds the
gauge marked all right. TIE cracks mended
last Monday were in the new IRON
put on last Spring. The engineer said
yesterday that he had plenty OF water In tao boiler
when il exploded. The gauge was In good order. The
captain had no certificate IN the enGne-roO but told
him he could carry so pounds OF steam. The boiler had
six inches long in the she'll near the steam
drum when hc TOOK charge of the engine three weeks
Steam escaped from this rent, which appeared 20
be widening, and 10 accordingly patched Last sun
day. He attributed the explosion 20 the fac, that the
with bolts instead ofa "hart patch" which means
ryeted Warren was blown through the side or the
engine house by tho explosion, aud burned in the
nt All ana right hand