The New York herald., 1876-09-07

tain Merrur United States Army who in charge the
entire government works at He'll Gate and next in
thorty to General Newton. The Captain very
retccnt about the matter wishing TO express
opinion before the Coroner's jury had returned a
verdict The following was the conversation
"Captain will you how this accident occurrcd'
81 cannot state, Of my own knowledge, how 1t oc
Cured; was not present at the time"
Do you believe 1t to be the result OF careessness ?"
| tit may have been the result OF momentary
lessness the part OF Doyle, but considered him
very careful man. During the short time have been
in charge here l have always known him to perform
| his duties faithfully"
.swas he, in your opinion, a proper man TO handle
dangerous explosives, and had he had experience
such mattersf"
.T am informed by tho civil engineer In charge Of
tho that Doyle has been in the employ Of the
government Off and on, for Eve years. and has con-
stany been handling nitro glycerine; he has han died
during that time between So 900 and 100. 900 pounds
he has loaded the cartridges and given them to the
divers and was considered familiar with the Of
nitro -glyccrine any man in New York"
cit has been stated, Captain that 1t during the
progress OF experiment that the explosion of yestcr
day took place"
sThere 10 no truth In that statement Tho magnitude
Of the work makes necessary that many experiments
should be made, to the end that the charges may be
finally exploded effectively and with loss o! lifo
The nitro -gycerine yesterday brought here Cor
the purpose OF experiment We are sndeavoring to
fire two charges with fuse. Tho greatest
is always exercised in handing the explosives"
"Do you store any nitro -gly cerins on board the
scowss"
"No, the glycerine and the powder stored
Island in tho river at the Gate"
"How many pounds do you use in making ordinary
blastsfn
"As many as City sixty pounds at a time"
under the river Yn
eve will commence next Monday, and after Sunday
next no visitors will be allowed to visit the works"
when will the final blasts be made, Captain 7"
"lf We have drawbacks the hnal blasts will he
made about the Goth OF this month"
TAyLoR's
Dr. Taylor the physician who called TO attend
the wounded mon, was found his daily rounds by
representative of the HERALD and the following con-
versation ensued:-
"Docor, believe you attended the wounded men at
the government works at He'll Cate yesterday
"Ycs, sir, did There three men dead when
reached the spot and seven wounded"
Were any OF the men since dead living when you
reached them ~
Two of them were dead. but one, think Doyle,
was breathing but entirely unconscious"
'Wiil any of the wounded men die2"
"No, they were all At the inquest to-day, with the
exception OF Captain Downs who 10 more seriously
injured than the othera"
way the bodies OF the dead men were taken away
from the scene OF the disaster. 1t Is
claimed that DR. Denlcr of Hunters Point, arrived
the spot shortly alter tho explosion, and representing
that he authorized by the Coroner to remove the
bodica he accordingly took the remains Of the three
70 Hunters Point J. n whtcomb, Of Astoria,
says that the doctor had NO right TO do this and Il
seemed TO him that II was done In the interest Of the
Hunters Point undsrtakers one OF the dead men lived
at Yorkville and IL was entirely unnecessary, Mr..
whtcomb thousht 10 take hls rsmains TO Hunters