New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-22
TIE ENGINEER AND TIE BOILERS.
LOOKING FOR THE EVGI>EER ~ vAIN-rHE FACTS
ABOUT THE ROLLERS

ABOUT TIE ROLLERS.
Nucb interest was manifested Yesterday in
to the fate OF Philip HerZblcher, the engineer
He has not yet returned his home and fears are e1
pressed nv some that mis- body will yet be found In the
ruins on Thursday evening his wife, driven almost
frantic with anxiety. visited all the hospitals and prnc
nal station houses in search Of him. She then, up to an
early hour Yesterday went from the house Of one friend
to that of another failed to find any cine. she WIS
at the ruins yesterday, and her statements there led
many people to think that she was insane.
She said that her husband, his return rom work
last Monday night told that Of the tubes Of tie
boiler or pipe connected with it, had burst ana
caused serious injury. He toll Dir. Greenfield or tie
circumstances and said that IL was possible an explosion
might result from il il the damage were not speed
ily repaired. Mr. Greenfield replied Mrs. Herzbacher
SAYS that business brisk il would be impossible
TO repair the damage until SUNDAY. This greatly dis
turbed Ucrzhacher lie referred 70 it during the
week and remarked every morning that ne was afraid
TO go The wife declared That on leaving home
the Of The disaster her husband said he never
expected TO return home.
Persons found yesterday who assorted that MF'
HeTzbIcher said later in the day that she had heard
from her husband Slc believed Ee was staying at q
friends house in IIrnOkon. This report spread very
rapidly and WAS rece ci a. ruc by account ~
the action Of Paul c. Rose keeps beer sai0oninLc
basement Of the building al Barclay ana Grecnvct-
For last three years this has been an intimate
acquaintance of Hertzbacler They were frequently
secDm company. Ross lives in Hoboben. When asked
If he knew anything about tnc engineer Mr. Ross re-
Piled, with bland smile bis face: "Oh
yea OF o0use lhe ia hiding in nv house.
have made my residence place where
people may secret themselves from lie pIhlic.'
Then. becoming serious, he asked why he should be
troubled about Herizhachcr. " Hen never be seen
again until the workmon dig him out of the ruins"
added Mr.. Ross. HIS attention was then called
10 the fact hat on the previous day h
stated that HcItzblcAeT had escaped; that he
saw him with one arm wounded, climbing down one OF the
ladders Mr. Ross admitted making this statement. but
thought that he must have been mistaken Persons call
ing hrs saloon later in the dav yexed HIM because he
was accused % making off rent statements about ihe
escape Of the engineer "Philp is buried lar Under the
ruins" was an ne would say.
TIE charge that me engineer w"s a dunkard vas
freely discussed Yesterday. Many m tine vicinity
of Greenfclds store said that he took occasional glass
o. beer hquor hu positively declared tGa he did not
drink TO excess lis employers expressed }esIerdly
high opinion of him. THcy denied mat he drunk
ard The proprctors Of two saloons near GrcauG.ld's
store SAY that HrtIoachcr drank their saloons whom
he diauk at all and that ne visited their places only
few times in q week.
CONDITION or TIE BOILERS.
According 20 he records Of the Boiler Inspectors
az Police headquarters the boilers o. Grcau-
Hld d son were examined on November o.
ard allowed seventy pounds. TIE oldest made
in 1870. and tnc second in 1874 The inspection
was made Joy George ". Church. Tho cu.ilro. Philip
Hertz cher was last examined on The 1871" OF this
month. IIe Inns been 3D. tire cn1loy ot Glnrnie.d d.
son since .,rIabr 1879. For iom- years precious %
hat time Lc nas employed the brewery of -civ'u'r
& Amend az NJ. 514 west Ti'ty-ervrnth-t Ic bats
nceu examined every year since 1872. NocoHp..n,s
have been made a-. INST Him.
Sergeant In r-. vino has charge Of the inspection O."
boilers. accompanied by ms engineer, visited iho ruins
Yesterday. aud found the boilers intact. r-rdni iti-
fcrts said yestc, uat De b- we'd one of TOE copper
tanks, flied with material for making candy, nu--
have tXuioded. This Ironabiy broke aN the ks.1
senc lamps I'D tic building, and these added
much % the r.p.dity with which Tire flames -oIcad
TIE bookLccpef az H. b. Edison, ~ No. 81 Lihory-st,
states that the boilers in Greenfield ~ sons factory
had very in.ouDr gauges. They we're repaired last
june. when MI Edison tolI the elder G.cerf,ll
tuat the gauges not Trustworthy lDd -h0uid br
moved and new ones substituted, if he woad avoid ID"
possibility of au accident H.. Greenfield, ne says
dcred estimates be made ST. but objected
TO the price and said that lie would make the old DO
until after the holidays.