The New York herald., 1878-08-16
B L OW N U P.
Frightful Explosion ON the
Kill Won Kull.
TWO MEN KILLED.
Sad Ending to Kate Gillan's
Bridal Trip.

tuSDoat expiosioup ~ sno ioss VI
the lives Of ,hs captain and engineer rnd the serious
scsd,ne Of two other persons took place at halipss
seven O'Clock o., Wednesday night on the XIII Won
Ku,l. near west Brighton. staten Island
while IN the Kill Won Kuil, opposite
Port johnson the engineer reported that there was
rome difficulty with the safety valve OF the boiler
The captain won't to inspect is and soon after
the explosion occurred.
The killed
PATRICK MURPHY, captain. ofNo. 40 Wysth ave-
nus, Brooklyn.
JOHN GILLIAN engineer. OF corner Bond and First
streets, Eiizabethport
The wounded John Day and Frank !. Tcrreire.
1T HAPPySED.
Tna tuvboat E. Henderson, OF New York, Captain
Patrick Murphy Of Brooklyn, started from Brooklyn
nm Wednesday mcsning TO tow spar to Perth Amboy-
Tho cngineer's nXme was Jonn Gillian, who resided
at the corner Of Bond aud First streets,
Eiizabsthport. His sister, Miss Kate Gillian,
was 70 be married on Wednesday evening
10 Mr.. Joseph Mcdonald, OF No 164 First street.
Brooklyn. Tho couple thought they would avail
themselves OF Captain Murphy's trip TO enjoy
pleasure excursion previous to the marriage core
mony They therefore went aboard the tug, taking
with them two iriends-John Mannix, OF No. Al
Wyeth avenue, BROOKLYN, and Frank J. Terreirs.
The crew consisted OF four men. Besides the
CAPTAIN and engineer already mentioned there
werc John Day, OF No SO Wyeth avenue,
snd William Nolan. No liquors wero taken on board.
rs the men wore attached 10 the mperanes cause.
The tug turned into the Kill Won ull, between New
Jersey and the north shore Of Staten Island and
touched At the west Brighton dock, where they
stopped TO take in q fresh supply Of water be-
fore returning 10 Breoklyn. This was about
haif-past seven O'Clock Wednesday even-
ing. About ten minutes later, when of
thn IN
came up to the captain, who sitting in tho stern
OF tho boat, with Med Donad his friends. and told
him that something was the matter with the safety
valve OF the engine The captain descended 10 see
what was tho trouble and soon after those on deck
hoard . noise though he were driving bolt
Into the engine Before this noise ccased the
sngine exploded The pilot house and all
Into the water captain engineer being thrown
overheard with Them Day and Tsrrsire were scaidcd
badly frightened Al this Junc.ure the Edna b. King.
anosher iugooat, commandsd oy Captain William Pscs,
picked up and taken on board and the HeDderson
iowcd 10 the West Brighton dock. Murphy was
being peeled or Il. % ran aSou. The deck wr,,hns hor
ribly and meaning with PAIN The engineer Gillian liam
was also terribly scaded. HIS body looked more Ike
that OF . colored than Of a white porsoD.
AT THE DOCK.
The explosion the noise arising from it had
been seen and heard by many persons on shore, 80
that a crowd had collected when the King arrived.
ME Connolly, lager beer saloon keeper who was ac
quainted with Captain Murphy, took charge OF the
iatter's pocketDook, containing s57 10 cenbacks,
which had besn picked up on the wreck, and after
10 and the aunurt members oi the crew
With me assistance Of those on the King, took the
Within q stones throw Of where the boat landed. Th:
druggist and his sssistant Mr. h. s. Gill; did all they
"alS e xTnoSs s West Ssbs Va: sen. for
and seen arrived. Mr. Isaac Browns baker
;Sssr sessIsman Sroush: twenty pounds Of
bcb0Bats of soda to tho drug store, and Il was at
ThSe Sascssss OF lint ana cotton, supplied By The ct
zens soaked In nsecd oil and bound around tho
sunsrera Murphy rolled around the hoor IN sgony,
but Gillian seemed TO bear hts pain more
pmt,sntiy Terrcire and Nolans injuries we're
slight and soon atsndodto Tho Doctor and Mr. Jack
con proved very Kind-hearted and efficient
dd everything In their power to help tho injured
men several OF the citizens, among whom were W..
Donssty Danisl Dempsey, and others, also rendered
sxcsaen, service. McnpwhiIe Ahs po,cs arrived and
kept away the crowd which mad collected NJ The door,
fE OFFICIAL HUMANITY.
f It was after O'Clock before It was judged pru
? vas procured, ana the doctor. with oncsrs Wells
Young and Mack, took the men to the. sesmcns Re-
.rsa, Tho Rev Father S FOOL. %s had % been sum, sum
were 10 bo taken TO the hospital, said
that Father Lewis would attend Them thors.
which threatened 10 pi very serious. II appears
ths institution is managad under the auspices OF
is tbas no person DO admitted to hospital
without a permit from the Now York Custom
poor suffering taken thsro DR.. c. II.
King who has charge OF The institution, positively
refused 10 take thom In. Dr. Arncux pleaded their
cause and he finally relsntsd saying that he would
take them matter OF charity, not because ho
IN any way bound This piece OF red tape
BENG nnay wound up the men wero taken 10 and at
tended by the house ply sicaD Samuel ]. Davis They
srr,ved a. nali.psst eleven par,.s al, ID: nve.miie
fully Jumping up IN the wagor, sitting down on his
cempan,on ana showing sush viclence that II took
hnId mir I'm gafA IN
hospital he became cooler, got out OF the wagon
withoat assistance, and saying, II am an iron man;
unaidsd into the hospital. Gillian died at a
quarter past two and Murphy at eight O'Clock yeser.
legs was yesterday said 10 be getting along well and
will recover Coroner Il. Ganney, OF West
course OF the day, giving burial permits Tor Murphy
ana Gillian. Terrerc who only bad slight abrasion
on enc OF his hands. sad William Nolan, who was un-
Injured, were detained Dy the Coroner as witnesses to
give evidence at the inquest which viii be held al the
seamsn's Retreat at seven O'Clock tonight
TIE vALUE OF CEErIrIcArss
The tug lay.at the West brighton dock last evening
almost siotsl wreck. The boiler cylindrical
one, placed IN an upright position. IL exploded up
ward, throwing tho crown piece 200 ect the
air. and Icavisg ,hs rest OF the bO,er IN
mucn more fearful loss OF lie wsud have
occurred man who was cemiog down Broad
crown e,se. sns sosr ayas through the the
air just before he heard tho explosion. II
looked % 10 70 h, HIM Ik" ma. bal. OF - nrs; re- Tne % p,o.
blown away, leaving only tho Keel and tho
board psrsisi1n surrounding the engine room and
cabin. Mr.. John Russ, OF Brooklyn, part owner Of
the TUG with Captain Murphy, ssd snat tho boiler
calculated 10 stand pressure OF loo pounds TO tho
square inch. II bad been inspected the 10Th Of
July aud found all right and the usual certificate had
been gwen, expiring July 10. 1879 Mr. Rose could
not estimate tue damage 70 the tug accurately he
had not had tmo TO examine u carefully.
William Pest captain OF sne King, said that the two
killed had been scslded Internally by The escaping
steam Ro could see II In their mouths when no
picked them up Only Two suggestions have been
hcDepaid who related the story about the captains
driving bolt into tho sDsine. The other is that of
Mr. jackson, who said that they had just been taxing
supply OF water at the dock before tho explosion
that perhaps tho cold waor pu mpcd into
heated boiler, had suddesly generated the steam,
which did such dreadful work
TEMPERATE TO LAST.
Dr. Arnovx said that Dny burned his face,
chest and side. Terreire was slightly burned,
and Gillian and Murphy terribly sosided The bi-
carbonate OF the best thing to alleviate