New-York tribune., 1878-09-30


ued the boiler sheet and said that the corosloh was
such that II could not be explained except by thorough
Investigation. Inspector Blake bad Thoroughly ca
amined the boiler last June. going inside ana 'esuus
every portion Of il with hammer. so particular was
be that Pilot Bixby remarked that he was unusuaS
1o, and thorongh I'm his examination, and that the
reason must be because his family were 10 tfaFei
on the boat"
Mr White said further that the boat was sent to the
ounsrd Iron Works last May, before being put on tne
route Win instructions that everything that was heces
arv 70 be done should be- The expense at that time Tor
repairs TO engines and boilers was about SSOOO INC
rer,,lar certificate permitted the boat TO carry
800 messengers on any regular route, ana
peeal permit for excursions allowed 500 additional
There we're life appliances for all on board and there mere
had not beeu single complaint IN tnat
engineer Augustus HOwand, he considered pefIeety
competent man HOwand had been in his employ since
9noe r99n Tg under The slow signal and the furnace
doors had been ordered open, as the Doat was
about To stop at GregOry's Point. Ihere was
pressure Of only thirtyseven pounds OF steam ~, & S
boiler This the first accident when MI no nS ma
ever had since his first connection with steanDo4 %
Il the first life lost on any OF MS Dosts o t s nd
SisISd her once In Baltimore in anticipation of pur-
chasing her Sue afterward ran the North River be-
tween Peekski and New-YOrk, and last summer ne
chartered her 70 run 10 NOr9alk and last May p9r-
chased her He intends to have new boiler plt & iUr
her different patterns ana better oraceu Vhah 'e
P''''-- DESCRIPTION OF THE ADELPHI
The Adelph is a wooden side-wheel steamboat 200
built at Albany in 1868, and boiler was put in by
MoGee OF Newburg in 1875 The boiler was OF the
return tubular pattern, 20 feet long and 9la feet
in diameter It was made OF iron Die OF an
inch thicR and had tensile strength OF 10000 pounds
The boiler was inspected June 25, 1873 by John W.
Blake assistant inspector Mr.. Blake certified that the
allowed carry forty pounds steampressure Ihe GER
man Who inspected the boilers Of Magenta the steam
chimney OF which burst at Sing Sing, during the
The Adelpbi has been owned by the Columbia steam
Navigation COMPANY OF which r. Cornell Mhlle S pieSl
dent since August last, when tue company was esaD
lshed Mr.. White bought he boat last May OF James
A. Bsuvelt, receiver OF the North River Steamboat
Company
The lack Of regular resulted IN great oonfu-
sion in holding nquests The duties OF the office were
performed by several Justices OF the Peace who acted
without consultation Three jurors we're mpanehed'he
last one including who had been drawn on one
OF the others Alfred Austin inpanelled jury which be
Gan at the Doron House the inquest on the bodies OF
Belts Ford and Mrs. Boole. DR.. J. H OF South Nor
walk testified In regard 10 the causes Of Elijah
Boole's death. George F. Holcomb, captain
OF the boat, James A. HOwland, engineer
Edward W. Rowland. assistant and oiler, and Thomas
Dvyer fireman. were examined. Rowland has been
engineer Of the boat June. and in the employ OF
M White since 1887 no has been engineer for about
sixteen years According 10 hrs statement steam was
generated at g. m Saturday, the fires having been
banked during the night The boat left her dock with
pressure of thirty pounds Of steam which was run mp TO
about tbirty-eght pounds at the time OF the explosion
Afterward his examination he confessed that the
pressure might have reached half-pOund mOie. He
rang signal 20 open the fire DOORS although he believed
that the boiler safe under pressure Of from forty
I've to fifty pounds.
Tbrse mscbiDsts-John Cotter, boiler inspector for
the Ivth Congressional District OF Connecticut, c. W.
Le Count and George Yine-cRlled experts TO exam
inc the boiler testified that it had been in unsafe
condition that the patches put upon It had weakened
the boiler as the repairs had not been made properly
Along the entire line of rupture the average thickness
of the iron did not exceed oneeghth or On neh while
IN some places the iron found TO be less than one
sixteenth OF inch in thickness Mr. Cotter declared
that the kind Of boiler used was not safe Tor any purpose
where life and property we're stake and that it was
not tight when the boat started on her trip careful
examination would have shown the weakness OF the
metal Mr. lie Count stating that ordinary blows with
hammer would have broken the she'll MT Vine thought
might prevent discovery OF the weakness which
tended along the line OF the bolts
Another fury was mpaneled by Justice w, F. Craw,
and began an inquest the bodies Of Gabriel p Il.
the steambOat landing at South NOrwalk. The jury,
which included Ebenezer Bill, superintendent o. the
tho bodies and then went to the steamboat lying at
the pie Gregorys Point where the exploded boiler
taken in regard 20 the boat and its boiler and the
pairs that had been made since the boat had belonged
third Jury was called by Justice Bouton the Dor
Ion House. but merely established the identity OF few
THE KILLED.
AcKERT BENJAMIN OF South NOrwalk, Conn, age
AeSerf stew stewSrd Of the boat The two were in the
bar-rOOm at the time OF the explosion both were
scaldod but retained consciousness until his death,
which took place az the Dorlon Honse AZ about z
cared nothing about himself, but hoped his brother
ALLEN. HENRY. Of Norwalk, a carpenter and builder,
was dead when taken from the wreck. His body
was bruised, torn and badly scalded and his death
etV The son haA left his father TO get a chair and
in the after part Of the boat when the explosion
BETS EIiJGH of North Wilton. Conn., was blown INTO
by some Oystermen dredging near the scene OF the
BoOLE MRS EUHIcE c., wife Of the Rev W. II. Boole,
pastor OF the Methodist Church at South horwaik
aud formerly OF this city Mrs. BOole scalded
terribly and received severe bruises on the head.
she never recovered consciousness and died at p.
m. at the DorlOn House. She was standing ON the
saloon deck nearly over the boiler when the explosion
PoRD CHARLES R., Of Illinois, was found the main
deck the edge Of the rent caused by the expo-
SION He was breathing, but died shortly after. He
was soalded severely and had deep wound in the
back Of his head. Mr.. Ford who wss commercial
traveller FOR the sale OF pens was on MS way home
from visit to his cOusin, Captain Hiram Bell, Of
HoST' GABRfEL p. b. age thirty-two, Of Harlem, had
left h wife in the saloon only few minutes before
the explosion. and had gone below TO the main deck
He was walking along the gangWaY at the side OF
the boiler and his body was frghtfuly mutiIated.
IL was found afterwaFd on the fats, nearly $50
feet from the place OF the accident Mrs. Hoyt had
been visiting friends at Wilton ana her husband bad
gone there 20 accompany her home Mr.. HOyt was
n lumber merchant, and resided la One-hundred-and
tweuty-fOurth-st MadsOn-ave Mrs. Henry q.
Point shortly after the explosion. met Mrs. HOyt.
who was wandering along the shore In a frantic
search for her missing husband and took her 10 her
house In the village.
ToHNsON JAMES HENRY, OF New-Hayen, age twenty-five
was the colOred porter OF the boat He was blacknR
passengers boots the recess near the bar-rOOm.
Both be and the passenger blown into the
water. The pOrter's body was recovered during the
day, but the name and fate OF the passenger were
not Known
TRONARD SARAH about twentythree years old, Of No.
lO4 North WashingtOn-ave.. Bridgeport, was blown
far out into the water. Her body was picked uD by
Rshermen, and was identified by q sister
LORD CHARLEs W.. ol Newburyport Mass. was Killed,