New-York tribune., 1879-10-30
DEATHS FH0N EXPLOSIONS.

BURSTING OF y SrEAM-TUG's BOILER.
TIE FIRrMAS AND DFCK-HAND OF THE DANIEL
BRowN KuLrD-FURrnKR DETAILS OF TIE
DISASTER N HOBOKEN.
By the explosion of the boiler Of the tug-bOat
Daniel Brown, she lying near Pier 40 45 East
River Few minutes after 10 q. Yesterday, Two men,
William Wan Akc. hreman, aud Daniel HaYilanc. %
oecs-haud. VINO acting as pilot, were killed, ans
ileir bodies were carried down with tho hie. john
stewart tie steward auu Joseph Coon tho engineer e.,
caped The latter receiving severe connHons n conse-
Gueuce which he caftcd "a the Chambers street
Hospital. The circumstances attending the explosion.
as told RBUNE reporter Dy an eyewitness were AS
followsi
The boat was engaged IN towing tic bark Angus
tine kDhbe INTO her berth. TGs capn of tne tuehoat.
Hewlett smith, board tue bark. 10 winch IFS bout
wa. llshed. HavaIt. tAo ucck-hand, had taken the
W rel IN tnc absence of the captain, and the fireman
WIS standing u tAc forward part Of the boat hy she
plohousr. Stewart thought 10 be IA tue galley, as
as lac WAS ont of sgIt. Tie captain had just sgnIed
10 the tow-boa % start forward ana Tie propeller had
made one OF TWO revolutions when the explosion Oc-
cured. Tie forward part of the boat Was blown en-
tofv 10 pieces. The noise sounded Ike the boom ~
cannon. Pieces OF non. role. wood and hose We're
hung on the yardarm OF he DalA one bol'.
supposed 20 Dee that az Ha'Ilahc, w"s thrown
a. Li-a, the lower yards of tie bark. The forward
end ol cafceucd and went down, tnioWing the
su1s. M ncinc,r and he sIeward " 70 aferwaId
re.cu-f. When taken 10 The Chambers street. Hos i'
was found ihai engineer had suI,i,d nom c9n1u
sun- tngss aud chest. Ills r-Lt iT Was scaidei
nls forehead and right hand were s-hdy laceraied
No me were biohci ahd Il l. pfOoaOc la lie viii %
u.arly wei n iew days.
mad recently coinr iom A"rri.Nlue fth-! wanna lie
leaves wife. whom ie married lhrce mouths ago, ANA
win whom Ec intended SHORTY 20 return tO his
mothers home. HIS wie WAS on the wharf yesterday
afternoon, unXousN watching tll" hoaimcu searching
for bodies Her eyes were red WIN weeping. Van
Ak,l had occn ON ne lusooal only itw week, ne
had piio'- Incense. but fInug % gct other woia lie
HaViifnd Iyed al 30 23G Water-st., Brooklyn. He
Wis about tweDy+ight years old. and was unmarried.
H. leaves mother TWO sisters aud iAfce broLcis lie
had beer Tie boat about three weeks.
The cause OF tue explosion j. not known. Captain
In the buler He sWd tGat the steam-gaG@e
showed seyenty-ive pounds, ana me boat was
chnny by The captain auh Charles Young although
two ar Others re Interested IA her one of tue
pait-uwucs said the hui OF TIE boat Nas hicon or
twenty years old The tug WAS a. about thirty tons
register Three or fouc years ago she used To b. III The
bulhor but aftcrward WAS taken 10 Norfolk. Va, and
while tuere rcbuiit. Last Mlntera new boiler was
pat ia H. T. and In the snriag she returned to 4
% o'D 1 t, c,i " IN follow tlc re nrt OF te cap
inIu to tie local iu-pecf or OF steam vessels
The enginc,f Joseph Coon Gld been on the tue-hoat
since sepembrr 30 he has served on various boats a.
ar m eer or e-s tAn year, previous 10 which time
ne a fireman. Ater he Was taken from the water
pressed Tor cxuldnaton OIL The accident. To
IHWCNE r. porter he said: 81 utter loss 10
aceOuu for H. The boiler was ue~, ana Lad Deen Tested
IN Norfolk. WAcu the explosion occurred was stand
ug IN the doorway oi tho eugneroom with my hands on
The lever and throttle valve The seangauge Indicated
ei-l p.1uus jus, The amount Nerc allowed. FIVE
pounds additional Agd hecu generated since the time
wIen The captain looked at the gauge before
on board tie DaIk. The ooiicr was nearly full 81
water"
1Ae United states Local Inspectors OF Steam Vessels
for tins district record al the Dauic. Brown
A Was stated yesterday at the office OF the nsIec
that the had license certificate inSpec-
tiOn IL was no. from this dlstlicL
IHE ACCIDENT Al HOBOKTN.
TIE OF the explosion Of the boiler of the ocomo-
tive engine named the Lehigh the yard Of the Il
ware. Lackawanna ana Western Railroad. Hoi,Ok.n
tuesday evening, remains mystery. TRIBUNE
reporter who visited the place yesterday found gang
OF men repairing the fences and The roofs of
the sheds when mad been injured by the shock The
engine was lying ia the shop. ana presented IA very
dflapdated appearance. The engine was turned over
by the shock, the smokc-stAck f. AGAINST "a moving
car on a parallel track. Ihc stopped INSTANTLY.
and "A the platform narrowly ped death.
The engineer, William Snick, Iell beneath the
gine as II went over, w.lC tht fireman, Samuel
Hough. bOwn over fence, sia acc OF thirty
forty The report OF Tue Osou terrific As
soon ns lights the nerr found dead
beneath the engine. his head prOtrudng. Hough was
pic up Yesterday sfteruOOn at hos
pia he OOke0 hr gut and did not seem 10 be suffering
much. lie said To tie reporter that he could
morning about the affair. except that the had
started and had but few feet when the engiae
exploded. Wafer had been taken Into the boiler some
little time before.
all the windows on aide were shattered
Der OF the were injured one man sustaining
a fracture OF the aim.