New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-18
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
TIC EXPLOSION ON THE GREECE.

A BROKEN LANTERN FOUND NEAR THE H"LD-CON-
DiTiON OF THE INJURED MEN
Few additional facts could be aineHyesterdaS
I'm regard to the gas explosion which occurred Oh
hoard the steamer Greece while lying in her dock at
Hoboken Friday afternoon. Coroner John X wig
gins empaneled jury at IL o'clock. which went 10
the Morgue and viewed the bodies OF the dead men,
At later hour the jurors went on board the steamer
70 make an examination of the scene of the acct
dent The only signs of life Oh board were the men
discharging the coal from the fatal hold, and the
pacing TO and fro of an officer on the upper deck
The coal was removed, it was said, to ascertain IL
INV more bodies were in the hold and to learn some'
thing more if possible as to the probable cause OF
the accident From the appearance OF the WOOD
work near the matches it discovered that there
coud have been only n mOmentary hash OF name
An adjoining partition was found almost completely
demolished, and the glass was Go me hn o '
Captain Pearce, who renamed on board INC Vessei
YESTERDAY said il customary for the steYcuoIts
10 hoard the ship as she came up 10 he per
TbS thev did ,ndependent of any order from the Of
fcers i'm command lie had not been able to ascer-
the hatchway by either of the workinen. Dr0Aeh
lantern had been picked up near the scene OF me
explosion on the upper deck. but u had not yet pee
identified as belonging to either OF me men.
There was no rule about the use of light IN the
coal hold The coal was from South wales, ana
was considered less likely TO generate gas tnan
days before leaving pOrt-January 1-s'nce when
time il had renamed undisturbed under solid
hatch The coal for the ships use had always been
carried i'm the same way without accident .
Several of the injured men at ST. MarY's Hospital
are in pitiable condition. Thomas Russell, one OF
fire 'longshoremen, sustained greater injuries IMAM
at first supposed He inhaled flame. when makes
his case extremely critical. John Welsh also IN
hailed flame and Is in the same critical CONDITION.
Their faces are swollen. completely shutting tnclT
ayes from view. The physicians III charge say that
both will probably die The unknown hungarian,
who received internal injuries, still remains unco
scious; there IS 10 hope of his recovery, III is
thonght that Captain Bracket did not nhaIc any
If the flame. HIS face IS also so swollen that TIC
cannot see; bur his burns are OF much less colSe-
auence than those of any OF the injured men
az the hospital He said Yesterday that al
The time the explosion occurred he was between
iecks talking 10 The chief COOK. His experience
could ONLY be described by saving that he was
ynddenlv thrown against the wall of the COOKS
room, winch for instant was hlled WIN Il shGet
Of fame. As soon as he recovered Hpul thc
shock he rushed up the ladder to the nam deck =,
ANGUS Mcdonald the steward OF the Oreece VIII
be able to 90 out IN Il few days. The quaTtermasteF
The butcher and the cook, who were cared 10r on
board the steamer, are very much improved anu
we're able TO leave the vessel yesterday.
In the forenoon the Morgne was visited by the
relatives of the dead men. Mrs. Dunn, the WE Oh
one of them, arrived early as D o'clock, ana
would not leave until the body of her husband was
taken away The remains were brought TO this CITY,
The funeral will probably take place to-day. Coro-
ner Virgins has ordered the inquest TO continue ON
Tuesday evening.