Morning journal and courier., 1880-07-31

spell he had had during the day. At nine o'clock he returned to his cot in the gallery and was soon in a restless sleep, from which he awoke at 1O:15 and requested wet towel to be laid on his head, which seemed to pain him and he was given an ounce of mineral water. He continued restless, but at mid night appeared to be sleeping.
 The Seawanhaka Disaster-Finding of
 the CorOner's Jury.
 NEW YORK, July 30.-The inquest In the Seawanhaka disaster was resumed this morn ing. Fireman Abur testified that to examine the boilers properly it would be necessary to take out the tubes and iues, which would have been very expensive. To the question from the coroner whether it would not have been better to put the company to the ex- pense rather than risk a loss of thirty or forty lives, he replied that it must be remem- bered that this was very careful company.
 Charles A. Dana editor of the Sun, testi- fled that he was not part owner of the Sea- wanhaka. He was in the saloon when the fire broke out playing cards with Mr. Barlow. He busted himself in getting out life pre- servers. Mir. Barlow quieted those who were afraid. The witness gave life pre- server to young lady. She got it on wrong and he helped her to put it right. Pres ently there came a crowd rushing from the saloon. The same lady he put the life pre- server on, Miss Ward came to him and said, & What is to be done now" He said the thing to be done was to go as far as possible forward, so that when she should jump off she would be as near shore as possible. That was the last he saw of her. The witness had q J... l, speak of none of the latter except in terms of praise. The whole thing was like the flash of powder magazine. No drill, pump or anything else could have helped. He believed the fire was due to back draft The boiler did not burst, for the paddle wheels were working fast after the boat was beached. The great mortality was caused by people jumping from the bow be- fore she was beached, and being struck by the paddle wheels The witness thought the only way to prevent such accidents was to coat the fire room of steamboats with fire brick
 Dr. Macdonald of the Insane Asylum on Wards Island thought that if the passengers kept their self-control not single life would have been lost
 Thomas Hitchcock, passenger, thought the loss of life in every instance was caused by fright
 David M. Nichols, who built the Seawan- haka's boilers, testified that they were put in the boat about fourteen years ago. They were first-class. He had examined them since the disaster. There was hole as large as the palm of the hand in one of the tubes. It was made before the fire, and was the cause of it. The tube collapsed. Part of it had wasted away quicker than the rest of the tube, until it was blown out and let the water in to the fire. This generated steam which blew out the gRs and started the fire. There was in this tube bend, which in cases of such of an accident as described would force volume of water back into the fire, and in this case did so. No care nor examination can discover such weak spots, which apt to exist in the best of boilers.
 After a few remarks by the coroner the jury retired. After an absence of about an hour they rendered verdict, finding that the pas sengers met their death by injuries, the result of fire which occurred on board the steamer Seawanhaka, June 2S, 1880. Said disaster was caused by the bursting or collapsing of one of the tubes in the starboard boiler, where by the flames were driven under the grate bars into the fire room, thereby igniting the woodwork causing the destruction of the boat. The jury believe the disaster would | not have been so great had the crew been dis ciplined and exercised to act in concert in case of panic through fire or other causes. They recommend, to avoid recurrence of similar disasters, that the ceilings and wall, as well as the floors of the fire rooms of all steamboats should be encased in metal at suitable distance from the woodwork.
 The Rush of Immigrants.
 NEW YORK, July 3O.-During the present month the number of immigrants who ar rived in New York has been unprecedented. To-day ], ,6O7 were landed at Castle Garden, making the list far for July 95, 1o7, and the total for 1SsO up to this afternoon, POP, 47O which is far beyond the numbers in any corresponding period in other years. This will doubtless be the greatest immigration year ever known. Three vessels are -ex- pected with about 1, 400 immigrants, which will swell the total for the month to 26, 800.
 Cause of the Narrn gansett Disaster.
 NEW YORK, July 30.-The Posts Washing ton special says General Dumont, inspector general of steamboats, says that the evidence taken at New London regarding the Nara gansett disaster shows conclusively that the collision entirely unjustifable and was due to reckless mismanagement
 The Saratoga Races.
 SARATOGA, July 3O.-The five furlong race for two-year-olds, was won by Bootjack, with Glen Cairne second time 1:O4. Glen won the mile and five furlongs race, Colonel Sprague second time 2144. The three quarter mile race was won by Observanda 1 with Atiita second time 1:163 The mile and furlong race ended in dead heat be- 1 tween Gold Bug and Go Forth time 1:5s4