New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-20
A BROKEN WALKlNG-BEA"'

WHOM DIS AT A HOSPITAL ~ " uoo+erskiIl
An accident occurred to the ste''"o' 80 vester-
oftbe New-York CatsIill ana A'"O"' oro injured
,.o-r,,c by when SIX persons "''' ~ ,ro,'
oaN III" "'"- IN. Tn, steamer was on hef way
o"' - -, IL, 20 this city and was oeio"
GOV VI, - caldwell Landing wheh 'h' ~
rum, ""N II was 1870 IN the morhhe anu
oe"' ''Fi ,bo Messengers were asleep. ouu"o""
heail' o. IN ,ck and a crash, followed ny
-. 80 cscapine steam The Walking o'""'
49, stoamer had broken and caused 'uo P''e
II +o crash through the cylinder. Inc Steam "
,be cylinder rushed IN a scslding ciou" '"io"S"
- a,d axtincui,hed the lights. The passengers
.-,,,sod Inv the noise and shock hurried rom '"o
-, and from their staterooms in alarm MANY y,
.bose IN stateroons. terrified by the steam ""D
dorL,oss IN the saloon, crawied through INV W.
ao,,s ,nou the deck The officers 81 the o""' SUI
o,,ated the fears OF the passengers oy assn
.bot tbere was no danger. ana as soon rs '"'
si.rtr,. cleared from the saloon the lamps
were relit. The engineer, as soon as PosS'0'1
,be accident. shut Of the steam from the boilers
% ,Gat none could enter the broken cylinder. The
s,o,,ner William C. Red6eld. of the Hudson Li'e'
com, along soon after the accident and the paSsen-
GERS from the disabled steamer were transferred 10
her and brought to this city.
II was found when the excitement had supSiaeu
,bot six Messengers had been injured. Three OF
then, we're Italians deck passengers on inc haa'el-
skill who were sleeping on the freight on the maui
dock Al the time of the accident. The hot steaiu'
IN IFS first escape from the cicnder hed tua' part
90 the boat. and the deck passengers were piaceu III
q rerlous position. One OF the injured ltahahs
Vinccuzo Gales was badly scaiden 'h'' he 'l'e"
otter b4ipprrmoved 70 "a hospital ID this clty' AIe'
the accident he wa- taken from the pue OF r'lgn'
mn q sheet spread over mattress, 10 lhe u'VA
When he was removed from the mattress Tor 'he
purpose OF PLACING him on board the heuheld' 'no
flesh fell from his back 80 badly was he s,alded
Major : A. Russell, Deputy Warden OF Bellevue
HOSPITAL wa, one Of the injured. he had been to
Cstsklu where his mother had recently died and
,,.s bringing her body back to this city for burial
When the accident occurred he eraWled
4br,,,ob his state-roOm window upon the mario"
snce outside OF the statc-rooms on tAe saloon deck.
saiuc a woman attempting 10 get out 81 her SAFE
r,,1 window ne got upon the railing 70 assist heI'
when he iosf his balance and fell 10 the dech oe'o"'
He received severe injuries out his attending piy-
stefan at Bellevue Hospital, whittier he was taken
on the arrival of the Redheld al tins city dld NOT
tblnk that he was IN any immediate danger Iasi
rght though in addition to the injuries received by
III. fall be i. suffering from nervous pTo-trauon
csu,ed Jv the circumstances attending the accident
md the recent death of hi, mother
The Kaater,1l was tOved 10 this city yesterday
reaching here about o'clock, aud now lies at The
foot of Vest ThirteentA-st. TRIBUNE reporter
visited the steamer last evening and examined the
broken waikiki g-bcam. aud saw the damage caused
nv il. The forward arm Of the walking-beam was
broken of about III the middle Pieces Of
the wrought-iron frame lay on the
hurricane deck and below ID the hold lay the crank
connecting it with the whee-shaft and pieces OF
the vrourht-,roa strap all visible through the rag
o.t hale whore the immense mass of iron had
crashed through the decks. The arm OF the walk
,np-,can. To winch the pistOn-rod was attached,
WIS illiulured and the rod sill was attached 10 H.
Through the opening IN which the pis'on-rod
worked he other end of IL could De seen lmhedded
in the ruins of the cylinder. The rod had been on
the down stroke apparently when the accld III &C
cured The steam forcing the pIs'on-IOu
down into the cylinder and the crank was OF
course. ris.nc. drawn up by the other arm OIL lnr
walklug-beam. The sudden breaking OF tIe CRANK
end OF the beam at once removed all resistance 10
the nover that was forcing the pston-rod down
ana it crashed through the cylinder with the eject
described The crank ana the iron OF the beam AZ
tached to 1t crashed through all the decks, tearing
a large hole in them. 1t thought that the wheels
must have made two reyo-
lutions alter the accident, causing the
crank 10 fly about 80 great was
the damage done by it, About twenty-five fee
from the walkIHg-beam vas Il mast a root In diane
ter and tie crank in It's descent cut through II as Il
II had been a pipe stem. From the upper 20 the
lower saloon deck there extended staircase
Direct, IL the course of the falling iron. Mahogany
kIudhug-wood mixed with the Other debris Is all
that 1, left of It.
The captain Of the Kaaterskill said to a TRIBUNE
reporter last evening that there was comparatively
little excitement among the passengers. As soon
as heard the crash sad he, " ran down below 10
See If the boat making any water for thought
al frs We had struck rock. Seeing the nature OF
the accident and that the engineer had shu' oil the
steam. vent back to the deck and lad the lamps
lighted. The night wos calm and clear, and we
were going slowly at tie time Of the accident
The captain did not attempt 10 explain the cause OF
the accident and vas naturally rather too tired after
his night adventure to talk much any way The
officers and men OF the Kaa;ersAiil are all said to
have acted nobly doug everything IN their power
10 prevent panic among the passengers.
There were plenty of hfe-preservers on board. and
the lie- boats were ready FOR an emergency.
G. ~ Snyder, the president Of the New-IoTk,
CstskIll and Athens Steamboat Company, SAID 10
q IHBUNE reporter ast night that he thought the
damages to the boat would amount u about
$4,000. The steamboat was put or river service
thorough satisfaction to the officers OF the company
that she was looked upon our best boat. We put
Captain James Stead IN charge of her because we
knew HIM 10 be the most Trustworthy man ID our
employ aud by the gallant manner
in winch he acted after the accident, he
has nroved TO IL that we have been
IaIstak en as 10 his merits. The accident happened
at 1870 this morning while all were asleep on
boald and tine river was like lake before the boat.
suddenly the captain heard harsh grazing 'ound
aud lhen crash which seemed 10 lndlcale ground
Ing oi the vessel hen came the smashing OF the
rs Under and tne Of steam and the cries oi the
injured. mere was, OF course, excitement on board
but the passengers vi W nOm there were 10, be-
havod in the coolest way. gave the oiucers 10
unnecessary trouble, and went from tue hdateT-
skill 10 the William &. Redheld without
excitement and, ! believe, without comment
The upper works Of the steamboat are