New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-22
TT WENT UP LIKE A ROCKET.
EXPLOSION OF A BOILER INJURIES
FIVE MEN
THEY WERE DRILLING FOR \ BLAsT-PREssuRE
OF STEAM BEYOND THE LICENSE CAUSED
TIE ACCIDENT - THE ENGINEER


OF STEAM BEYOND THE LICENSE CAUSED
TIE ACCIDENT THE ENGINEER
CRIMrNAILY CARELESS.
lust az the men employed in drilling for a blast
I'm EaCle-avc between One-hun 1rcd-and -fify sixth
and hundred-and-nfty-seventh SITS. began work.
| at 40 a. m. yesterday. the lJ-horse-power boiler
used in supplying steam for the drill suddenly eA-
ploded injuring five men. The pieces Of the boiler
crashed through the roof and two floors Of Ebling
| brewery 800 feet away. in 81. Ann save. and
| landed between two Of stalls. where twenty
horses were standing. The boiler belonged to W. y.
Meyers a contractor, Of Observation-Disclosures
elghth-st. and Locus-aye. who was blasting for the
foundation OF William Ebllng's new house on NIL
| In the rear OF the brewery.
The wounded men were John Crowley OF NO 53
| Courtlandt-ave. engineer who sustained fracture
OF the left thigh. bruises about the body ana
several scaip-wouads: Michael Cannon driilman.
| Of Hofrman-st and Kingsbrilge road. fracture OF
left thigh and severe burns Patrick Toher. drill
| man. OF One-hundred-and-eighty-fo urth-st. and
Thri-ave: Charles Faral. OF one-hundrel-and-
eighty -seven,h-st and Arthurave. and Harry WILL
| Jams Of Fordham who received slight scalp-wounds
and burns. All Will recover.
| The boiler went up Ike rocket filing the air
with fragments Of iron. AMI fell with a crash on the
roof OF the stables When the cloud Of steam cleared
away Crowley found lying unconscious against
| the foundation OF house twenty feet away. Can
non who was standing near the boiler, lay with a
broken leg on pile Of stones fifteen feet In the OPP
posite direction and the three other men. who were
standing a drill about forty feet from the boiler
were picking themselves up. bruised and bleeding
! from where they had been thrown.
| The windows OF the houses nearby were shat
! tered TWO large pieces of iron weighing about
forty pounds struck the house Of John Dlesch. one
passed through sid ~ the second story into a
| belroom. where Charles Dleisch lay asleep ana.
| after knocking the washstand down. landed In the
| middle Of the floor. The damage done 20 Ebllng =
stables H. estimated at more Than Si.'N
/ Scrgcnnt Washington Mullen. u the Boiler IN
spcctlOn Department. received report late yestcr-
day afternoon from Inspector HnrfiaRion. who IN
| vestigated the ~ the explosion. Mr.. har-
! rington found that criminal carc.cssness on the
part OF the engineer John Crowley caused hc acci-
| dent n the first place. crowley hal no license ~
! that particular boiler. over pressure chu-rl
the boiler 20 explode II was only licensed - CARY
/ eighty pounds ~ steam IrtfsIr.. ana Witnesses
were found Who say that the steam gans' moi
| Gated iJ pounds ton minutes before ~" explosion
! occurred Charles Fasseff. q Ehlngs hfe" cry.
/ stood talking with tho engineer 70 q" minutes t"-
| fore the accident ana noticed that ne boiler was
| carving l,0 pounds steam pressure he spoke L.
! the engineer about A.. crowley o. alleged 90 have
| replied that h. allowed 20 carry only eighty
| hounds but said the boiler could stand NOR" thah
! that" Crowley's license vi fbe rev kel. am NJ"
will probably be prosecuted Tor criminal careless
|