The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
LOCATED
THE BOILER.


fated steamer City Of Trenton was finally
ocated yesterday afternoon, and Lutte last
night was dragged ashore on the hard
bottom, near Turresdsls wharf. It will
DO liftod to one OF tho big soows and tow
cd to the Neatle g. Levy shipyard. where
1t will be examined by experts and the
character Of the fatal explosion ascsrt ain
ed.
The great iron boiler was found imbed
ded in the mud under 80 feet Of water.
ata point 100 yards southeast of the Hen
and Chickens. The crows of the two
suows o! John Williams & Co., of Ches-
ter, togother with the crews OF the tug
Arttc and of this police boa. Visitor, had
searched for 1t since daybreak on Mon
day, and finally, about o'clock yester.
day afternoon, the drag lines Of the Vis!-
tor became entangle in something, which
Divor George Hughes discovered upon
Investigation to BIZ long sought boiler,
Hughes described the condition of the
boiler rs follows: Il found II large crack
and huIo about 2l inches wide in the
boilcr. 1t lay on its side with the head
toward the Jersey shore. More than half
the boiler was imbsddsu In the mud. I he
examination l made was Of course,
only superficial and l cannot give my
opinion rs to whaN caused the explosion -
Ass'oa rs Hughes rep,stol tho result
OF his examination he went down again,
rugged up heavy mas; of iron and at
tached to 1t strong chain, which swung
from u big derrick Gu the wrocking scow
Williams. 1t proved to be no eusy task
to lift the II tons OF iron from the place
where 1T was half buried in tho mud. So
great was the strain on the derrick that
the SEQ almost keeled over, aud it was
seen that 1t would be impossible t 0 ra! SO
the mass with a single derrick A second
scow which was in reserve was accurd-
singty bioughtin to use, and another chain
was attached TO the boiler.
The dsrrcks of b til scows operating
together were making fairly good pro-
gross, when suddenly the heavy chain
snapped under the strain ana the boier
once more struck Ina bottom. This ne
cessitatel another descent OF Diver
Hughes. who hal 10 do his former work
over again by about . O'Clock every
thing was ready and the work Of rails ing
the boiler WAS again counonced.
This time four strands Of heavy chain
were used and tho enginoi Of both Sow
united TO furnish power. The boiler
face. Captain William, who directed
the operations, then decided not to raise
the boiler Oh board, but uriefcl that 1t
Do dragged u shore on tho hard bottom
nsar TOrle5ualu wharf
Tug boats threw out their lines, aud
the two big scows. with The II ton boiler
swinging underneath them, vera haulo d
toward shore. A bout $ o'clock the bUitr
was beaGhel at n point wh9ro it will le
main until this morning, whom it will ha
securely rigscl w to ono of the lcows
and lowed to Neus " Levy, shipyNrd,
whore it will DO thoroughly examined by
experts to ascertain the cause Of the OK
plosion.
The death list has not boon increased
since yesterday morning whoa, with the
death Of Mrs. NanShnlck of lltghtstown,
n, J IT,, it reached 26 J. W. Hastings who
with his wife and Miss Keen and Mrs.
Smith is stlll u patient ut the Houoo OF
Correction Hospital, was reported to DO
much improved yoste day, and Ia expected
to recover, Mrs, Hastings is almost Ell.
tireiy well. Mrs. smith hopes to Ioaye
the hospital to day, and Miss Keen, W ho
WAS at first supposed to be fatally injured
Is now doing very well. and her recovery
is looked for.
Two suits have been ins itni eli in the
United States Circuit Court by Thomas
A. Fnhy, as counsel for Hodwig b. Rem
nelson, in her own right. aud John PHIL
lips Rem 1olsen her hush mi auu Frances
Bowers in her own right and Nicholas
S Bowers, her husband, against the Will
mington Steamboat company.
The two women wore passengers un the
boat enruute to Bristo! at tbs time of tho
explosion. They both claim w have sus.
tanned serious injury,