Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-27
ONE KILLED, THREE
INJURED AS TUBE
ON BOAT BURSTS
Assistant Engineer on Dredge
Braves Death to Shut
Off Steam.
FIREMAN ScALDED AS HE
TRIES TO SAVE MAN KILLED
Another Worker, Jared from
His Berth TO Deck, Rolls
Into River.

One man was killed, three others
Vert injured, two Of them slightly,
and fifth was hurled into the Pas
sale River early today, following the
blowing out Of tube in a boiler on
a dredge owned by the Standard
Engineering Cmpany. of New York.
The mishap occurred in the Passaic
River, about 300 feet east Of the
jackson street bridge and near the
Harrison side. The boat was known
as Dredge A
The dead man was Loranco Shell
| iaco, a coal passer twenty-one years
old, Of 27 Somerset street, this city
He was scalded to death. The man
seriously injured is Christopher
Scidman, a fireman, of q Grand
street, Jersey City. He was sealded
City Hospital Louis Murray, a deck
hand, 25 South street, this city, was
sealdedp on the right arm, and Carl
johnson, assistant engineer, of q
Alyea street, this city, was scalded
on the hands. Murray and Johnson
refused to 20 to a hospital.
The assistant engineer sustained
his injuries when, after being awalI-
ened by the sizzling steam, he rushed
into the boiler room and discon-
nected the boiler in which the defec-
tive tube was located. There were
twenty-five men asleep on board.
Sheliaco, at work in the coal bunk
er, never had a chance for his life.
The volumes of steam caught him
at his work and the next moment
the boiling water flowing from the
broken tube came in on him and he
| sank unconscious
Scidman received his burns in try
ing to descue Sheliaco. Murray was
at work in the engine room when
the accident occurred The escap-
ing steam blinded him and he was
unable to reach the deck until the
boiling water had poured over him.
Henry Carlin, a deck hand, asleep
on the upper deck. was awakened
by the roar of the escaping steam.
He was hurled from his bunk and
landed on the lower deck. He rolled
, into the river. After swimming
around for a few minutes Carlir
managed to reach a rowboat. HI
later went back on the dredge anC
assisted in The work of getting Shel
Taco from the coal bunker.
Injured Attended To.
Murray and Scidman in the mean
J time had been placed in row boal
d and taken to the Newark side. Po-
: licemen from the Third Precinct, this
: city, who had been summoned, lifted
I the men from the boat and placed
n them in an ambulance. They were
, taken to the hospital Johnson alb
: solutely refused to leave the dredge
His injuries were dressed by Fred
; erick Zahn, of 800 South Ninth street
this city, night superintendent of thI
I IL a
s the scene of the mishap. Murray
S was able later to leave the hospital.
e Police Sergeant Caleb Coakley, o
{ Harrison, notified of the accident
: sent Patrolmen Dolan. McManus
d Brady, Reilly and Watson to th'
: scene with the ambulance. Rev
Thomas ]. Gallery, a curate at th'
y Church of the Holy Cross, Harrison
i was notified by McManus of the &C
81 cident and the priest, dressing hur
Z riedly, accompanied the bluecoats II
i the ambulance.
: Tht body of Sheliaco was taken il
8 charge by men from the Harrison
9 morgue. 1t was conveyed in q ~ow'
q q boat to the dock on the west sid
q of the Jackson street bridge and
{ lifted ashore. II was then takeI
to the Harrison morgue, DR.. Henri
Alters. deputy county physician
! having granted permission TO re-
:, move it there.
! Knew Nothing of Mishsp.
= Several of the men on board knew
S nothing Of the mishap until awak
d ened by the captain. The attend
/: ants on the jackson street bri0g'
" heard no explosion. Even at th'
Il Balback plant, where scores of mel
n work on the pier. no noise was heard
e Mr.. Zahn had his first intimation o
t trouble when the lights on the dreds'
n went out. This was about 81
d o'clock.
THAT Sheliaco had always feareC
= being scalded was stated today b.
a members of the crew. Several times
r when guages on the boilers broke
thereby emitting small streams o
4 water. Sheliaco ran from the Goa
Il bunker to the deck and was r II.
5 each time to dive into the river. HI
said he feared being scalded.
h Dredge A is known as hydrauli
e boat. A good head OF steam is al
?, ways kept in the boilers because o
Il the nature of the work. The mu'
II is drawn from the bed of hte rive
s and forced through long pipe
n finally being deposited in the n sad
3 ows on the Harrison side.
The channtl at the point in ques
u ton is being deepened unaer the OF
= rection of the United States Govern
= ment. There are three shifts
= workmen. Tach shift works eigf
u bonrs. so that the dredging is al
= ried on day and night. II was sat'
Is TODAY repairs will be made at ono
y To the damaged boiler and the worl
q Of dreging resumed tomorrow.