The New York Herald Newspaper, February 10, 1850, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. we are happy o recommend. It 1s the inven- tion of a practical engineer, and has saved him, and his engines, upon more than one occasion This invention consists merely of a leaden plug driven into the boiler below the water mark, and surrounded by a conducting pipe. When the pres sure and heat are intense, the plug melts, and the forth west corn +r of Fulton and Nassau sts. JAHES GORDON BENNETT. PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. TRE DAILY HERALD, 2 conte ver copy! per an- oun. " ‘culation on this Con- | whole expansive force i: veyed with perfect THE WREKLY HERALD, for Cir on pan: ree is convey: pe nent, ts published cory Soler eerie. y ined | satety through the pipe. This apparatus, eo sim- Sa Prekch and Baylish, af Bh Conte per copy, or 8407 a%- | De, so easily applied, and 20 above all the ifs and "Th EARLY HERALD. every iL The DOLLAR, Hr tanmums ve copies © ate! = found practicable, (of which we have no doubt, should be generally introduced. It has many ad- vantages over the mercurial gauge. AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW BYENING. ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, Astor Place~Dow BOWERY THBATRS. Bowery—Twe Wancx Asnons— Garren or THE W Per Ov AND certain facts and positions assumed upon them.— Captain E. 8S. Bunker tried, 6n two occasions, the experiment of pumping water into red hot boilers, and gave it as his opinion that the expansive force was not sufficient, in any ease, with good boilers, BROADWAY THEATRE, Breadway—Mvew Ave sour Nowmne- Sri ait or Goan. THEATER, Chambers strost—Searows Fa- BURTON'S miLy—Pacn Pay. NATIONAL THBATRE, Chatham square—Esurn ates — Naran Quens. OLYMPIC THEA’ wicTi0N=His Leer CHEISTY'S OPERA BOUSE—Ern, AMERICAN me Pas vonmasoes, Ar~ TEANOON AND BYENING, MELODEON ~ Warre’s Sx this kind to mattention, and to the use of too great , Brosdway—Jow ~~ zation, no iron boiler was safe after two years’ opimion was, that water, boiling under a given pressure, is higher when the engine 1s working than when at rest—that nineteen-twentieths of all | explosions are caused by want of water—that the steam rushing out from the boiler to the cylinder? produces a tendency to carry the water with it to ADRS. New York, Sunday, February 10, 1850. The Malls from California, The splendid steamship Ohio arrived at this port yesterday, with the California mails. By this ar- rival we have received a large pile of correspon- dence from the gold region, a part of which will be found in this day’s paper. The rest of the letters we shall publish as we can find room for them. There is nothing later, of course, by this arrival, as we received our California exchanges by the Empire City, which reached this port on Wednes- day evening last, and they contained news to the cork removed from a bottle of beer. The gas is Intermingled with the beer till the cork is with- drawn, and thousands of fine particles of beer will be carned out as the gas escapes. The same phe- nomenon, somewhat modified, takes place in steam- boilers ; and Mr. Hinman’s opinion was, contrary to Ceptain Bunker's, that when a deficiency of water is perceived, the engine shou!d not be started, plestdate; or the safety-valve opened, but that the boiler The News by the Europa, should be allowed to cool, and then supplied with That all the readers of the Herald may possess | water. He believed the destruction of the Moselle, the telegraphic synopsis of news received by the and given in several editions yesterday it is republished in this morning’s issue. on the Ohio, to have resulted from inattention to this cireumstance. The explosion of the Pulaski was caused, he believed, by pumping water on the heated iron. Europ morni ‘The advices are two weeks later than those last received. We may anticipate full files of Eu- The Great Western, under Captain James Hos- ropean rs on Monday, which will be gleaned | ken, was worked at a pressure of only three and a forthw nd_ the fruit placed before the public. | half pounds to the inch, low pressure, and yet It will be gratifying to leara that cotton has ad- yanced again, and that there were sales in the last week to the amount of eighty-three thousand bales- The political news is not very important, and the accounts from the European States are unin- teresting. Probably, however, our files will fur- nish considerable matter of interest, upon the de- eigns and movements of the Pope, and of the atti- tude of France in connection with that distinguish- ed potentate. The various intimations with re- spect to the position of the continental States, also, promise details which will be sought for with some avidity. The intelligence of the wreck of the packet ship Hoittingver is of a most painful character. ‘hirty pounds are proposed as a fair average for one-quarter inch boilers. The Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania reported, several years ago, that seven pounds’ pressure was all that should be used m any case. Cawapian Annexation — Desratcn oF Lorn Grey.—The despatch of Lord Grey to Lord Elgin, declaring the willingness of the home government to sustain the loyal portion of the inhabitants of Canada against annexation to the United Siates, has already created a new feeling in the province. ‘The Montreal Herald, one of the first papers to publish the annexation manifesto, and to advocate the scheme, has, for several months, been changing from the one party to the other, without any definite opinion, until the despatch of Earl Grey was re- ceived, which it considers will have no effect upon the movement, other than to stimulate its adherents to a more determined stand; and while they do not meditate upon any violent means, they will continue to persevere peacefully, calmly, patiently and by rea- son apd argument, until they convince Lingland that she ought to let them go. ‘That paper considers the despatch but an echo of Lord Elgin’s policy in Canada, leaving matters exactly as it found them; and so far as the influence and knowledge of that func- tionary extends, it 1s only necessary to look to the Cape of Good Hope, to see the legitimate results of such puerle denunciations as his lordship is in the habit of addressing to her Maesty’s colonial subjects. The Montreal Pilot, under the patronage of the government, thinks the despatch will give the final The Hague Street Catast rep of Stationary Steam Ki ‘The heart-rending casualty in Hague street, last week, suggests, with lamentable impressiveness, the neceesity of some action with respect to the use and abuse of steam-boilers in cities, as well as in steamboats. It was not till long after the public mind had been distressed by the narratives of fear- ful aad destructive explosions, and by a serious loas of human life, that any direction was given to the voice of the people on the propriety of obvi- ating such disasters. Finally, however, from the frequent and appalling accidents—in most cases attributable to negligence or ignorance in some quarter—Congress did take up the matter, and established certain regulations for the inspection of steamboats and their boilers. These regulations are heeded in some measure; but there is too much Teason to believe that, in many cases, the inspec- torsare too ready to give certificates. The ex- plosion of the boiler of the Huntress, at Portland, jast year, though happily without destroying life; that of the boiler of the Halifax, on the Kennebec river, a few months anterior, whan several lives were lost, and one or two other like casualties, re- cently, on Northern and Sonthern waters, show that there is still somethiag defective in the economy and management of these magazines of power. The accident that is now exciting the public mind is not a solitary instance of the explosion of a stand. | ment, bu: have appeared fearful of a full expression ing engine in this country. In this city, m 1830, | of omaion twe persons were killed by the explosion at Me- | “ Sth d D | With very few exceptions, the intention of the Queen’s foundry, corner of Cross ani mane | Prtish government upen the subject hes been 10- streets. That casualty was caused by the neglect ~ ceived with favor by the press, which evident: of the engineer to supply the boiler with water. Ia | ~ Bese snd << » ‘mil Josi shows their want of serrousness in advocating an- England there have SOR GRURY UNE CXEIESS | nexuticn, While they oppose the administration of standing engines, a few of which we cite, to | of the present Governor General, and are continus thow the absolute necoseny there is for some regu- ally clamoring for a change, it is evident they have jations of these engines. - no desire for a change in their form of govern- At Halliwell a fatal explosion took place in 1893. | ment, ‘The only journal which has strenuously The boiler burst, with a loud crash, destroying the honse ina moment. One person killed—verdict, overfiring, in consequence of the steam being low. | About the same period there was an explosion at Newton-in-the-Willows. The steam and water burst through the flue of the boiler, and carried a | part of the building and the furnace forty yards; | good authority that the number of letters from even lives sacrificed. Near Kennington Common, | Calitornia by the steamship Ohio, which arrived London, in the same year, a boiler burst, carrying | here yesterday, was thirteen thousand, eight han- the engine house into the street, and knocking | dred and ninety-four, three thousand of which down a wall ata distance of fifty feet; no life loat. In | were directed to parties m this city. The January, 1886, at pper Dae near Bristol,aboiler | ship Philadelphia, which left here a day or two nearly thirty-five feet in circumference, weighing | since, took seven thousand, five hundred and five three or four tons, was literally carried through the | letters, and some eight thousand newspapers, des ‘hing more nor less than treason, and which has been repulsed in every quarter. But the meeting of the annexationists, after the reception of the des- | patch, and the issuing of their protest, is strong | evidence that the crisis more nearly approaches | than at any previous time, and we may expect ina | short time to know the result. Many of the country newspapers of Canada Montreal Courter, which has dwindled down toa sheet of insignificant size, and looks as though it | was poorly sustained. Tux Catironsia Maits.—We are informed by roof of the building, over an adjoining shop, and | tined for the relatives and friends of our citizens into a field, eghty yards distant. A shower of | inthe gold region. The number of letters re- Tafiers, bricks, tiles, and stones, accompanied the | ceived by the Ohio eppeare small; but it mmet be explosion. Three persons perished by this acci- | recollected that none but those directed to the b dent, caused by trying the strength of the boiler, | Northern and Eastern States were coaveyed to after repairs hed been made New York. The Southera and Southwestern let- Having cited instances sufficient to show the | ters were taken in the Faleon to New Orleans. A danger of these engines, we are led to estimate the | great many, too, were received by private hand, | number of standing boilers in this State. In 1839 | in consequence of the high rate of postage there were eighty-nine; and, at the present time, are probably not lese than etx or eeven hundred. | 10ss oF Smr LZ axp Bank Man All of them, however small, are dangerous, and | the full particulars f the loss of ship L requite the closest inspection. They should bark Marietta, see marine head. ways be in careful hands, and never entrusted to | Marine Affairs, ignorant persons or to be A law, founded on; Srrastens ror Cxscnrs.—The favorite steamer Eim- | the experience of the part, should be enacted, with | pite City, Capt. Wileon, leaves for Chagres on Tuesday | wholesome provisions for their regulation ; and the | @fternoon, with about threahundred pasrengers, intend- | publication, by the State, of an Kngineer’s Practi- | ¢4 for the Sarah Sands, The Cherokee le eal Manual, would be serviceable in many waye— | Wedmeedsy, with the passengers for the steamer Teo- and in no way more than in inducing cober and | Bees, and the Ohio on the rame day, for the same intelligent men to qualify themselves for the engi- | *teation. The passengers by the latter are ex- A : pected to meet the Isthmus at Panama, meer eprofersion. Something, itis evident, must The steamship New Orleans, having recelved om be cone to protect life and property from the hazard | year two mew steam dedlers, her engine and machinery of there magazines, of which we have about two baving been thorowghly overhavied and put in the hundred in this city alone most complete order, will be ready to take her place in In the Herald wil) be found the report of the in | the line of ocean steamers of Mesers. Howard & Son, vestigation by the Jury of Inqnest. With the re- | for Sem Francisco, ina few days, She will leave about sults of that inquiry, at present, we have nothing | Setardy next, for Rio Janeiro and Panama. to do; but we may be of service to society, by : pointing out the principal theories (often vague and wneetisfactory) ueually entertained in regard to ex- | jons. They are as Injury to boilers from heat and supposed detictency | of whiter ta.—For | 7, ond | | Vern Cruz. We have received the Locomoter, of Vera Cems the date of January 7. The news is not of any im- pertance. A eotrespondent of Ki Locomoter, of Vers Crus, cf the 12th alt, ting from Queretaro, states that Congrese hae been occupied with the enquiry upon the queetion of the trial of General Armijie The | cholera, it seems, is still roging in various towns of the interior of Mexico, There is @ farlows politios; controversy raging at Queretaro relative to the Jewatte. the Coverner ti to pilowa:— tion of steam by the affurion of water beated jon of explosive gases in the belies, ore, atteient strength ja boilers for the dutios perma. nently demanded. im consequenee of which, tue defects | of the material coporaled fractures. dette! tor, | «Opened ege € ot general want of strepg'h. — become destructive, | cendings of C portant Beth with common end extra degrees of pressure i coquim Jimener. a ie one exception mae Tio Novitic, © Youroal published In. the city of Moxie To these theories there is one exception - de by o has rola na oF ates all wraly scientific men—the eupposed generation of | Mi im territory, arrived im the diligence, from explosive compounds in the boilers. To our know- e, by: a the 17th Desember, Yuostan is very yedge, there has been no proof of the resolving of ‘water into its constitnent elements. The causes, usually, of these accidents are to be referred tothe other theories; and there 1 no question that all the } I gauges used, unless they are minutely and con- stantly watched, are scarcely reliable. There is, ; ds little money be’ however, one mode of rendering botlers sate, whch | THE STEAM BOILER TRAGEDY. blow to the annexation movement, which is no- | have had a seeming favor for the annexation moves | advocated annexation, from the begianing, is the | steam. | The Sixth and Last Day's Search among the Ruins. Sixty-three Bodies Found, in all. Coroner's Investigation into the Cause ef the Explosion, Yesterday was the sixth and last dey’s search for the buts of science, should at once be tested, and if | dead buried under the ruins of the building destroyed | Present ©: by the late steamboiler explosion in Hague street. A pected with conte per and required by rid "three daye ede: #'autppon. CORONER'S INVESTIGATION. At 11 o'clock this morning, whole week bas thus been spent in this melancholy | bim going on four years; I work. Only one body was found yesterday, and Before we close this article, we would refer to | Wa the body of Samuel J. Crissey, the engineer, which there was so much anxiety to discover. Strange to say, there was no other body so little injured, whereas the Presumption was that it would have been shattered to pieces, from its probable proximity to the boiler at the time of the explosion, It would seem as if he hed some indication of what was coming, for the body was to cause an explosion. He attributed disasters of | found outside the building in the rear. It is true that, the windows and doors ef the yard being opposite the 7 Panse—Pan- | pressure ; declaring that, in consequence of oxydi- | boiler, this body may have been blown out by the | marke force of the explosion; but then the question arises, use. This opinion is now exploded, and copper is | Would it not have been more injured in that ease not deemed safer than iron. Mr. C. W. Hinman’s | then tt was. It is somewhat bruised and little burn- ed, but the clothes on it were perfect, and it was re- cognised instantly. The report of Crisey having his friends, who ought to be well acquainted with his money affaire—was not borne out on searching his clothes. Not acent wasfound upon him. The body is to be removed for burial at 2 o’clock this day, the outlet, in the same way as is illustrated by a | by the “ Improved Order of Red Men, Osceola Tribe.” The body found in the orank ofthe engine on Friday evening, is supposed to be his brother's. There was an orange in one of the pockets of his clothes which lay beside him, and the head was detached from the body, lying outside the engine. It is jngular ciroum- Stance that the engine has scarcely sustained any in- jury at all. The body of Halsey King, son of J. C. King, has been recognised in a curious way. It wasa headiess trunk, burned toa cinder, of which nothing could be mede, for even the clothing was gone, except a little portion of@ red shirt. It lay for the last four or five days in the yard of the Station-house for inepeetion, No tify it. At length, however, the washerwo. found who washed for him identided of red shirt as that she was in habit of nd showed another of his of the same kiad r possession. The particular shade of - hve] texture of the flannel, satistied hor of ti jentity. The vearch was given over at one o'clock yesterd: thengh some it or are still missing T workmen stated that the whole place was thoroughly searched to the bottom, though there are some who bold a rather different opinion on that point. ‘Chere can be no doubt that the number of the slain amounts to seventy, which is a fearful sacrifice of buman life, and for which some one has to render an account, if not to man at least to heaven. The workmen are much dissatisfied at being paid only a dollar per day by the committee. for their labor during the week. They ought to have been paid at least double that amount. Many of them le/t their regular work, and run a chance of losing it, ‘he conduct of the police during this last ead week, is beyond all prai Captain Dichett was scarcely ever off hin feet for nd the two assistant captains, Mr. Willeston and M active, On the dey of the occu: of the Second ward, rendered essent! — to extricate the bodies. and Dr. Holmes, were unremitting and assi- duous in the discbarge of their duties. Their labors, as will be seen, are not yet terminated. The inquest will be continued to morrow. The ig ore ed & complete list of the bedies found during the week:— 1. Peter Hyde. 18 years, born in Brooklyn. 2. George Hyde, 35 years, born in Brooklyn, 8. Levi Hwil, 28 years, born in Connecticut. 4. Adam Neally, 83 years, born in Ireland; residence Sixth avenue and Thirty-second street. 5. Leonard Brooks, 30 years, born in Rockiand Co.; 64 Oliver street. 6. Alexander Dixon, 23 years, born in Canada; Front street, Brooklyn. 7. Hepry N, Reed, 29 years, born in New York; 323 Ninth street. 8 Richard E. Egbert, 30 years, born on Staten Island. 9 Samuel Tindale 15 years, born in New York; 72 Beekman street. 8 Whiting, 30 years, born in Boston; Wil- 10. Kufai Mameburg. me! Fn] Dougherty, 19 years, berm in Scotland; 12. James Brooks, 20 years, born in New York; 54 as Rivington street. 4 Robert Hyslop, 27 years, born in Seotland; 412 Pearl atreet. 16 Rs Burns, 29 years, born {in Irelai | lyn. | John Rogers, 34 years, born in New York; 88 | Mott atreet. 17. Daniel Dougherty, 16 years, born in Ireland; Brooblyn. 18. George T, Worrell, 17 years, born in New York; 656 Fourth street 19. Lemuel 6, Whiting, 27 years, born in Brooklyn; Church street. 20. Loren King. 22 years, born in New York; 63 Obver street. | 21. Jesse Hucrtis, 14 years, born in New York; 87 Beekman street ree 23. Owen Brady, 14 years, born ia New York; Willet street | y | 24 James Zuil, 33 years, born in England; $4 Frank. 25. Joseph Leck wood, 45 years, born ia Connectiout; Beekman street. 223 th street. » Thomes 8. Vanderbilt, 20 years, bora in 25. William biitott Townsend, 16 years, born ia New Ninth street jeventh rtreet, 50. Fdgar P, Hurd, 87 years, borm im Conneotleut; 31 Jooepl | Delaney street, O4. Alexander Huggins, 32 years, born in Ireland; 61 Third avenue Sa, William Boardevine, 21 years, born in New York; Downin fort street |. George Harvest, 25 years, born in England; New kj 400 Cherry 6 Seneca Lake, 25 years, born in New York; 198 Breckiyn. ih Hampson, 20 years, borm im Eogland; 223 g ttreet 24. James Kone a born in Ireland. Pm. > Firningle, years, bern in France; 3 fe etreet. 86. Mathew Mi blim, 22 years, born in Ni Teh: oma rg ] james Grapger, 25 years, born in London; Brook- 38. Ls Colina, 4 years, bora fn Ireland; 937 99. Jobo Thurston, 16 years, born in Brooklyn. 40. George H. Di , ST years, born in Massachusetts; = Pearl street. a ee Chrystal, 25 years, bora ii 272 Willi ag ” 7 eat, Ko _— Ross, 40 years, born in Ireland; 96 Ridge street. 43. James Guliipor, 20 , born i 14 Middagh — ——-, qh Georee Now, 16 years, born in Now Verk; Brook. | yn 45. Iraae II. B. Osborne, 32 years; 61 avenue D. 46 rere Ford, born in New Jersey; 33 South First i Jersey; ' | | argh. Barett, 17 yours, borm in New York; treet. pe, (brother cf Ieaac.) 35 years, Houghton, bora in New York; resided Toome street. 20. Hebert H. Ste 20 years of age, been tu Nee. . % 15, a native of Scotland. te bs . oo Naw tite ¢ 2 io foik, V 7) nalend 23 Charles hnowitom, aged 90, born in Engtand; sided at 632 Fourth et: vp: te dener bb ireet. Farrell, 24, & wath : oad . ive of Ireland; real- pense, aged 82 born In ireland; residence oriery, (the engineer) Leomard street. . born ta New Fork. gee (of bie sev | Deter . brother of the ie not adleolate certain, i Hoogttom, who popelar. call mate b L232 Ap that | ther ‘oroner too, together with his assistant Mr. | {3 “Abrabam ©. Kelsey, 81 years, born in New Jor- | ; Division street, | the Coroner, Dr. Geer, proceeded with the adjourned inquest. ‘008 Te somes of the jury were called over, and all wore when he xcept two. for the Joseph Brown, ree! ‘at 322 Fifth st., examined—Am ‘anknewn ecqusinted with Mr. the enginees; bed known ot the think he uw) when ‘because ¢ was ® proper bead of steam and full supply of ‘been for water; never knew him to be careless until the ‘witness of the explesion; on that morning bis neglect boiler in aot extending too proper supply of water in the mucb Dotler | i knew this by trying | . Lifting | ag regards want of os up the handle attacked to eylinder oF | deranged avd that ‘ends, gavge and letting it fall ehews whether there is water d so destroy the of im the gauge or not; there was no water in the the gvage or not; this was probably four minutes be- : the the it ocourred; | eould not tell how mueb jn one instan: ve owe chin | . when they ought to have been half an inch. Mr. valve, Mur; ey ned the boiler very much. steam that 10 It, atep- brother'to U1 the , de- 5 blue; I re- nt he was always attentive to bis duties. and d. “Mr. Crissey your steam seems to be dry;” given great eatistaction to Mr, Taylor; he wae put he stated that he kue: him if] to learn the machine makivg business, but’ aid not thes was the serve bis time out; he was emplayed in the shop and op the Harlem railroad for seven or eight years; he was rent for by the Herlem railroad company, when at Mr. Taylor's, to go back to their employment. ‘William A. Lighthail, residing at Albany, was next has examined.—I am a practical engiveer, and have been my fre for 91 cers or more connected with the business of su. riptending and running steamboats; I have examined the boiler ip question; my oplaion as to the cause of its explosion is, that the boiler showed @ want from havin, with mney slightly iejured: witness was questioned how many pounds of pressure necessary to do the ordinary such etull, being every morping w.tn Dever eat diately let it down; © ‘aylor’s, but bis better open air; cannot ray whether cr not; could not tell if there the boiler, by the gauge, for th David Borlan ng at emined—! was watchman in laxt two mopths was ei at half past four o'clock om M. eer arrived; be eet « < one ride and pur p was fro: Tattle — | I presume be we afler the elock struck fi shavings, an his fire head out of the wi handtol of sbevi: | t. the biackemith, ked i} | and remar | ‘The pee, om the lever, was about inride of the hook; had often heard of indian meal. ood ployed to stop email holes knew Crissey to be m fuch steam come from that bouler or other, before. as came from it when | raised the vai 1 saw but cue puff, and judged from teat, for | imme- Uriasey was sober, he was @ tem- perate by my hg Mad had the holes for when to put in the new patent gauge ave been six years ip Cs working at machiae- rh, turped cif the gas on Sunday p mt to work gove cut stash w, and asked bim bow the devil it th to ‘eer Bamuel, teat ears; did not make the boiler in question, but a jeney waa perfeotiy sober y at the time, though he was somewhat agitated in the ‘about the watchman making a fre; w ixunderstavding between them was I wos the bead biacksmith iu the estabiishinen: t the meow pot; I by Mr. Crommelin, one of the jury, and further stated that he did not kaow to thenquare inch were work in that foundry, five Inches from the ethiog wret about the ve iigent before coe mot the cooks; thao t the feed pipe was frozen was any water at ell in ° poe F 72 Wittiawn i Y the establishment of Mr. jondey me to oo had been on ali ni it aod day, kuow that be bad uot turned it off he sung out to ms frem the street to “ him = ¢ Darket of my bad gone out, if he bad started it! | fetehed Bim dowa a basket of shavings to the boiler, and saw that he had bis word im the furpace.and the fire out; | took a out of the basket and Mt th. asked bi oter's shop, I wanted be inventor of the construction; It was to have been made under my direction, but my direction was not folk it was made at the W. arren foundry, by Walker owed; ead Milligan; [ eoneider that the arch tn the bottom was not weaker than the crown of the fursace, pro- vided it deen rte) le entirely to ct wit boiler at thi pe properly 0 as flues; the tubes are very badiy Loles were also too larg struct new ones; wits ed with judgment; this be- oiler-makers; | expostulated | Mr: Milligan about the construction of this beiag forced ou lace; the tub= sha; serlously to deraoge put i te to do; | then took « there. avd made the same demand; Mr, Milligan calied on Mr, Taylor and secceeded, atter some time, iu persuading bim that he could make the boil ; to thin | objected, both to Taylor and Mr. Milligan, teliiog them that if the tubes crneked from bad workwanrhip and so forth, it would be ru. inoue to the reputation of my pereisied that the Lofler was | called ag Mr. stances pot to be good at to do all in quences of him yet a be 0 he som id be rebuilt for $500; my would bave been $700; Mr. Mill! vatious mail telk, in order to found afterwards, to seil invention; Mr. Milligan & good beiler, and thet ection bad no real foundation, er wards tante- Taylor and succeeded, | Inducing him mot to let the isbment. romebody else; knowing Mr. Milligan the time, | bi one else baving estimated that it patent fee at that time, ueed ine with bia the it away unknown to me; this he did, after making fone alterations en the to m low pressure boat at was done, and the boller sent a Indge of comrent. aye, when | saw bim | ark On the contrary, | | most explicit terms, that the botier should be ove: holier, ‘to adapt it Savannah. All this way, without my know. protested, fn ti him what had become of iwany of the tabs | od work of | the bracing seven inches from centre to centre, a brace bolts; I Le 8 sbout No 4 iron stra) beer ® dangerous nown the rame kind of # boiler to tt, | think in 1830for 1831, at the Novelty worki the tubes of that boiler were placed upon the same prineiple of tubes, but being five or six inches dia- meter; this kind of boiler was put on board the wteamer Novelty, and found to be a total failure, from anexpanrion cf the front tubes next to the furnace; d thrown on the wharf, and a pair y poet in their stead; afterwari these were taken out. and the same principle adopted, ‘with rinaller tubes; those, from time to time, gave out, and with the greatest effort kept the vessel in opera- tion; she at length blew up, and.as I understood, ruined the concern; the thing was them abandoned; { Dave been always suspicious of that kind of boiler, and have never thought it safe, from the fact that I have seem the front tubes when they have been heated: nas regards Mr. Montgomery's I said it was an unsafe one, un- provement was made init; from there was plenty of water in t! nd believe that the settling of tl front of the tube-cheet was red hot, from ity of heat upon the front tuber, and that ‘engine was started, that the irritation ter was convulred through those tubes. xplosion; | am satisfied, from ge thin convulsion takes place in all kinds of that de 18, when wimes are si |, and that when fo small @ portion of is to be acted upon with so great an iotensity of heat that it must inevitably have driven the water from the front tuber. I also consider ail boilers unsafe where the sorew brace bolt is applied, or what {s called top bolts; I did not mean to give testimony, but Mr. Mortgomery made (breats to deter me from so om | in thie place, and that my time was so occupied toarcely bud leleure to give evidence; | have built and superintended @ great number of steam verse! never bad apy the explosive force whicl catastrophe: | do not consider beiler the weakest part; | have seen water vary in the botier eighteen inches In @ moment of time; | have known many boilers burrt when supplied with plenty of water. Lawrence Reed. residing at 42 Tenth avenue, ex- emined—!em a practical chemist for twenty years; [ think the explosion was caused by want of sufficient eutity of water in the boiler, owing. perbaps, to the ed pipes being out of order th the frost; the ving been kindled, what water was in the boiler ; be made ap hi dp Costing tee boiler woul coming in contact with the red hot would generate steam, and proba- such quantity as to account for don’t think any boiler could stand it; . Montgomery's boilers to '» used for some time, and to stand comsidera- ery ratisfaction. exemined—I am @ steamboat inspect- ¥, ; | am acquaiuted with steam since I think the cause of this disaster was is my opinion thet no ‘thet was ever nade could stand the explosive j feree which was the cause of the recent explosion: [ do | Bet copsider the bottom arch of a boiler the weakest | | part; I have seen water vary 18 iachesina boiler ine | of time: I Known many botlers burst | ith plenty of water; the principal dif. | Montgom and Dr. Nett’s it is my opinion form of boiler is much more to be y other form amined by Profersor Renwick—Cannot state what the + fect of steam would be if brought toe high | degree of pressure, explosions bave taken place below | 80 pounds; the Etna was working 25 pounds under its ordivary presenre three minutes before the explosion | Of ope cf the boilers; that boiler | believe was empty. ~There were three boilers in the | juleatien was stopped between the that furthest from the feed pipe.& ‘tter oilers than those in | } ny inch thiek; there were mil- on the boller exploded in | Resides at 61 avenue A; I I have been in the = ; thave jon; | have known was capable of water i iler io qaesth a on ihe Harlem road for two years; he was, in my opinion both a sober and & competent men. Birkbeck. Jr., examined —| reside at 67 Vestry | i A eteam engine and boiler builder; I been im the business for fitteru years; my optnio: | the cause of the recent explorion tn, tit | by over presrure of steam; | do not think t | question was large enongb to propel the the boiler war as strong ception of the inverted ar alve was large evough for al jae called by a2 | full power; with the bank thoroughly. and the objections removed. before me ot the oh t sbow jowed to go into we A person then | there cracks were toade in the two lege of the 7 | himself with me io business, insisted, the presence of Mr. Taylor, that | could 1d tal tee of engineers | wees, “ae th tava ave place, ond examine the equate ineb; Mr. flelept condemn it publicly To this couree | objected, do his work; | told | id ruin Milligan, aa® botler-maker; | him could with fifty | that Milligan would sell it and eet it da of steam, and po more; Me, Taylor then drew | to work to me; | replied that { would | attention to the three betters he bed taken owt, | lace and ree that it did not leave it; accor. ) lying im the eviiar; | om ah lived near Milligan st wery ee boliers with wy foreman, and told M. - two days or £0 to make sure that the boiler ot, could put them in therowgh repair in | berp removed; one morning, after an interval or it Taylor then these three three days, | found the boiler removed from the place; ough for his engine; | then told L inquired from the men where it had been taken to; }tin' | could build a new ene, sud have it there they, that "2 did not know; | then bunted up the time the other three were repaired; Mr. | Mr. , but did not him two or tl lor then told me to repelr the exploded. boiler, and betiera. the boiler; he replied he hed put {t om storage, not foon as porsible; Mr. Taylor then teld Mr. Burr that | having room, acd it being in his way; this they wonld have to take eut some of the bat machines, p Tye gy een him im thet way lighten the work of the engine, #0 heard that he was that they would pot be obliged to use over 60 ef | img to rel! It tonome person.| could not Gud out steam to the eyusre ineb; | believe Mr. Bure ere | who, | afterwards learned that it had been shipped orders to bare machines removed; | do not know to Savannah, wie heent sold to the Georgian Steam- many; ng more than half large was rent back to New trem the lose th capecity to do the I, merohant, of voll it there bad been came to me to whatever roted In tot veld uvleee whet get perm overhauled, In th ievatisfection, in the mean time. to the o ey eustained, owing to I believe M: being well dott: = where it tectea on tbe enough engine of the dimensions it was sold to causing om~ York to be sol street, was app nowing & difficulty about this botier, lesion to sell the same to Need to purchase it; to thie! ob- ever permit it to be e oer | bad pre he ured some bim to sell the Ls! L 1 ould have taken aay ted, unless it may have Dol been very | boiler, moving with an impulse of 107 pounds | OF 285 times the velocity of a tormado: | the discoverer in Engiand of the power of steam; he was cross examined duced ibe expleeion, the Professor observ’ ftvam was in the boiler would not Gil a floor tae sise of Ubts room cre toot bi, that tram be Tam ® prectical ergincer. aud Lave been suppered by dower than ot reek (he weaker points of (1 Im every direction, stuff iron wi cause the dread- ed that one of the tubes boilers had burnt Tay y morning, and “rtated what in regard to “4 stop. nll te nie bel er wee point; dis- i : ; equere inch, and has always remained so. A mercurial gauge is copnected with the belier, affording a in- dex to the pressure existing ; the 830 tubes of 57 ogth by = inches side diameter; | e ccourred * menced half-past four o'cloo morning at seven o'clock compleined of a want of the boiler uuder my mapagement, | have of 70 lbs. pressure joride of one hour’s time. renides at 93 bteem roe i me mente constructing muchinery, and wasat present rincipally engaged in consti woting yuages of various nda for measuring the pressure of steam, height of water, &c ; has made the generation and motive power of steam, ® matter of examination and study about twenty years; his attention was first called to ger of excessively heated boilers, by the re) experiments of | the late Jacob jucted in Loudon some twenty years i earliest experience in the use of steam ae ot power, was in @ Bl in which no fon was particularity charged with the care of the gine, nor was there any person connected with establishment that was accustomed to the use etcam engine. ee ae the ht bave had u f a! Hi Fa] a? who vaes and white lead irom under the to cause the sudden discharge of the steam made injecting @ quantity of water—the other time so as to atop the engine, and received no injury irom injecting water; subsequently the engine was exchanged for » larger oue, and the boiler for » Nott’s boiler; saw that boiler treated in the same mannrr; on one occasion the proprietor, who was engaged near the boiler, took tle — charge of the boiler. which was in basement, and _ neglected the water watil | found the engine stop; and went to the boiler, and ficding no water, oj opened the large dcor at the side of th all the tul hot—those iu froat at @ high red, and those at the back at a low read heat, and that he put on the freed and saw the tudes cooled by the water agit pe in them, until er ve spay d that the engine was pot stopped. nor did any other injury appeat” than the trifling leak of the tubes; the of time it jt was treated the eame, or nearly so. Hi bee: 7 about 15 years ceuuected with the establishment im this city known es the Novelty Iron Works; has given more or loss attention to the method there — sued Jn making taying the various kinds of boil- ers made at the establishment during that time; in censequence of the incidents occuring, while a boy, a8 stated above, had been induced to give much atten- tion to the reports aud investigations of causes of boil- erexplosions: have heard the particulars of many, some cf which beve been vivlent and with full allowance of water, others without water or violence; heve known of several arches to fire bores of “hs * or tubular flue boil ive ia consequence of excessive heat, but without ex A ‘war acquainted with the theories of explosions, and not think that the waot ef water was a Es in the establishment of A.B. Taylor; had compared it with the drawing by whlch It was oald to have bem made; had seen the boller in the possession M ; thougbt it was well made, so far as ship wes concerned; did not notice Dartioulaxty 0 fect pointed out in the plan shown; did ap invertes arch could rately be used in the cuter turface of @ boiler; he thought that the shown here was eminently caloalated to produce plorion; that with sutticient terce to crush the the bottom of the beiter, wt would necessarily dependent of any condition of water; thought that verted arch was far more dangerous than the fire box; had never before seen an arch so im) oe as he thought. from the pians and ex; pearance of the boiler, as this one was; Particular examination of the valve; it eons ook an b ~— 7 acoustomed to see used for such sized boilers but Jarger than necessary to relieve the boiler of steam as fast af, under ordinary clroumrtances, it could be genera'ed. The valve showm is at the lowes edge of disc , 254 inches diameter, or of an eres cf49 ‘Ihe lever wan 32%, inches long; s fulcrum of 54; inches from valve. leverage CT. she lever and valve rested on the seat with wel of . nearly; that weight attached to lever weighed 60 ibs. 10 oz ; if the valve was at the end Of lever. 1t would resist @ pressure of 112-74 per inch of valve ‘That there is a mark on the valve lever, eaured by staple im the weight, about 1 inches from end, near which was a cord tled, as 1 am told, by which Hi E z. g i afis the waslifted to blow off steam. It is probable, bat the weight was not at the extreme end, end that a corresponding reduction ht to be made. It would rtill leave @ preseure of 107.68. the length of the arch, described the arch flue, to be five feet, it would ure of 6454-80 pounds for each OF TT, per foot; the length of the arch was feet, wi would give ap sgaregate of 194 tons nu: ; to sustaim this pressure there could, from the construce tion of the boiler. be noadequate bracing, allo the arch to buve fallen; and there is, in the tien of two of the left, etrong evidence it did; there ‘Was Do abatement or rtay which oould have arres' the spreading of the rides. end © vent! Dottom and sides wruid have pad nothing from assuming @ cylindrical form. tearing Diaces, and compressing the inner sheets them; {fo takivg thet form, it ts imposeil could bave escaped breakiog, end arent of siderable size having been made, the veloci! steam, driven as it was, by the pressure momeptum aired by the da hi & FS ~ is & ws a H tf .. s probebly throw off the Sy up. avd Jormed the deepent part of the boller, and continue ite motion up until entirely dive the boiler; 4 pot think too ¢ of the a rteam, norupon the build ing, by the instantaneous introduction ot from #ix to ten times the contents of the boiler-room. A tornado whieh treas up trers, Xe, is of §,5(0 feet per minute, and with a force of 60 pow per toot; ip this ease @ tornado was let loore upon the per ii j he me ls of Worcester, ip the bursting of a cannon by the Marqul f. Led *. yy? by strongly uy ia a forge, ing it to explode violently, Siduet of which re force cf from 6.000 to 8.cuv nds per iach; he: that from the appearance cf the tubes of the boiler, jaete genenaliy Wine perfectly tight, that there could have ‘BO wavt of water, though it may not hare pprared at the water gunge, which is always placed some inches above the flues That there was no ques- tion wn that the only cause of the ex) ie 5 sus guaponee to en amount of ich, from the defects BO adeqnate sitength. ph: MrScilliman ec neluded his direct testimony, by Professor Renwick, with @ could not have pro- gh, but Mr Stilimea matatained t to predace Of steamboat botlers, of wighi ari pea se asap tas o dele te the cau edge: fromthe tea fof granted that the he perition of the oh LJ Jobn P. Rodman #08 Washington street, ere nined.— im the bi have been many years employes steamboat engines; my of the recent explosion i+ that it quantity of water te the baile a0 by a0 exosme from exoesire went ey went | aud another jury had to oe how publicly state for tastes ely 9 im jemen, that he onl baod them journed the Inqueet till Monday,