The New York Herald Newspaper, August 1, 1871, Page 4

4 amifiod it, and, of course, lef a certificate. Among other things the certificate s=ated:— The sald boiler bag been subjected to a hydrostatic pressure of | thirty-four pounds to the square tnch, and the work- ing maximum. power allowed was twenty-five pounds to the square inch, There 1s one safety Valve, with thirty-tiveequare inenes, ana the load prescribed 1# such as to aliow bat tventy-five ponnds pressure per square inch, and leit in charge of the | reer, and one locked safety valve of inches Ciameter, loaded to twenty-seven pou pressure to the square inet.” It must Deen a dangerous service forthe in- *pector te t the bouer to “a hydrosiutie sure of tuirty-/our pounds to the square tneh,” under | the circuinstances, tor we ROW AMOW That ihe bolier was, in one part of ita. least, just the Uuekness of | four shoets of noie paper. Twenty-five pounds to | the squave inch was the maximum working power, | Any excess of pressure over this world be a vicia- | ou of law, menace toile and Crimi AL IN THE EXTUEME. Let this fact be remembered. Possessed of this admirable boiler, an experenced | eugineer aud a skiul commander, the Westfield | whistled for passengers, and tne passengers came, | in twos and threos at Mrst, thea by the dozen, and a | jew minutes belore one o'clock by the bundred, ‘They were of all classes of society, anLequaily tutent on the enjoyment of the bay breeze, Women car- ried children im their arms; weir husbands bors paskets with food and iruits—the resuli of saving catculation durme the week—and young men, nungering for the atr not to be found in shops, hustled in with them, A pleasant, good-numored, laughing crowd bb wax; and it was pleasant to see thoir eager steps quickeu toa run as tue thin boller wo! the Westtieid gave veat to1ts internal agonies in ® squeak through the signal pipe. Its not yet known how many people went on board; probably three hundred, possibly ve hundred. At that hour on Sunday (m summer time) there are more fre- quentty six hundred on board the Staten Island pres. NEW Y gan to fag one of the boatmen, Peach, and his comrade, Thomas Keatiug, GRAPPLED THE BODY of a pretty little girl about eight years of age. The | corpse was dressed tm white, and had long eardrops of a greenish color, tipped with gold, The body was recovered about elghto’clock,and when brought ashore was at once recognized by the distracted father, Mr. Nelson of Brooklyn, who had been par tiently watehing froin early morning. It was a piti- ful seene whea the unfortunate maa saw his clilid, In spite of his efforts to restrain his sorrow natare would assert herself, and found relief in abundant tears, THE S\p sToRY of the bereaved man was enough to melt the hard- est heart. On Sunday morning Mr. Nelson had lett his home, at 150 Second street, Brookiyn, accompa- nied by his wife and three children, to visit New York, and on-nts way home he went on board the Westfield, and na moment after was blown into the water, For some time he was tu ignorance of the fate of his famuly, bur was retieved from anxiety ‘on account of his wife, whe, like Munsell, liad escaped without reesiving any serious personal injury. NO TRACES OF THY CHILDREN could be found until evening, when the dead bodies of two of them were overed, The shock was fearful, and the poor mother was coaveyed home In an almost insensible conctition; there was uo longer any hope for the safety of the rematuing child, and the father conld only expect the melancholy satis- faction of laying his THREE CHILDREN TO REST IX ONE GRAVE, In spite of this preparation for the worst, when the boatmen brought the body ashore the poor man could scarcely contain his grief, aud tt was some time before he was able to collect hiinself suMicieatly to leave TUE SCENE OF SORROW. Intense excttement was manifested by the people as the poor litte walf, snatched from the cruel water, was being conveyed away, and the greatest sympathy was expressed for the father, whose sad the ferry than five hundred. But ail who were on the dock walting for half-past one to ar- rive Jumped on board and Joined tie people already seated on the deck of the boat. A DECIDED PREFERENCE was evinced by most for the forward part of the vessel, for, to those who swelter in the confined air of a great city, no breeze, Lowever boisterous, can be unwelcome, ‘Tu the meantime, agd while the captain of the boa! was standing on tie upper deck watching for the incoming steamer, momentarily expecied to round Castic William, the engineer (Rovinson) was on the dock, He had such confidence in the United States iaspector’s certificate thai he could let the ubkered boiler take care of itself. Now, steams as unruly as a neglected child; it ts able to play nasty tricks when unwatched, and this steam was wayward and treacherous, At twenty-flve minutes past one the engineer stepped leisurely on board and sauntered into te fire room. He did not go on board to attend we borer; not at all, The boat was to siart in flve minutes, Mr. Robinson entered the fire room and asked oue of the assistaut engine Pawrizk Finnegan hy name, “flow ts the ¥ re To which Finnegan readily replled, “Allrigmt.” Thca Mr Robinson tried the third cock of the botler and found that the water This done ne He found oy touched { least ie say ue engine room aud tooked tn, £0. ssed 2 boiler carried twenty-seven pounds of Sleam; inal ts Ove pounds more than allowed by the ceritiicate of the luspecto). Though TWENTY YEARS AN & aud having enjoyed nie years? « » of the patched bolicr (thickness, four stu saw nothing ominous oa the fi Mr. Robinson then descented the the engae room, but le did not go far; a dull, heavy seucd, folowed by an internal Inssing noise, emoie iis Cui; Une dees overhoad rose up, spul and 2 Fagimenis; & Wil tterable thrua terror weh the roar of tim. the rash of death-deattug vapor on got om deck at once, sooa followed by paper) he e Indicators vs Icading to ivow oberi Crosson. The scene Iready been described, or rather many have aticmpted to describe if, Death in its most harrowing, revolting Torin Was on the boat aL e walter. Every moan arom the ay eople, nangied amid bi i Bealded f despatr { Unibers, each Ww: dripping on the deck ota those who with npitit arias were sinking out of sight in the gloomy river gave the lie direct to the Uniled Sta samboat in and condeniued the unkered b The engiuecy escaped with his life, aud tie man who certided tal te boiler was good aud sate was not | on board, This is TAP STORY OF THE LOSTON The extent of ihe lwo scon to us caus: runate assacre it is still, slule With perieui ace oy. ‘There 15 {00 much reason io apprehend an pase oF the already large list of the dead, Enough, taat the wounded im hospital dying; are being | nized and and friends, and that the dead im the bottom of the nv hourly hauled tothe surfac moaned over by their that a deep gloom pervad communtiy, jowing Wis cotuinn will be found a recora of tue day, including a full list of ihe vicims dead aud wounded, Allday yesterday men were dragging the river for bodies, and unfortanately found but too many. Night crept them as they labored; sombre shadows from the opposite side of the darkenmg river stole cautiously over; agatust the partially clouded sky the yards of ships stood ont spectral. luke in the uncertain ight over the wasuing waters shrouding ibe dead ana drowned, while the uneasy witid sighed mournfully and tow, on FISHING FOR THE DEAD. Scenes On the River—The Sea Viekis Up Its Victimse—How the Dead Sleep—Waiting For the Lest Ones. Searcely had the dawn broken when crowds of anxious people began to cougrezate on the scene of Sundays disaster. Some came in search of ihe dear face of child or wife hia under the calm waters that looked so peaceful and smiling in the golden beams of the risingeun. Only for the painful and SORROW-STRICKEN LOOK OF THE MOUKNERS and the sudden, bitter wall that broke from time to time from some heart-broken wife or mother, and then became hushed agam as if the agony of heart were too great (oiind relief even in tears, one migt really have enjoyed the quiet stillness of the scone, The docks aud wharves in the oeigiborhood that | afforded even 4 yilmpse of the water where the un | fortunates were ‘ PLUNGED WTO EYER were occupied by a number of speciate waiciied With (he most Intense suterest the Labor of the men cugaged in grappling. Out in the water, MOVINg silenily abow! In the open space or gliding roto the Guvks ald abonI the Wharves, Were a number | of sail boats engaged in the work of searching for | the dead, hou suUUTRL, houest- ooking fellows rowed avoir silewily, #4 if deeply imprested wih | the nature of thelr toil, and when it became neces- | sary to tuk the conversation was carried on in \ A QUIBT, BULDUED MANNER. | From time to time they drew up cariously con- structed drags and cast them in @ new direction, but without mnch success. The anxiety of those | who had iriends missing became miense, and the | police experienced some dificulty In keeping them | of. As (he morning advanced the number of s)ec- (ators, SWELLED RY THE CURIOUS, became every moment larger, until there did pot re- | main a epare foot of space unoccupied on wharves | commanding @ view of the scene. And as the boat- men drew up their lines the greatest exciiement was manifested by the spectators, who rushed avout | from point to point in order (6 catch a glimpse of the deac, Continual disappoinunent as the drags | came up loaded only with pieces of canvas or sea ‘wreck in place of human forms did not damp the interest in the jcast; on the contrary, the excite ment seemed to increase With cach disappointment, For nearly turee weary hours THE FISHERS OF THE DEAD continued their toll unceasingly without resuil, and something like despair of success begau to be felt. Yet the crowd never faltered Ju the belief that (here | were i to be rendered up by the s Many had Triends unaccounted for, and these were supposed Be be drowned. As the spirits of We searchers be- , | ihe fe | probable she ' the wounding ana maint story had been bruited among the assembled crowd, Fatty an hour elapsed before the stir caused by the fluding of the lattie child had quite ceased, and men were busy inevery direction discussing the catas- trophe whtle WAITING FOR A NEW SENSATION. Still the sturdy boatmen continued tu cast their drags and row about in the same silent, quiet way as had marked them in the morning, not paying any heed to the curious crowd that thronged every pile an‘ dock, but working on in a dogged, resolute mauner, The warm sun had now dispelled the morning vapors and the face of the water looked uke a sea of gold, while the crowd of animated, eager faces, piled on the dock, contrasting with the various costumes of the spectators, lent an increased interest to the scene. Pattently that huge mass ot bumantiy waited and watted with a Kind of morbid curlosity to see THE DEAD DRAWN UP FROM THE DEEP, and so great seemed to be the fascination that the more they were disappointed the stronger became the desire to look upon the faces of those who had been. Time flew by and it appeared as If no more success would attend the labors of the searchers, but neither the spectators nor the boatmen seemed ever to weary he latter, with @ persistence above all praise, dragged the river in ail Girections, and, watching their opportunity, darted in and out of the docks and Into THE WAKE OF THE FERRYROATS in the hope of grappitog any bodies that might oe drawn under by the stiction of the steamboats. Nor were (hese efforis without great danger, as the ferry- boats dasted in and «ut OL the slips, showing scant courtesy to the sunall boats, Al last the constancy of the men was rewarded, toward eleven o'clock A. M., by recovering te body of & young man about twenty years of age, whieh was brought ashore by Henry Flock, the «tian who had recovered it, Tie crowd bad in- ised as Lae morning advanced, and the scene of Xeitement outside te barge oilce was intense wien the hght wagon BEARING THE CORPSE passed out of the gates. from all sides the people rust nd pushed about im a rather exciied man- in their entorts to catch a glimpse of the corpse; owing to the precautions taken by tie police, 16 Impossivie ior the peopie to satisfy their josity, and We Wagon proceeded on its way with Tfs SAD BURDEN. The deceased man was about tive feet six inches in weight, aud Was dressed da black coat aud pants, whi yest and blue neckhe, nair sandy and eyes Dh ne exctiement caused by the finding of this unknown man Was sill at its Helght when the ra mot circulated tat another maa had been fsned up round near the mouth of the Hamilton and South ferries, an] mamediately everybody’: ention was ned in ts direction, Jobn Craig and John jon, two of the boatinen, considering that ne of tie bodies must have beew carted away uw the Wir ll shp by THR UNDER-CURRENT OF THE WATE resolved to drag near the mouth of the Hamilton sup, and soon after succeeded in bringing up the body an unknown man about thirty years of age, de- tly dressed in black coat and hight pants, white alter boots, He was daik complexioned, with veddish mustaches, Toe face was swollen wad discolored irom having been so long in the wa- ter, and there Was an extensive cut uader the chin, Uis bands were clutched convalsively in front of is breast, and the whole picture showed that ae lad STRUGGLED HAGD POR LITE. at fifteen minutes past eleven A aud alonce couveyed to the New street police station, Lhe two boatmen haviug deposited thetr burden on the wharf, returned agatn to search, and at twenty minntes pasteleven succceded in bring- ing avotier body Lo the surface. He appeared to be aboul tnrly-five years of nye, was dark in com- picxton and wore a reddish mustache. He was dressed in black coat, pants and vest. From the striking resemblance between tie features of this man and the last ove taken up there can be no doubt Liat they Were brothers; at irst the impres- sion was created that THEY WERE TWIN BROTHERS, but on closer examiaation the lat er appeared to be some years olacr. bodies were found near tue same spot, and both had received severe injuries in tuc head. ‘There was uo clue to their identity, and up to a late hour inst night they had not been re- cognizes F arly two hours elapsed before any more bodies w recovered. Various theortes were put forward to account for the dispersion of the dead, scarcely peing found inthe slip where the accident oc- eon many theories advanced the e which deserves most attention was advanced by 1 old Salior, Who sald It was dne to the removal of rryboat after the explosion, because it is most ne but, cu s He was taken it y THE BODIFS OUT INTO THE RIVER ‘k anathey were carried away by the tide, was owing. This dea is sustained vy bodies recovered yester which fact that most of t iy were jound abont Hawilton terry, whither they were carried by the flow of the tide. In view of this circumstance au effort will be made to make an ar- rangement with the steamboat company so that the docks may ve searched, and to this end it will be necessary for the company to ran all their voats into one Slip walle the other ts being searched, Yes- terday E. RK. Lowe, HE SUBMARINE DIVER, who recovered the bodies of Dr. Simmons and the strange engincer at the New Hamburg disaster, went down for about three hours to search for the bodies of the victims of Sunday’s exploston. He 1s of the opimion that the bodies have been carried np by the tulal flow, and are probably angied in the piles of the South aud Haradton ferries. The oniy result of his descent yesrerday was the finding silvers heuded cane, marked M. Sherwood, presented by Jacop Levy, and some BLOODSTAINED CLOTHES; but Mr. Lowe Is confident that if the sieamboat com- paules will make proper arrangements he will be able to recover mapy bodies thas the grapplers will not be able to reach. The next body recovered was ‘hat of a woman, about a it years of age, with light hair, braided in the German manner, She wore a black alpaca dress and had a plain gold ring on the third Mager of her leit hand and had gota, earrings. She was fonnd at half-past one P, hy George Gray, one of the Whitehail boatmen, — Her teatures were somewhat swotten and discolored from lying in ine water, but there was Hot any sign of a wound, NO CLUE WAS FOUND TO HER IDENTITY. One of the saddest incidents of the explosion was of @ parry of Brookiyn ladies who were returning from New York under t charge of Mons. Cheveviere, a French genticmau, Al the moment of the explosion the party occupied whieh was completely shattered to pieces > occupa HURLED INTO THE WATER. Mons, Cheneviere was killed, ins and the other Jacies of Lue party were wounded, In the contusion {lat ensued it Was Impossible to know defnitely the fate of the vici:ms, Madame Oheneviere aud | her friend Madame Ulman were rescued; but the , beautttul young lady—the wg ved of the last uamed—was reported nussing. The famiiy clung to the lope to the iast that she also had beea rescued and perhaps taken to some place for care; but at hali-past two 1. M. the hope tnat had im to weaken was eulirely dissipated by the fnding of her dead body by one of the boatinen, numed John M. Post. When brougat ashore there Was no wound visible, aud THE BEAUTIFUL FEATURES, which were remarkably composed, showed Jess tra ot the effect, of the water thau auy other of te bodies recovered. Noihing about the po orpee gave any sign oi the terrible death she bad met, and the catm look of the face, the closea eyes and the repose of the figure all show that the young lady Was cast tato the water and resigned herselt calinly to the sleep of death. Her arms were slightly crossed th front fa geacetul position, as if sie was | stil sitttag tn her carriage an HOLDING Hbit PAN. On her wrist shone a bright golden bracelet, and ner black kid gloves looked as neat as she were alive, he owas dressed in a brown sik dress and wie linen jacket, and bad @ gold wateh and chain, gold ore: vin, ooket aud pair of spectacies, The youta aad Mamed Robert | veauty of the dead lady excited the strongest feel- tug 0} a at et and pity that one so formed to charm should have been cut off ia TAR VERY SPRINGTIME OF MER WOMANHOOD, None of her friends were on the wharf when her body was landed, bat they arrived soon after, and recognizing the description, went to the police siation of the First preciact and there found the object of thew search. ‘The family of the deceased reside at 11 iougiass street, Brooklyn, and are re- puted to be wealthy, As the body of Miss Jane could not be given up without a spectal order from tke Coroner it was seat on to Bellevue to awall his decision. ‘Cwenty minutes later the body of @ Htule girl, about six yours of age, was brought ashore, The pretty blue ey little creature were open, Tixet and glassy; but the expression on the face was rather indicative of fright than of pam, AMG LIGHT, GOLDEN HAUT was braided, nad the lrtle Nands seemed to have en- deavored to grasp something in the struggle agamst death; but now she appeare:l caim and pet fal, as if her spine from the other world sintled pityingly out from those dui! blue eyes on us wofortunates, who are sul condemned to wander in this vale or tears. Her dress consisted of a tartan plaid patvern, white hose, buttoned shoes, with a sirlug of biue glass beads on her nec! i gold and blue enamelled earrings. When the wagon drove up to convey the body to the stauon the rough hands of the carter and boatmen lifted THE POOR LITTLE NUMAN WRECK tenderly and regretfully and laid her down with many expressions of sorrow and sympathy for tne young lle that had passed away like the gentie zephyr that on an autumn eve sighs urough the groves and dies amtd the murmuring of some sweet rivulet The success which nad crowned the labor of the Searchers encouraged them to greater exertions, and in trath they worked with a wil; but tn spite o! all ther efforts tue river refused to yield up any nore of the victims, and as the cveuing appruuctied tne boatmen, who bad MANFULLY STUCK TO THEIR WORK from early morning, began to drop off one by one, until at seven o'clock P. M. only ue solitary boat remained, and continued the grappling with @ perseverance above all praise. The spectators, too, Wearled out with their long watching slowly de- scended from their by of vantage, anc as the shadows of evening fell the wharves, which through the aay had teemed with human life, looked now absolutely deserted. The sense of loneliness was heigatened by the few Sgures Uiat were sparsely scattered up, and down, PEERING CURIOUSLY OUT ON THE WATER. and then shrinking away as if 1earing that the wa- ter should rise and enguif them. At twenty minutes past four P. M, @ small boat containing four young men put off from the White- hall stairs with the iutention Of cruising about the river, the better to watch the progress of the search, While rowing across the mouth of Soutn and Hamilton ferries (ho young men became conscious of tue rapid approach of a steam canal boat golug at fuli speed. ‘The attention of the pilot was doubtless diverted for the moment white pees the scene of Sunday's catastrophe and he did not percetve THE IMMINGNT PERIL in which he was placing the lives of the four men. In vain they attempted to get out of the way by hugging the wharf; the canal boat rushed on, threatening (o jam the boat against the plies, On cume the canal boat, and there was no longer a moment to choose. If the men remained in the boat they wouid be Instantly smashed to death. ‘They saw their danger, and rising just an instant bene the canal boat reached them plunged into the river, AN AGONIZED CRY rose from the people as the steamboat ploughed her way across the very spoc Where the micn had «uyed out of sight, and striking the side of the smal} boat crusved it against the plies. Already twenty boais were pulling ior the spot, tur the collision was seen lo be ineyitabie, and almost as soon as the men rose they were gripped and liftet into the boats which had ROWED TO THEIR RESCUE. One of the police boats shot like an arrow in the track of the steamer and succeeded in saving oue of the men, Only three of the men were picked up by me boats, and it was supposed that the fourth had been struck by the passing boat and killed, However, it was authoritatively stated iater on in the evening that the man tn question, who was named James Shaw, residing in Catharine sirect, had escaped by clainbering up the side of the whari alter the steamboat had passed. However, it was A Ne RKUW ESCAPE, and the pilot of the steamboat deserves to be se- verely punished for hia negligence, which very nearly deprived four human beings of Mie. Surely we have had more than enough of horrors owing to carelessness, and if men will not act with proper caution they ought to be punished, and severely, TH MISSING RECOVERED, Among those noted a3 missing was Jobn Allman, of 11 Dougtass street, Brooklyn. There was no such name on board; but, unfortunately, there was not one, but several persons of diffcrent names who sui- fered by the explosion, and who had domiciled at No, 11, asupertor Brooklyn residence, The facis are thas Mr. R. Uhlmann and wife, and thelr daughter, Miss Jeanne Uhimann, were on board the steamer, and all of them suffered. Mr. Uulmann, an importer of watches, wus bruised by the explosion, and while rating among the missing, was really taken to his residence dead. His wife, who was near to him at the time, and apparently In equal danger, was, by the efforts of [rviendly passengers brought to the shore alive, and is now oniy mourning the loss she has sustained. Miss Jeanna Uhimann, also reported missing, has been found, but dead, Of these more immediate members of the faintly the arrangements for burias ; were in progress yesterday. In connection with the same family, and residing at the same house, were two others, not yet named, but who were with those we have named above, ‘This famlly lost two children by the explosion, These were Mr. Chencviére, and Mrs. Chenevitre, a daughter of Mrs. Uhimann, named above. These were aiso reported missing, but tue facts are that while the wife was saved her husband is dead, and arrangements for the funeral were yesterday in pro- gress with those of the Unimann family, to which bis wife belonged. A more quiet yet patniully intense grief could not possess the hearts of the remaming members Of any family than Was evident yesterday with tac mteliigent members of THE UHLMANN FAMILY, including, of course, those of Chenevitre. Among ie others, aud, as the world rules, more humble sufferers, who rated among the wissimg were Patrick Landers, wile and son. It is the cus- tom often to speak «isparagipgly of landlords and laudladies with Whom the compuratively poor re- side, Butit any one with propriety desires to wi ness acase Of genue grief let them quietly and properly visit the residence of the Landeis and see the genuine feehug Lier They had been living at No, 09 Dean street, Mrookiyn, but had, from need of acheaper rent, decided to nove elsewhere, Yet, now that the termble acculent bas occurred, there isno one more anxious to relleve the reinaining frinily than the lady whose premises they had rented, but (rom Witch they lad determined tu ae+ part, : Patrick Landers, supposed to be missing, was brought to his residence, dead, late on Cray. He was a tiusmith by trade; had, as a iamtiy, a wife and child, and had on the occasioa determincd to give them and himself “1 day’s airing.” "The three got on board, and immediately the child, Mare tin, became restiess, and Mr. Landers, leaving his wite seated on the siore line, Tear of the boat, took the child forward for the purpose of cheering it. No sooner had ne gone than the explosion occur. red, aud FATHER AND CHILD WENT DOWN, the father forever; but the child, through the great- est care, Was secured, and though foamimg at the mouth when taken, is Row believed to be safe, The mother, When she heard what had occurrea, and believing all that was dear to her lost, rushed to the water line herself, and was only saved from self-destruction by the men on the end of the dock, who secured and carried her away, The child was carited ty Pera Quigley 6 iu State street, and at Tast accounts wad doing well. An additional painful pe- cullarity of this case is the fact that Mrs. Landers, at the time of the explosion, had her hysband’s two weeks! pay in a pocketbook in her hand, and as soon as she heard the explosion sie dropped it, and dropped her all. Atnong the others reported missing are John Mul- cahey and Join Hamilton, carpenters by trade, and both of them badly steam burned. They were found yesterday by their friends, taken io Mt. Burk’s, in Smith street, Brooklyn, where they are now, under careful attention, a mg Well When the explosion occurred Hamilton and friena were in front, near the glasswork. The glasswork went up, and, iauling ‘pon Hamilton, forced him to kick his way through 1c before he could get out. nw 3 5 = 3 £ é 3 3 3 % z = EXPLOSION, Sergeant Thompson, of the Firat precinct, yester- Gay allernoon brought to the Coroners’ office the following described property, which had come.into Ins possession after the steam boiter explosion of Sunday. The property belonged to the victims, and the publication may result in we identification of those bodies yet unclatined, Mr. John T. Toal, clerk to the Board of Coroners, gave a receipt for ihe articles, which were deposited | mm the safe lo walt the arrival of the rightful owners. The description is In the language of Ser- geant Thompson or one of iis fellow sergeants, of | the First preeinet:— Jaken from a man about thirty-five years of age— | five feet eight mehes tn height, dreased in biack coat, panis and vest, whtte shirt, calfskin boots, black mastache—silver watch and $22 10, A pocketbook With no contents, supposed to be- long to E. 0. Elben, 79% Sixth avenue, left at the desk of station honse by a citizen; found at terry house of Staten Island ferry, Taken from the person of Professor Marc C. Che- nevisre by W. G. Mamliton, of 54 Willow street, Beyyiiyn, SUver Walgd gad Gold Guay, wy gop shirt studs, one fnger ring, one gold povel! case, one pair ore asses two poet) pare sar bunches of keys, pact of ferry tickel ‘. one irony puton for sbirt sieeve, {ound on floor of station house by Oficer Dunn, with letter “R. A pocketbook found in the water by Roswell B, Clark, of American Express Company. Tuside the book ‘were written the names of James Fritz, Pat- rick Cook and James Fitypatrick, of Scarsdale, NY Doom, of the Tweuty-seventh preci d contaimiag one Knglish half sovereign, $23, ur pocketbook, containing a watchxey, one lavenvier kid Leto siee) White pocket handkerchief, with lel- ters “0, W.!" Left at the desk by a citizen, who found the same at the Staten Isiand ferry, pocketbook contaming $2 and several photograp: Taken trom the oy on of an unknown man— dressed m black coat, Wilte vest, light pants, galter shoes; dark complexton, dar hair and mustache, aged thirty, five feet six mches—$10 50, Taken from a man about thirty-five years old—dark complexton, chia whiskers and mustache, five feet eigat inches in height, dressed im biack coat aud Pants, white vest, striped shirt, caliskin boots— $3 60 in cash, sliver watch and poeket kniie, black necktie and pocketbook. Two shirt sieeve buttons, found on the floor of the station house by Oilicer Daun, ‘Taken from the person of 3. Smith, by Omcer Jas. ye fam of the ‘Third precinct, a gold watch and chain. Found on the floor of the station house, two braceleis, goid and enamelled; also au enameiled breastpin, supposed to belong to @ young lady, uwenty-three years old, of dark complexion and hair, with black alpaca dress, Taken from the person of @ man about twenty Years of age—five feet six inches in height, dresse/l in black coat and paats, white vest and shirt, gatter shoes, biue necktie, sandy complexion, with blue eyes—a silver watch and gold chain, pocket knife and comb and $1 tn cash, THE SCENE AT THE MORGUE YESTERDAY. All throngh Sunday night Bellevue Hospital was alive with people hurrying to and [ro,and the opening and shutting of doors, The Morgue was kept open, but only rarely did some anxious seeker after a missing near and dear one hurriedly enter tts ghastly doors and peer upon the blood-stained faces and mutilated forms of the unknown dead. The gas lamp in front of the door Mickered with a dim doubtful light upon these pallid, grief-stricken searchers, as they passed inside the iron raillag and down the steps into the HALL OF DEATH. The night {tself seemed in singular unison with tne awiul event that had made the day which haa Just closed so sadly memorable. The sky was ovet- hung with low clouas; the air struck damp aud chilly upon the cheek, and every now and then, in passing from one block to another, the feet of the wayfarer Nashed suddenly into a puddie, Everything conspired to crowd the mind with melancholy snggestions of the misery caused a few hours before byselfish carelessness. Abcut daybreak the clouds broke into torrents of rain and a light mist filled the streets, But the weather was powerless to overmatch the curiosity or the fears of the thousands who bad resolved to gaze upon the HIDEOUS WiTNESSES of Sunday’s disaster. By six o’clock the streets and avenaes leading to the Hospital were thronged with people. When at last you reached First avenue a cordon of police barred the way to all but adults, This was a necessary and a wise precaution, for hun- dreds of street Arabs had wended their way thither mm hopes to feast their eyes upon horrors such as they had hitnerto only read of in the unwholesome reports of the penny journals. Balked of their ex- pected treat, the ragged little wretenes collected tn groups, and now and then luxuriated in the com- paratively mild sensation of seeing a woman, wild with dread, pass by in an agony of sobs and tears, to the chamber of the dead, All the CORNER GROGsHOPS that face the hospital were crowded with loafers, who seemed to enjoy the occasion as a gala day of morbid pleasure, The streets in the neighborhood are dirty and ill-kept; the houses are largely ihe poorest kind of tenements, and slatternly women and unshaven men and dirt-bespattered and ragged children thronged every aoorway and lounged about the sidewaiks. 1¢ is never a cheerful neighvorhood, but yesterday it puton is grimmest, saddest and most revoltiag aspect. Passing through the police line, you soon found yourself in a pretty dense crowd. I¢ was evidently mostly made up of sight-seers, but here and there a sorrow-stricken countenance marked out some be- reaved relative of a possible victim, It was to be noticed atso that there was a still and quiet air about the crowd, and though it numbered many recruits from among the “dangerous” classes, you listened im vai for an oath, Voices that were ordimariy coarse and harsh and valgar were hushed to wiuispers that seemed strangely significant, At an execution such people frequenuy conduct themselves with a levity tuat {s horribly misplaced, but yesterday showed that there are limits even to what some observers have decmed the ILLIMITARLE BRUTALITY of that terrible understratum of society which now and then heaves uneasily beneath the respectable structure of Christian civilization, .. And yet the purpose for which most of these miserable wretches had come there was a shocking. manifestation of de- pravity. It was clear that a majority of the crowd sinply intended to regale thetr eyes with the hideous results of the worst form. of physical suffering, Dead to every Uncr mental excitement, their nerves could still be thrilled by a tacle that brought up £0 strougly suggestions of haman agony, and they had resolved to soaige mM this horrime picasure. It is of course \arpbest to shut off these slaves of mnorbid appetite :ront | ing the corpses at the Morgue; but itis ap} that BUCH GHOULS can grow up in human form amid the vaunted and iumuinetavie ageucics Jor good of Binelceuth cen- tury civitization, As soon a8 you reached the door of the outdoor aispensity, W towered up in ® huge mass of dtigy wad jaded red brick, you Were pressed into noe by @ PRESIDING POLICEMAN. Ti was just as thonsl you were waiting your turn to buy @ (icket for the Uiewire | Tue thread of sieht. seers, howevet, rapidiy passed on and you soon load yourselt at the portal of the dead house. You passed ander ® skelcton tron arch, Inted green atsarmountet right at the top with bright gut jetiers, Which you spelied intu “Morgue.” Thea you aescemtied three or ‘our steps and passed through another door, aud here wt last you reached the GHASTLY SILOW HOUSE you had come to see. At the left as you enter there 1s a glass partition, and inside this were cispoyed the putrid corpsoes'of the mildentifiod dead. ‘The bodies jay upon stone slaps. ‘the faces were exposed, and sumetimes, If there were any special marks, part of the body was also uncovered. Generally, how- ever, the bogies are leit as neatly as possible like what they were mite. If any of the clothing had been removed it was hung up at the head ot the Blab, Wicre the rng TI had been greatest the woands were conceal tarpaulins, beacath Which lumps of ice kept the flesh frota putretaction. AS the ice melted, drops of water dripped from the slabs upon the floor, and stained it with BLOOD AND FILTH. ‘Thanks to the glass partition, there was, however, but a slight smeil ofdeath; but the air ia the room seemed damp and earthy, dike the alr in a scpuichre, ‘The wail of glass has also one very curious effect, Slight as ts the barrier that divides you from the dead itis enough to sofien dowa tuc most hideous features of the 8 » It scarcely seems ay Evagt you were Jooking upon puirefying flesh and bi it is more like some horrible exhibition of Wax models. Perhaps the absence of stench con- Uibutes grvatly to this impression, oat there can be ho doubt that it exists, As the crowd flied past the corpses it was Instruc- tive to see how even the most cailous shuudered at the disgusting mutation of lumen jorms that they A ders mead “This WORSH THAN THE RIOT, is’nt it?’ softly said one man, as, having slowly mas tered the detaus of the show, he turned round and entered the Wine of departing sightseers, He was evidenty a0 experienced sighiseer in this Class of exhibitions, “Wore,” Was the reply; “if }nad known it. was so terrible I woulda’t Nave come. But the most characierist perhaps the most common criticism upon the “show” was. that of « young Work girl who followed tie writer in tne hue ‘of spectators, God | my God!" cricd she, clatcuing at the wall and turning pale. She had expected to see sumectbing iat Would stir her blood, bat she, like many others, had not bargatned for the fail mea sure Of revolting reality that burst upon her. Lt wouid be tedious to descrive y iT e had i the I if uh al length. Yesterday we irom the lips of the medion! attendants Parsi descriptions of the injuries inflicted. First of atl, a8 you entered the deaahouse you were conlconted with a mother and her two children. ‘Tne bodies were £0 still, aad yet had stiffened im attitudes 90 UNEASILY SUGGESTIVE of the frightfuliy unnatural agony that characterized their “taking oir.’ ‘The skin Was 80 marked with huge red wouuds, or had been #0 hideously zou- dened after death by the steam aud hot water into such & strange and sickly pallor, that you felt your+ self transfixed with horror, a be J too, that, torn and draggied, sll hung about tne senseless mournful trio of unfortupates came some eight or nine other victiing, all more or less dik Dawe pul ak king eta pad gill ia “vaken from the person of a woman by Officer orn, of the ' Mt, & POCKEILOOK | UKK: HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1871.—TRIPLE: SHERT, | \) revolting and unnatural positions that called Up with wal vividness the tortures OF \heirsudden death, Thank God that most of these unhappy creatures perished in a few seconds: the stiug of death, horrible though it was, could have been but momentary, and seareely contd the “dul heavy sound” which every eye-witness has « serived have reached their ears, before they were forever dead to the thrill of mortal prin, Leaving tie Morgue, you passed along to A» corpses, Jor whiet there was no room in the Morgue, ifere the reality was induitely more horrtble than tn the deaduouse, You were’ brought faee to face with the dead; the steneh of the putrifying flesh crept up your nostrils and turned you sick with @ vague terror, and the corpses looked tenfold more hidevus now that no glazed barrier separated you froi naked fact, There was no so.tening down of the horrors of — the dreadful) truth, — ‘There was the body right befure you, market wt huge sores and “«uscolored — bruise aad the blood-fecked frown of death sul choking ua the nostrils and the mouth and the ears. Words are powerless to convey @ just idea of the disgusting features of this terrible picture. It scemed @ cruelty to the living to preserve beiore human eyes, no inatter for how wise and necessary & purpose, these sickening masses of decaying Clay. All through the day these were the scenes that attracted a constant stream vi eager spectators, ‘Towards noon, however, the crowd gradually jessened in number, and by night a great many of the bodies had been recognized. It 1s to be hoped, however, that ihe wretches who througed these courts of death for the mere SuRODNES of awakening @ thrill of morbid excitement may suffer for ther crime for mouths, nay years, to come. If taey be men, with hearts not harder than the nether muiil- stone, their dreams will certaiuly now and then oe disturbed by memories of the foulest and most re- sole Spectacie that was ever displayed to human DR. SHINES STATEMENT. The First Glimpse at the Scene—(aring for the Wounded—The Agony and the Kviiet— Dead and Dying=The Docior’s Cpinion of the Boilor—Incidents—All the Chitéren Dead. Among the frst on the scene of the catastrophe were Dr, Shine an: his associate, Dr. Healy. They had been Summoned dy one of the ticket seliers who occupies rooms over Dr, Shine’s office, and, though Not anticipating such adreadful sight as tbat they were to see, they hastened to the ferry house to render assistance, The terrible spectacie even to doctors’ eyes awaited: them, and they were astounded as they beheld the work oi death that haa been done and almost bewlidered to know how 10 set about rendering professional services, In tne few moments that had etapsed they learned that, besides the suffeicrs who were still on the boat, scores of others were dead :n the river. Their informant, in describing what ne had seen of the occurrence, said that his attention had been attracted to the West- fleld by & thaddisa sound, and in looking toward the boat he saw a number of persons as if blown high up im the ar and descending into the river. ‘The crowds, ne said, were then beginning to come around the ferry Nouse and the greatest excitement Set in, all cagerly inquiring what accident tad oc- curred, Dr. Shine on his arrival reatlizing the duty before him, at once procured a quantity of carren oil, a pail of brandy and water and some lint, aud witb tuese set to work upon the sufferers, A HERALD reporter, while viewing the wreck soon after the explosion, saw the Doctor at his merciful labor and noticed how energetically and patiently he attended the unforta- nate. Last evening the same reporter called at te Doctor's office, in Greenwich street, to have a talk with him, and got some interesting information re- lative to what he bad seen and heard during the day, aud to the explosion itself. REPORTER—You have just saidthat you were for- luuately on board the boat within a few minutes after the explosion, What was the appearance of the wreck when you got there ? br. SHIxE—It is Impossivle Lo describe the scene. The entire fore part of the boat, as you saw, was gutted, and in tue d¢bris you could see men, women and children struggiing to get up, while some lay helplessly, usable to move. Everywhere around lay the wounded and the dead, The cries and groans of the sufferers were appaliing. Their appearance, with but a few exceptions, would not give you a correct idea of the excessive pain they were enduring. There were eigit persons lying dead. Others were so badly scalded’ that EF knew there was no hope for them. These] kept on the boat as long as I could, lest the Journey in the am- bulance might kill them at once. In one ambulance alone four men died while on their way to the hos: pital One or two others also died in the ambu- lance. There was no hope for any of them. ‘Tie most serious injury sustained by any individual was in the case of Camrom, of Jersey City, who died thts afternoon at Bellevue. He was struck inthe breast ova beam and literally braised to pieces, It was a fearial sight to see the poor man suffering. He suffered most in- tense pain, You have no idea of the sufferings en- aured,by all these people. Whea their clothes were taken off you could see their condition. Onty afew of them escaped, of those I saw on the voat, with. out having the skin almost entirely scalued off. Rerorter—Were there many who got severe bruises in addition to the scalds? Dr, SHinn—Yes, several; there were six cases of broken legs and perliaps three of broken arms, There were also three cases of fractured chests, wo of which died.gOne (3 now in ward 10 at Bellevue, Mr. Nesbitt's was the ouly case of fractured skull, Dr. Alexander aad myself trepanned tne skull last evening. In the cases of the broken legs and arms. We did the best we could on board tbe boat by break- Ing up cigar boxcs to use as Splints, ReEvorteR—1 saw one powerful man whom you seemed to think very mucit hurt by sculding. Dr. SHINE—I guess I know whom you mean. That man’s flesh was scalded to the bone, When he bent one of his arms the bone appeared at the elbow. But there were otivers who suffered perhaps more than he did. ReErorTER—Were you able to render any help to those you found in the débris at first? Dr, Saink—We did ali we comd. We contrived to get dowu to them and give them some temporary relief, In some instances we gave them brandy to silmulate them to the exertion of getting up. ‘There were some ladi¢s down there who were periectly exhausted. One beautiful girl about sixteen years of age Was (ead when we found her. Mrs. Phiiips, her daughter and son-in-law and her two grand- children were in the débris, Tais was the famuy that had occupied the carriage. The cmiliren are dead. ReeonTeR—Were those in the débris the mo-t in- jured? Dr. SHINE—I should say so. them died after being taken np, RePorteR--Do not you think many of them met their death from other causes than scaiding? Dr, Survx—es. from other causes than the ex- ternal injuries. The seaiding would not have kilied many Of them. tis the shock and the con- sequent eanaustion that cause death. Bot many died irom suffocation, especiaily those im the dépris, J saw several whose throats were scalded by the steam. ‘These Must bave suffered most terribly, and without any hope. It wasa most pitiabie sight to wee those Who were thus injured writhing in agony, say that death ensues from ae meun that the nervous depression INE— Those who die from the shock die gen- At least twelve of eraily within twenty-four hours after the accident. Li they live longer exhaustion sets tn. Revorrsa—The hurricune deck at the tine of the explosion was ecrowdeu, Tf these opie, When found dead ta the river had no marke of alding, would you think it probaole that they had been blown right into the river and that tiey died by drowning only yy. SHINE—That's my tiea, T have seen soine of those who have been fdund in the river and ter bodies had NO Marks of scalding, | presume the story i6 correct which says taat at the instant te Voller burst every person on tie hurricane deck Was swept mito the river and drowned. Rerorver—t have heard tt said that put few of those who were Wounded realized them position; 1s that #of j Dr, SHINE—That's pot so, Al of them I met were fully alive vo thew danger, Suffering as intenseiy as they were from nervous depression, they migiit Nave seemed stupid, but it did not take them tong to comprehend thoroughty tueir position, 1 did see ig hither and thither, Mbagaee 3 for the 0 Up from the débris the bodtes of nis two littte clildren. He seemed as if he were more demented than unable to think clearly. Bat then he escaped weil himself, and L don’t wonrter at bis mind giving way a iilte, The two ehiliren were not found in the débris, ‘They must have been drowned. Several persons asked me to send for @ priest for them. ReEPORTER—Have you seen Finnegan, the fire- man? Dr, SAINE—Yes. I think that he'll die to-night. RePORTER—All the patients ave sow In Bellevue Do you think there wil be many deatis o-nignt? Dr. Sut All the patients ave now in Bellevue, except two—# child and a young mair—poth of whom are atthe Park Hospital, Lthink there will be from ten to fifteen deaths to-night at Bellevue. RRLORYBR--Do you remember Whether YuMedl an enna}! Broly after theaceiden wuld eg teave the Bout many of those on board werd NEI calculate that about twenty persons left the voat and went to their homes. ‘They were able to get away somehow to procure medical aid, Poy Nevins va Seriously injured, BvORTER—How many de: , Dr, SuINT—Sixty-sike Sena 9 a1 Rerorrer—tow many of the wounded were re ceived Yesterday m the Centre Street iospital ? Dr. SHINE —tighty-four. RerorrEe—In counting up these numbers does ff Hot strike you tat there were more passengers eu board than we can account for? Dr. StiNe—tt would seem so. I know that py the hal’-past one o'clock boat on Sunday a week before ‘here were over 709 passengers. I have been told on good anthority—in tact, by findmg out ho much money was received at the gate for the trip— that there could not have been more than trom one hundred and fitty to two hundred, passengers ow roard. Still yon can see that even at thal reckoning rge marin is toft for the drowned. Revorter—You have tad some expertence when Deputy Coroner tu investigating cases of a like character to this, What is your option as to the cause of the expioston % Dr. SHiNE—l am persnaded the botier was unfit for use. It has been in use as long as the Westticid bas been ruuning, and that ts for aime years, | have seen a plece of the boiler from the crown sheet, and it was only about one-third of an inch in thickness. The boiler burst, L have no doubt, from over pe sare, Several persons standing near the ferry ouse when the Westtivid came into the slip noticed that steam was geiting off through her safety vaive, @nd this could not ur Were there not an over- pressure on. An explosion could oceur only ia eather of two ways, either by over-presstire or bY let ting the water down tow aud then filling with cota Water, whi ol course, Would exuse exploston, Now 1m this case there wis no chance of letting ut tne cold water and uo need for at, for thes always used heated waier on the Wesificld, and kept a supply of tr at one cna of the vessel. 1 have been speaking to Finegan about thts, and Be told me that afew minutes before the explosion he had sung ont to the captam that they had thea three gauges of water, which is about the gauge generally weed, Under these circumstances | Wing the boller burst from over press REPOR fivid becu out and mov. ent would have happenedt & ¢ the botier would mm t cause Lave been relieved Of Much of the prem sure. ‘The interview close’ here. ON BOARD THE WESTFIELD YESTERDAY. Waat Practical Men Say About the Boilore— A Scene of Horror and Confusion. A miserable wreck, moored to a rotten timbes pler, upon which stands a decayed derrick—one that has evidently seen better days—and surrounded bg numerous other rickety and wretched-looking wharves—fit companions in adversity—ties the Ub Tated Westfield, tne theatre of Sunday’s lamentable disaster, ‘To allow the bodies of the unfortunate vicums te be recovered from the slip, immediately ailer tne disaster the vessel was towed away up the Bast River to the foot of Thirteenth street, where she now lies, the OBsEOr OF MUCH CURIOSITY, and out ofthe reach of the rabble who tirong (he wharves, regardiug i as something of unenviable notoriety, A policeman on guard and a few laxs employés, progging around among the (dé ris for reiles of the departed, are her only crew, ‘rhe vessel can only be approached safely bp means of a boat, and numerous Wherries are impro vised by the smart gamlns of the district to convey visitors toand fro for the small sum of five cents, Very properly “NONE ABR ALLOWED ON BOARD" but those wno have business there, and it really @ astonishing how many persons have this day made & their business to Inspect the unfortunate vessel, among whom was a LLERALD repotter, Whose object was to describe forthe benefit of the public the pte ture of desolauon. Arriving on board, the scere presented was most remarkable. Th. aft poriton of the vessel—that ts, the end which was moored to the slip—iwas perfect and entire; the fore part was ENTIRELY OUT AWAY from the shell of the hull to the pilot house on the upper deck, and was scattered around confusediy in small fragments; 1ndecd some part of the wooa- work was literally torn to ribbous, ‘he force of the explosion may be imagined from tne fact that from the centre of the vessel to tne bow, or rather what was the bow as she lay is the slip, everything Was thoroughly and effectually removed, cven to the outer playks of the boat, All that rematns ia that end 1s what has been Ufved up and returned agam ina conlused mass. The bolier 1s lilted yards out of its place, and a large porttun of {t luaged tn the extreme bow, “PURNING OVER TUE MAIN DECK” like the lid of a box, The smoke siack lies diagom ally acroas the Keel and a boller, plate ts lodged ta the side of the hold, valves, cranks aud staye warped and huddled pel! mett arouad, Among the dépits Is stil to b> nottced numerows chiguons, pads, parts of dresics and various por tions of female attire. Quietly noting these mejam choly relics the HEWALD reporier notices one of the empioyes, Who is progging about, and has evi- dently fallen upon some object which pugzzies hia, proaches blue reg, an, “1 thou I'd got @ nice pair of Kid gloves;” and he lifts up te ‘the gaze of those standing around aud the rouge standing on the Wharf the SKIN PROM TLE PALMS OF A MAN'S HANDS, right and ieft, evidently In the straggic for life amid the scalding steam of the expiosion, “i'll stand you five doilars for ’em,” crics & Me tags specimens ot humanity on the wharf, “Sure, I'll not take money Jor a dead man’s skin,” says the employé, and he descenus again tnto the hold and returns agaiu witte seve! other specimens, witich he wraps oR and treasures away, The sight ly sickening, a the reporter tells “iim so, of femaic ‘The various portions hair arc curiously poked over by the sticks of the visitors, aud speculations are ventured as te who may have been the possessor and whetaer they survive. Iu THE “ENGINE ROOM,’ which remains periect. and enjire, are several sets of harness, evidently belonging tv the poor atitmats ow board at the time of the accident. Everything whtet meeis the eye serves to remind the beholier of the terrible panic which must have added horror apow. horror to the ghastly scene at the moment of the terrible crash, a cending into the hold and Laspecting the botler, Wo find 0 15 an ordinary marine lev, constras on the return fue principte, ing sixteen Nues connected with the furnace aad surrounding the boiler, Which 1s stayed Instde by transverse stays, whicit meet a few inches trom the centre, aud witich are pronounced by “PRACTICAL BOILER MAKEDS" as utterly insuiticient lor a poner of that capacity, it evidently having yielded in the frst iastance im the centre of the boiler and between the stay: forcing them out of ther fastenings, thas rippi the end out lke @ piece of paper ana driving the outer caslug into the bow of the vessel, as vefore described, tearing away the decks and the cabis forming & ea gull filled with steam at seating Water, Into which many of the um fortnnate passengers were huried without hope of escape. To think of it one ost envies those who were blown off the devi and out of the cabing to meet death in the cold river rattier than the unhappy creatures who were literally parbotied in thts hell of confusion, As re- gards the boller and tts capabilities for safely _ ‘ling the Westtield and its living freight over New york Bay, we here append the opinions expressed by practiéal men who were fnspecting it in the pres- ence of the HERALD reporter. One GENTLEMAN OF LARGE EXPERIENCE and connected with @ very extensive bowler manwe: factory, thus gave bis opimion:;—«"The botler is old, the iron of which it is constracted 1s very tnferior, the explosion having tora fi, across the of the met it is shelicd and blistered in many and, above all, it 18 insuiliciently and asc cally stayed, Ule stays ene placed diagonally, ta- stead of longitudinaliy, us very ‘Genera, weakening the construction, ft has, Tw been certifled to bear twenty-seven pounds pressure. For iny parc 1 would not work it at TEN POUNDS PREB3URE, and for any man to certify this Dover at all, attee Proper inspection, he must be very cuipabie. ta ’ ‘Vhis verdict was evidently sincere, a: @ aa we record it, A gentleman from Phiwtel- lia, purporting to represent the ‘Keystone Courcit ol Lingineers,” and who gi that he had come te s xpress on this acct. ate hy Benilon as follows:—"1 hold that ints accitent has occured in the same manner the majority of beiler ex oceur, from the denaity of the water, which, om being suddenly moved by the motion of the Vv trom its latent heat generates steam suddeniy causes explosion. It is true the boiler is imper- fovtly stayed, but that alone is not sullicient te account for the accident.” The opinion wax unamt- yous aMong those best capable of judging the sab ject that the poiler was ‘ IMPERFECTLY CONSTRUCTED, and singularly weak for its capacity and the work it was Intended to perform. It there ts in this hor- rible catastrophe any cause at ail for congratuiation Wsayine that MW Might nave been worse, which Heaven forbid, 1t 1s that fire was not added to the other Horrors Wich surrounded the miserable and unlortunate passengers by the Westfield on that {ttl Sappath afternoon, Had the explosion taken place at the farnace end of tue boiler this would have undoubtedly been the case and litte woutd have been leit of the to nee arb ga r 10 describe and moralize upon, rough tue boiler was torn and rent and bodily removed trom ita trie position, yet the furnaces remained wntouohed and the horror of fire esoaped, Occurteng, as ib did, in the fore part of the vousel, the losy OF tite was wm Greased. aud the chance of bacape for thoes Whe