Show TO tind DESERET NEWS ay iy I 1 aji ili GE i NEW YORK 31 coroner kernan will hold an investigation into the explosion of the steamer westfield yesterday perhaps not before next week it is intended that it shall be searching and thorough the opinion of beveral several experts with reference to the condition of the boiler and the material of which i it was made and the amount of steam carried at the time will be obtained the jury will be composed of business men or practical mechanics able to render an intelligent verdict according to the evidence and place the blame for the ap paling accident where it belongs the jury will view the bodies at the morgue no permits for there the removal 0 of f tiie tile bodies were wera granted yesterday or last night no theory is offered by the officers ot of the company for the disaster the engineer of the westfield says ahat that wh when en the westfield steamed out from the island she had four cocks of water and from the fact that on only y a slight concussion accompanied the explosion he thinks there could have been but a small head of steam on stevens secretary of the staten island ferry company says saya that there ther ewas wab was a government safety safet valve attached to the boiler boller the collector cod cor asserts positively that there could not have been more than two hundred and fifty persons on board the westfield being an extra boat and but few persons were aware that it had been placed on the line he holds that it was not possible for so many to be on her ag as though she was on a regular trip major carroll of syracuse and his associates made their way through a dense crowd and were driven to the grand hotel where their wounds were dressed by dr fisher when visited by a reporter last evening they were comparatively comfortable and hope t to 0 be able to endure the journey home b by y tomorrow to morrow grappling for the dead bodies WAS kept up all night and is still going on shortly after midnight warden brennan r reported over forty dead bodies in bellevue and about sixty nast ast horribly scalded and bruised many of whom will vill doubtless die he says that over ten thousand people visited the hospital after dark and that the whole force of surgeons and assistants was completely worn out late liate yesterday afternoon the west W est field was taken in tow tow by her bister stater vessel the N northfield or tAfield and is to be taken to the foot of ah street east river for repairs the character of the explosion was such as to tear away and to entirely ruin half the vessel nothing be seen but one mass of iron timber hats caps parasols umbrellas and pieces of torn clothing of every description the windows and doors baft othe boat have been shattered and torn from their hinges the benches and settees lay in inextricable confusion the company estimate the damages t to the vessel at the principal loss being the wreck of the boiler the boat is known as an extra boat and was used on sundays and holidays or at hours when the tide of travel bets sets a strongly to staten island she was about to start on her hen i ficht trip yesterday and was two or three minutes behind time when the boiler exploded there were from two hundred to two hundred and fifty passengers aboard at the time of the accident according to the statement of the officers and ticket takers imort most passengers congregate almost directly oyer over the the i boiler boller I 1 in n order to catch the breeze rge ze from the bouth south J newyork NEw YoRK yore 31 31 th e ferryboat boat westfield field attracts crowds to where she afes feb fea moored at east street anc inc in charge har ge of coroner young all the human remains and bits of clo cio eld clothing thing have been removed by firemen to the mo morgue rg ue the force foree of the explosion was upward 1 blowin blowing g away the them mai mal cabin deckand hurricane deck in an almost straight line across ardd arid a littleford little for ward of the centre of the boat athe T rid jid bulwarks bulwa forward ward were blown biown to pieces and the metal shade around the funnel lies crumpled like paper caper in fhi the bow the iron pipe an inch thick thi f joined to 0 the steam hest chest storn eastorn wa away like cloth and hurled burled against the side of the boat bodt the two water at e r tanks ta n ka were re forced backward towards the stein stern a consid considerable erable distance the after arl art of the cabin is pompa comparatively i uninjured the total fifth number ber ben of deatha from the b oat explosion yesterday thus far is 67 seventeen eveh teen of the killed and 24 bof of the wounded were ere residents res nes identa lyn thos thoa P powers inspector af pf of boti boil boller Fral sg of bf brooklyn bid 11 and examining enigi engineer neer beer 1 inspected i ted the boiler of the westfield asela field t today to 0 xe day ay and alid stated th that at the explosion occurred from an over pressure of steam as there is no appearance of low water but on ddn the contrary there is every sign that there was vas plenty of water in the boiler ERLo E B lowe wethe the submarine diver who recovered the body of dr simmons and that of Stra engineer at the new hamburg disaster is looking for bodies lost by the explosion maeo maco and coburn met at the spirit of the umes times office today made a deposit each on the fight and then crossed to jersey city and paid down the remainder of the stakes 0 additional about the explosion bernard smith age 30 of brooklyn with his wife and two twos children one a little girl and theother the other an infant were in the westfield explosion 4 the husband is missing the wife and little girl are dead and the baby badly scalded U up p to a late h hour ou r to io tonight n night ight no iio lio additional deaths were reported of the patients bifi the bellevue hospital only andrew nesbit who had bad his skull frantu fractured r by a piece of boiler is in danger of death at ninette nine the morgue was closed and policemen edlen edien were stationed at all the approaches to keep back the crowds all day that up to a late hour strove to gai gal gain n admission twenty bodies are in the morgue awaiting interment two of bf the women are uh unrecognized recognized two experts bald eald to be acting under the orders of the secretary of the treasury have examined examine ct the fragment of boiler at the police headquarters counterfeit twenties on the U S national bank of washington were put in circulation here today to day NEW YORK I 1 up to one this a in the dead numbered 72 and a dozen wounded were wera not expected to live from one moment to another all the bodies have been reco recognized nihed but two one chubby baby aboul about nine months old awaits identification itis nou not at seriously injured over oker eighty bounded wounded remain romain at the bellevue probably otymore nifty fifty more are scattered about in private h houses buies inthis cit eit yand nd tinbrook V lyn 6 Q I 1 the world publishes the names of seventy one killed hilled by the explosion and bays says there theris are eight bodies unknown the herald gives th the n number 11 of killed 1 as even greater and names one hun t dred and tw twenty enty sev seven ali iri injured it is believed bell beil eved many more bodies will atvill be taken out of the water and of course others will never be found A most painful after feature of the tragedy is the appearance of hundreds of anxious and half crazed people at the hospitals and station houses inquiry inqui inquiring rJ ng after missing friends and relatives relative one poor poon po or fellow michael finley who lost a w wife I 1 fe and child by the explosion hab has h gone mad and attempted yesterday to commit suicide by drowning the steamboat inspectors matthews and bole will commence an examination today to day bayat at their office 23 pine st by order of the secretary of the treasury han BAN JOSE cal 1 L about five years ago a mr walker was murdered at mountain view by a man named haun the theo murderer escaped and ther there ewas was waa no clue to his whereabouts until two weeks ago sheriff harris heard he was at lone pine owens river inigo co harris started on the journey and when he arrived at inde nc ehe cehe learned that haun was working ng in a blacksmith shop on owens river under the name of wilson entering the shop harris seized hirn him by the hand with the cordial greeting Hi hallo hailo allo ailo how are you wyl wll wilson entirely disarming suspicion and leading him away from a truck on which laya lay iny a six shooter and while engaging 9 his attention harris slipped the handcuffs on one wrist haun dresback drew baek back the other to strike at the same time asking what was wante wanted d ame gme hants arr art 8 pretended be he had a warrant for his arrest for burglary at sacramento two years ago upon which bitted to be handcuffed saying he could prove brov e he had bad been b een in that place four years when however lodged in jail jall at independence I 1 he was told the true cause bause of his arr arn arrest arnest est he vowed he would never have been taken alive if he had bad been told so at first harris arrived in ir town this morning with his man 9 PARIS the acceptance of theresia the resignation of favre is confirmed thiers thiera is consulting 16 beneral gene ral rai cissey with a view tto ito indre ingre increasing aslag the army the number of communists awaiting trial ia is thirty two thousand in order to render possible the disposition dispo of so great a number of cases a bill was in ln produced trod into the assembly increasing the number of judges and removing all restrictions from those judges who have at any time committed themselves against or have been obliged to act against the versailles government LONDON 31 in tn the house of lords today to day earl granville in giving a favorable answer to a special message in behalf of prince arthur urged that the demand merely fulfilled a contract made at the beginning of the reign he spoke in warm eulogy of Princ eArthur whose visit to canada had secured the affection of the colonists the duke of richmond heartily seconded the motion which was carried without a dl division richmond then moved a vote of censure of the queens message as unworthy of ministerial resort he denounced in strong language the speeches made at the banquet at othet iha Mansi mans lon ion Hou do on n S saturday atu aday in relation to the treaty of washington and claimed the royal prerogative with regard to the instrument without the assent of part PAtt parliament lament A meeting lun iff trafalgar square td protest against the proposed allowance e to prince arthur was held tonight to night five thousand were present and were addre addressed ased at ai different points there was waa much excitement and the entire police reserve were out the police seized a communist flag carried by one 0 the clubs club samid amid violent demonstrations some fighting is reported and arrests were ma made ide the meeting adjourned in disorder the crowd being dispersed by the police LONDON 31 A proposed vote of censure tonight to night excites conversations and editorials thirty of the newcastle rioters have gone 0 o america 1 j the persian minister jen den depies denies 1 fed the h famine ine lne plague and cholera the poor are fed and because there a are re so man many P police to preserve order the story has arisen of preventing disinter ments he thinks the statements are traceable to commercial agents |