Show BLAME WILL BE PLACED ng evidence brought out in the inquest evidence of a startling nature which doubtless will have an import ant bearing on the ultimate result of the coroner s inquiry into the general disaster was forthcoming at the inquest in new york city tues day perhaps the most unexpected incident was the continued refusal to answer questions of henry lundberg a united states steamboat inspector who was supposed to have inspected the life preservers and the hull of the 11 fated steamer his refusal was based on the gro ind that an answer might tend to incriminate him and he acted on the advice of his counsel the coroner committed lundberg to the house of detention but later ac cepter ball for his appearance at the hearing daniel 0 neill who according to his sworn statement had never worked on a boat until he was hired on the slocum a short time ago admitted that he had jumped into a rowboat filled with people from the slocum capsizing it referring Ke ferring to the efforts to throw water on the fire when it was first discovered 0 neill told of the bursting of the hose he ran and got the rubber washing hose but the coupling would not fit the standpipe this was some of the sensational tes brought out by the use of dynamite and heavy guns fired by men from the second battery scores of bodies were brought up from the bottom around the shores apar north brother island tuesday from sunrise to sunset the searchers along the beach and in the boats gathered in bodies bringing up the number of the recovered to date to the appalling total of |