. Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States . of the passengers, mostly mechanics, lent theirservices to get it on again. While thus surrounded,the boiler burst. The chief engineer was blown topieces. His legs went into Union Park, his arms onto a pile of lumber on the other side of the avenue,and his head was split, in two parts. His abdomenwas also burst, and his intestines scattered over theroad. The assistant engineer had both his legs broken,and his head, face, and breast dreadfully scalded. Heonly lived a few moments. Another of the unfortu-nate persons employed, Ph
. Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States . of the passengers, mostly mechanics, lent theirservices to get it on again. While thus surrounded,the boiler burst. The chief engineer was blown topieces. His legs went into Union Park, his arms onto a pile of lumber on the other side of the avenue,and his head was split, in two parts. His abdomenwas also burst, and his intestines scattered over theroad. The assistant engineer had both his legs broken,and his head, face, and breast dreadfully scalded. Heonly lived a few moments. Another of the unfortu-nate persons employed, Philip W. Case, was dangerously wounded. The names of the other victimswere Johnson and Spencer, and Roderick Matheson,the latter being severely scalded on his legs, and his HARLAEM RAILROAD, NEW YORK. 299 face dreadfully lacerated by pebbles and sand beingblown into it. Besides these, there were fifteen or six-teen other persons wounded or scalded. The frag-ments of the boiler were thrown in every direction,and the machinery of the engine was entirely de^ Explosion of a locomotive on the Harlaem railroad. Immediately after the accident, there was observeda disposition on the part of a number of Irishmen, whowere under the influence of liquor, to create a were for marching in a body to destroy thedepots of the company. Others insisted that the carsshould be prevented from passing over the spot, andactually laid hold of the horses to carry out their pur-pose. Everything, in fact, that could be done, wasdone by a number of disorderly persons to make theresults of this lamentable affair still more disastrous. The foregoing particulars were extracted from thepapers of the day. From other sources of the likenature we gather the following additional account:— 300 RAILROAD ACCIDENTS. We cannot refrain, in this place, from awardingto Alderman Tieman the highest praise. But for hiscoolness, forbearance, judgment, and firmness, it isprobable that a very serious riot wo
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