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Are your glasses mo- dern' and correct for your vision? HAVE YOUR EYES EXAMINED Hy our thorough methods, which are a little differcat and more accurate than usual Jewelers. 100-Pemoess Street Kinnear & Esterre: a a pr N.S Ocean Steamship 0 Agency. " C. S. Kirkpatridk 86 Clarence St. ke. RS {witness said: t| He had no idea | guskets to blow THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1919. J SUFOCTD WIN STEM COADY DEATH ON THURSDAY. MET The Evidence Submitted Did Not Show Any Negligence on the Part of the Montreal Transportation Company. "We find that John Patrick Coady cage to his death by being; suffocated with steam as the result of the blowiig out of a manhole gasket In the boiler of the steamer Atikokan, and that the evidence sub- mitted did not show any negligénca on the part of the Montreal Trans- portation Company." on Friday "night, shortly before | midnight, by a jury empanelled by Coroner Dr. D. E. Mundell to on- quire into the circumstances sur: rounding the death of Johm Patrick Coady, one of the four men who los* their lives in the terrible accident on the steamer Atikokan on Thurs- day . afternoon. D. A. Shaw was foreman of the jury; and the evi- dence of eleven witnesses was 89° cured, Francis King appeared o7 behalf of the Montreal Transports: tion Company, The inquest was held in the police court room, and! it was filled with interested spec: tators throughout the hearing. Dr. A. W. Richardson stated that, Coady died from suffocation from superheated steam. Several ems ployees of the company were ex- amined, and they swore that it was quite a common thing for manhole gaskets 'to blow out In Evidence was also produced which showed that the gaskets had been installed properly, but that there was always a danger of such an ac- cident. Chief Engineer Robert Knight, of ithe steamer Atikokan, gave evi: : dence. He said there were two boil- ers, one "dead," while the other had 60 pounds of steam. He made an examination after the accident with the second engineer, and found a candle was still ing. He said the through a section of the manhole joint. This joint was protected | 23 with asbestos packing to stand 200 pounds of steam: iH Thomas P, Thompson, steamship inspector for boilers and machinery, sald that on June 10th he had x= amined both boilers of the steamer internally and externally. He had also examined .the. safety valves to gee if they were in proper condition. The chief point® on such an ingpection as far as pressure was concerned is.by means of . water about 70 degrees temperature. The boilers were filled with water on June 11th. They were - given 188 pounds of cold water pressure for Jabout five minutes, and if there had. been anything defective it: would thave shown itself.' Asked @s to the cause of the manhole giving away, "Under the, circum- 2 anes it is hard to say what caus- e Questioned by Mr. King, ths wit- hoes stated that it was quits an 'or- inary thing for a blow-out of this Kind to occur with cold water and steam. George Henderson, marine en }gincer, said he had cleaned the man- thole doors thoroughly and had put on the Baskets properly. The gas kets used were perfectly new. Robert Hepburn, = marine -engin- Jeer; testified as to the work on the 'manhole being carried out properly. shat caused the ut. He had been | The above verdict was rendered | 1 this way. | ¥ amon McClymont, lit In the empty jler, where men had been work. | the work in view of the baile steam escaped {th © steamer was to be used in salt >lkind would happen. present when the hydraulic test Was made by Inspector Thompson, and there was np appearance of a leak. He regarded the affair as purely aec- cidental. He had seen blow-outs of this kind before, and had also heard of them. They had accurred years ago and would occur in the future. William H. O'Leary, foreman boilermaker for the M.T. Co., said he was in front of the manhole when the test was made. He de- clared 'that not a particle of water came through and that evervifing was in good condition. Witness had thirty years' experience in the business, and had seen lots of blow outs of this kind, Thomas Ratrick Compeau said he was wgrking on the "dead" Dboller when thy blow out oceurred. - "Coady was in the 'dead' boiler, and Ferguson and Gibson wers working outside the dead boiler. Ferguson was about six feet from the manhole. Gibson and I were working togéther. We heard the noise and could see the steam blow- ing. It went through towards the bunkers' bulkhead, and quickly filled the fire hole. I ram into tha forward coal bunker, and then I ran back again. I could not see very will for the steam, but a grab bed Gibson. He gave a twist, and 1 lost my hold on him. = Gibson and 1 then made .a dive ; for the coal ¢bunker. I do not know what hap- {== ' pened Coady and I did: not see Watts." Richgrd Taylor, foreman of the enging department for dhe M.T. Co., told of the test made. He sald there was no leak.' The test was kept up between five and eight min- utes, It was quite a common thing 'for gaskets to blow out, and wit- 'ness told of many similar occur: rences, | Witness also swore that all the necessary precautions had been taken to avoid an accident of this «kind. John B. Howiti a fireman, told of putting on the fire for the test He had sixty pbunds of stean,, and from the time the pressure started witness examined every port and found np leaks, - He also inspected the manhole. He had figured in an accident when a gasket had blown assistant "marine supérintendent of the M.T. Co., said the very best of attention had been given to the boiler part ot fact that Nate trade. He regarded the test "extra severe," and to the best of Ids knowledge everything was in ®od shape. Charles Selby, called as a boiler expert, stated "that accidents of this He had met with such accidents in: his own ex- Rerjonge on sore than one 'ocea- sion G.W.V.A! DEFEAT ROMA. y ememas In Baseball Game Jriday Evening By 10 to 8, An exciting game frp 'baseball was witnesséd on the Uricket Field on Frid eyening ~ "hetween the G.W.%A. and R.CH,A. The ferm- er wal k by 10:00 8, It was a seven inning-game and: up to the fifth 41 seemed to be a walkover for dhe Vet- erans, @s the score was toen 8 to 0. At this point Henfrew, who was pitching vor the Artillery wis res Placed by Andy from first base, --t retrieved the fortunes of his team by shutting out the Veteran alter [two more runs wéré made. 'His own team @t the same Lime found them-~ selves and scored eight rans. What might have happened had he been placed earlier 1n the box. fs what over is asking. 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