Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-09-29

t.on. n. C.e,,l no PAN Deaier.

From. C.es'l no PLAIN Dealer.
DacSdful Actidem-E Eaplosicn o3Ae Lc-
renaofire Engine Deidardre on the Cere-
lahd d Columbus RafircQd- Engincey
Kitted-1hres Men Seriously Woprd.
ed.
@ This morning, as The ak o. o'clcck cuisaYd
freight tain had passed Walworth Run,
about two miles from this city, the Engine
Delaware exploded with a terrific crash,
killing one engineer, and seriously ipjuring
the fireman OF the same engine, and fhe el-
ginesr and fireman Of The Engine .Lnraip.
which bad been attached in front Of the
Delaware, on account Of the length OF the
train.
An eyewitness informs US that be. was
on The middle part Cf the train, wien tbs
Engine exploded; that upon. rushing up, hs
lound that the boiler Of the Delaware had
been thrown forward upon the Lorain, and
that uuder it lay the n'ang'ed form Of the
Engineer OF the Lorain, Samuel Boothsby,'
'fthls city; that The Engineer Of The Dela-
ware, MIR. Bryant, was discovered crawl
I"g upon the fence at the road-side, with his
skin almost hayed, aud his clothes quite
torn off, and that the two 6rcn,eu were
dreadlully scalded.
s, tremendous was the force Of .Le ex.
ploslon, that the cylinders Of tie Delaware
were thrown forward upou the track far in
advance Of tue Lorain, and the track was
torn up as if by whrlwind-.one rail be,
ing thrown about twelve rods from The scens
Of the catastrophe. The Eugine is a CON.
plete wreck.
Th Lorain is much shattered.
1t was found impossible TO exirica.e the
unfortunate man, Boolhsby, from the boifes
OF the Delaware He was released from.
bis dreadful suferings by deatl, in few
moments.
Tire Engineer Of the Delaware Mr.. Bry.
ant, and the firemen of the two Engines Mr..
Cotton, and Mr.. Stearns, were attended 10
as well as the circumstances of the case per.
mitt,d d,-wsre brought Immediately into The
city, and taken TO rooms in the New Eng
land House. They are most shuckingIy
disfsnIed We learn that Br, ant Can 10,
survive, but that both fire,nen VIII recover. 4.
The cause # The explosion is unknows -A
The Eng ineer Of the Delaware saws iba,
there were, al the time Ct the explosion, four
suages OF waller in the boiler, though il
would seem from the fearful force of the ex-
plosion, tearing the Engine TO pieces ON all
sides, that this could not have been the
case. Locomotive explosions are very raie.
and result either from accidental disarrance.
ment, caralessness, or defects in the boiler.
We hope that this sad affair will lie insuir
ed into, and the true cause asrertsin, d. Ii
affords most melancholy ilGstta ivn. tkst.
@ln the midst " life We ase in deah,"
EFFECTS CT THE hxPLoeiox.
The b.iler Of the Delaware nas th.swn
forward across tie leLder oiile Iofain, tho
Engineer ofihe latter Ersins, MIR. BootLshy.
was caught by The hips betsrrn tue two
boilers, rnd almost Instantly killsd. TLs
two cI luders we.e thrown forward ever ths
Lorain, carrying away her smske piIe, ard
landing about fourteen reds fTLM the scsLe
Of the explosion. Tie driving " heels Of ilo
Of the Della ware, were both thrown over tke
Lorain and land;l directly in front VI it,
The tender tf the Deta ware was iL, own IF
the track, and was not much damssss -.
The ex plosion made temsnduus Lavuv HitA
the track The ground for eus oriwo rsds
about the Delaware was violently tern @, ;
the sleepers were displaced; the r. lis much
beat; one was thrown twelve or fuurtsea
fee, down the kill. The train was passi, 4
round curve at the time uf the disaster,
MIR. Stearns, brennan upoa the Delaware
AID MI. Cotton, fireman upon tLs Loraip,
reside in Berea. O.