The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-14
Tuesday Morning, April Ia, 1887.
The ExpIo,ion OF Boiler in n Printing
Office

THE ExnIoyion Of n Boiler In n Printing
Ofice
The Indianapolis (ind) Journal of Thursday,
furnishes the following account of the late expo-
sion ;p the press room of the Sentinel of that city
which WAS bri, ily noted by telegraph few days
ago:
ia rf ths Sentinei office which had ju.t bean at
90 ana was beirs ttied Ter tns hiH ume' EXPLODED
~. oee xss in pfoce,s OF removal fton the cid lo
80, 40 the Csrital Housa, which had been leased
ia establishments and potion Of the presses h sd
been set in o9der ready 'or "srs, sne mos' OF the
c..ss had been renewed. The boiler was placed on
hs ssst side Of open court yard Of the house,
ns .ssu hso ssen rals.d init for the frat time, to
tryit .,o,,,-. ...,a,n.
he III. moment; several hsnds in the job
nswt rooms srd two three in the pTesa room. The
r.no.i 'da,hed several of tho from .he boi
1,sT into lhe press oonI, blew the hclleThaad and
a portign Of tie chimney through ths intervening
~sI forced out the greater part Of the east wall OF
the wlrg and let the hoor OF the - upper stories
down with all the typ sn6 materials in them,
klnr a.oere Of ruin aad confusion unparalleled in
cur urexperence. The noise of the explosion
deep dul! rosr and shook the buildings for several
s;osses srcund, When we res,hed tho scene Of The
di.ste found the press room on the g.ound floor,
uis. Of troken presses. isthes, josts and Plaster
ard fa.l Of steam md smoke.
The wsll th.t had rot been blown down as forced
foot OF Of the perpendicular, the foors all
crushed late at the bottom. with portion Of
hc!!eF uuGsfnehl eEa ~OIsl OF hll tne BODY OF
boy crushed snd b acaened under the boiler After
good oesi of ,tfoIt the beary iron wa, re
rasvsd. sad 3 boy pamed George Honsn taken out
rriby crushed and Qsite dead Mr. Rsncall, tho
foremsa Of the news room was badly hurt az was q
boy nsmed Frederick Mudbsrger; also. Frank Schuy-
ler Jacob Lsx ard a son Of Mr- Doughty, ef the
proprieteCs None Of these were oapgerously hurt,
We bslisve.
public meeting was called to ssord relief to the
propnetors Of the demolished etfce. The loss Is
a1cut az GOO.
apothar
Ihe fire had been made under the boiler q little
over an hour, and ins sicstions that any
unu'usl smoOnt Of steam had bsen g.n.rsted. In
consequence of difficulty in the working of the
pump which was g.! the work the engine doing,
nr Eipton and Mr. Gfszler were about opening the
chest TO " hat the matter was, as the pump
easily worked by hand. At this moment, the ex
posion occurred 1he boiler, those sag vho seem to
have noticed most tsntvely, appeared 10 rise from
1t, bed and shoot ard and forward with Bile
force.
DISTRESSING SCENE AT AN ExECUTIoN.-The
fact that Alfred Countryman, was executed in II
lnois, on Friday week for the murder of she
riff, has been mentioned. An Illinois paper says
About O'Clock the ccrtege started from the isil
for the carriage. 1t consisted of ave carriages G.
tanning the prison ard tbs Sheriff his putie.
members OF the bar. ths spiritual adviser of the e. i'm
ius physicians, members OF the press and the pri-
soGert father brother and aster. Upon side of
the carriage marched guard of som. three hundred
II emen and citizens armed wit sabres and carbines
,oot their place the scaf Id. After short pause
Rev MI Crews offered short prayer in behalf of
the doomed an, In which the .risoner seemed To
Join with gIest earnestuess. The criminal then ad
dressed the crowd as follows:
Gentlemen and Ladies: Il do not feel able to as.
dress you much | am not gifted with great sneeeh
Thank the Lora there Ia abovs that trust that
may have world of peace. Ladie and gentier en-
wsrn you all 10 love God Ny inc here is short:
and it 10 time should disappear. have hsc great
trouble TO make my peace, but thank Goo had
fIIend on earth. Blessed be 10 God yes ladies' and
Esatlenep, | go to God with this terri ole muir
der TO my charge; and when all meet there we
viii ind out who is right and who 10 wrong hsy,
on my wife and little ones my old father and dear
mother, E'y brothers and sisers and on each one
o! you here, that We may meet in world OF peace
where sorrGws be NO more ! Pfsise be to God that /
pfsy TO de that heavenly land where sorIuws is no
more God PARDON me!
Up to the utteTance of the last four or five sen-
fences Of this sodrefs, the prisoner bad exhibited a
woncerfui sslf-psssession and, though very pale be-
trsyed but little agtation hut at the close his firm
nes' seemed to partially give way and his language
chair in tbs centre of the scsfJld, and after a part
ing with The Rev. Mr. Crews and hi. counsel the
ebenf ana his deputies proceeded co plnon the crn
iDal and a. just the rope During this the uIiso er
exclaimed, Farewell both friend and 70 p! Glory be
to God! Glory be to 0od! Glory be TO God I'm 60
ing home! Glory be to Goc.
Everything beng ready the sheriff bsde hi u sooo-
bye, and monen: sfLer the fatal b. 1t was with
drawn, and at seventeen minutes past two O'Clock
the soul Of Alfred Coantryman went 10 The Judgment
baE oi Goo. he pra1ner trCgssd fsr nearly FIVE
minutes, although his neck WEE broken and after
hanging thirty two minutes cut down and his
body gwen his friends During the scene uuon the
sohfod, the father, brother and sister of the con-
Of tho sbbet, and theit lamentations were truly
heArt-rel3ing.