The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-11-02
TIL E ID ISPATCH.
Boiler Explosion In Providence, r.. 1.
MONDAY MORNING, So,-p,,n1,, 90 -

tefrieie boiler explosion occurred at the In
d'a Rubber works Of n. Hayward, in Providence,
n. l., on Thursday morning last, injuring several
persons, and bnrying beneath the ruins Ira +
smith, who was passing at the time of the accident
The loss Is estimated at 100000. The Providence
Journal says:
Such was the force Of the explosion. that the
boiler, weighing some four TONS was thrown ont
carrying with 1t the wall of the building hitting
aud cnttlng off an elm tree nine inches in dia,ne-
ter, and breaking away the side of house oppo.
site, and not expending full force against tbess
obstacles, 1t continued some three hundred feet
along the street, and there fell part Of it re.hot
when il struck the ground.
The engine had been started about twenty mi.
nutes before the explosion. The nsLcs and GOA,
aud scaitfug steam were thrown into all parts ~
the building, aud the whole was almost instantly y
enveiopod in fiames. The destruction of the works
ls complete. and pile of ruins is all that remains
The counting roam which is separate was li.tla
injured except by water.
The works consisted Of Ave buildings, beside the
counuhS-rooin, Ihey we're all connected. the older
PORTIONS were built OF wood and three stories high
and the additions were of brick and stone four or
hVe stories high, covering in all eighteen or twenty
thousand feet of land
There were over two hundred persons employed
IN the works, more than half OF them females At
hrst 1t was supposed that the stairs had been sepa
rated from the portion of the buildings in which
The greater partof the people were at work
terrible panic ensued and it was with difficulty
that the girls could be restrained ftom THROWING
themselves out Of the windows. Some of fhen
jumped down upon a shed, and we're removed from
that by ladders; others went down by the chains
used in hosting goods. In this way some of them
sustained trifiIng injuries and few of them were
hurt moTe seriously, but none Of thenl il is hoped
dangerously.
Mr.. 7. J.. Eewes, the superintendent of the shoe
department, WAS badly scalded and wounded At
the time OF the explosion, he was in his room over
the DDlipF-rODfn His of I'll a
aster was his finding himself sinking. Presently
his downward motion was partially arrested lie
WAS blinded and covered with loose bricks and
mortar. Here he supposed that he received his
burns and wounds on his face and arms On his
first real Consciousness, he found himself on the
lower story among the ruins. His escape was al
most miraculous.
Elijah 0rmsbre, the engineer was blown out
with the boiler. lie WAS covered with brick and
rubbish to the depth of 10 inches. Ills LEG was
broken. his wrist and lace cut, his back bad
iy scHded and it ia not certain if he will survive
all these injuries, but }r. Miller hopes he will.
Dr. liartshOrn sold the establishment two wears
ago for $4,000. The land valued at 81, ,000.-
The buildings and machinery were probably worth
about $4,000 There was u large quantity of man
uiaciured and unmanuEactured stock Oh hand of
which it is not possible to get estimate, US Mr..
Haywood is at his residence III Colchester. 1t was
insured III New York, and perhaps partly in Con-
necticHt. fhe insurance is stated at S60,000, but
the exact amount could not he ascertained
The house which the boiler struck was occupied
by Michael Drary and Michael IL. McGwinn in the
upper story, and by James Faulkner and Mr.
Catharine McElroy IN the basement. Mrs. Faulk-
E"r Was sitting In 1t rocking chair near the window
with her child in her arms when the explosion
took place. The boier passed through the side Of
the house and took the rockers from the chair in
which Mrs. Faulkner was sitting, who beside be-
ing so fuEghtly unseated, received a few bruises
irvE the sPliners and pieces of wood Mr.. Nc
Nwinns mother and sister, who in the room
overhead had just finished breakfast. and were
preparing for washing, when the boiler carried
away the whole front side of the room. demoishing
the closet, lis contents, sink, clock. looking-gass
wdSh-Doiler, tcakettc, and chairs leaving the
stove the only whole article III the room. Large
cracks We're made in the floor, and the building
WAS slightly moved from its foundation. The plas-
tcring was shaken down with such force i'll the
lower story as to create quite bruise Ellen
uaitsains lacs.
The street was covered with the bricks and splin-
t'rs all the way from the works TO the place where
the boiler fell. one little girl was knocked down
IN the street hy the flying bricks Several per-
sons saw the boiler as i flew up he street aud
there were some narrow escape OF persons passing
Among the persons iajurcd, were Elizabeth Nil
Ian, spine broken; Daniel iIiggiu, side of his
face torn I'll, and Ann Kenny, Harriet kelte. and
Mary Frazer, bone broken. The explosion wgs
caused by low water in the boiler.