The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-08-18
THE EXPLODED LOCOMOTIVES

THE EXPLODED LOCOMOTIVE,
parry OF gentlemen, comprising members of |
''e ie"o'"E ''''s IN charleston, engaged IN cngi.
ncering and machinery, met II; the Round. house |
Of the South Carolina Railroad v..,.rJ,,. |
where the wreck of the locou,o,;ve ,,L;, ~ ~ |,
podrd between l.owIys aud Grahams stations |
had been deposited The fragments of tb.. Inco' |
motive were curiosity to amy person. but much
more interesting to gentlemen who rould INTEL |
sen,'S co"iPrehenh the ch''sc of the explosion
The centre Of the explosion appeared to h,v,
been on the left hand side Of that part of tb.
boiler over III" tirc-b"x. Firs, opening the shell
of the boiler at this point, it ripped the boiler
forward, throwing the dome and safety valve
high in the air. aud projecting the adjacent ,lrv
ing wheels far into the field, only stopped tho
work of destruction with the termination of the
boiler at the forward tluc sheet The cylinders
smoke box and stack, being in front of the boiler
were turned about one eighth to the lett. The
machinery was broken every way, the piston
rods being bent in opposite directions and broken
Behind the boiler the deck plate, on which the
engineer and party stood was broken at the
iia'Icics IL seemed as If some tremendous power
had struck The engine from the right and passed
ac'oss the track, destroying everything in its
path. On tii" aNlc Of one pair Of the driving
wheels, which, though constructed of wrounht
IRON. six inches in diameter was bent hy the OK.
plpslpn, were spiral abraSioiis Of three inches in
length, showing the revolution of the axle du-
ring tn" fearful moment
The tubes OF the hoiI"r showed signs of having
been subjected I" hi gh heat exhibiting srikinrlv
the clcanly appearance of freshly auucolcd con
per. 1h" iron of which III. shell was con,,msed
was warI'ed an! twisted, hut still proved by the
irr"H"Eirity ot the fracture, Tia. sound rnn, ;ou
in which it was. Tie fracture generally f,l.
lowed the line Of the rivtts, in so,.,c eases draw
ihS IN" rIvct l"n'!s and in others leaving Them
For ii deviation into the substance of the sheet
In Shp,t hn
rolled up.
lhcre was but "no opinion among these gen
ti"ihrh ;s TO the Cause OF the explosion: viz the
I'sullicicncy Of the water in ti- boiler nj the
time OF the expl"som which allowed tn. steam
to be overl,cated : aud In: commencement or
trav"l up grade. That ih: boiler did not pre-
vIo'isly explode, after leaving the stnton. was
pronably owing I" the comparatively uu,et or
uniform level "f the water bu, when, by COM
Er"ncing an up grade, the water was BROUGHT
INTO contact with the red hot metallic surfaces
explosion necessarily ioll"wc..--C CHu,icstvn Vcr-
chry
hrri"" IF the North 1mer,can.- Eurthcr
Point. August l3.-The steamer North Ancri
can arrived a' this point t" day, bringing advic~s
from lv"rp"u to the I'd instant Her news Inns
been anticipated by the City Of baltimore.
Numerous disasters have occurred 70 Ameri.
ca" ships! The following the most impor.
iant: The Gl"ncn". bound from NeE; York to
bremen, TOOK hrc on the :t)th July, ran ashore
near l'remcr Haven, and burnt to the waters
edge; ship Abby Blanchard, for New Orleans.
took lire at bordeaux the 10Th ult,--r,auarn
unknown til" Hanover. from New York w. G
totally wrecked at South Bank, near SI,anrb-
crew saved the SnXonvilIr from I}o,lou for
Hong k"ng, l'ut into the Mauritius IN Il Ieakv
c"h:',tlo!--l'art Of the cargo had to D.. thrown,
overheard; the Robert, (>npp"s,.l to b. the Ro.
hert NJ Sl"w,) 0f Eottcnbcrs, for Boston, srruir
leak near Shag"n. and was run ashore near
Juland-;ih"nt fifty passrmgcrs We're landed Mt
lly"riing the Alexander Wise. from Marseill,.s
i"r New York, stran'. cd near Gibrulter.
Ba"hs IF south Cnroiimn.-The Banks OF our
state, from the Comptroller Generals report for
the past mouth, make II favorable return. Their
total deposits ST. l93:"4Til: specie s2,s73.-
53',5?; discounts sl3,0o9, ,23Gs4: c,rcul,,io,
s'.6n", l6S. The Charleston Mercury adds:
By comparing this with the statement for
The month oi July, we NOT. the following chaures.
an Increase IN deposits of SOL ISL j,; in spcci
on hand at Sill. i.S77.ij; in discounts of Sp9o
4ao.3o. Ana decrease in circulation Of S:,35.
HH6.'o; III domestic cXchanu" Of ssG7S, ,g75y5
III foreign exchange IF *iI92G.5:, and II de.
crease III the totals Of liabilities and resources of
S9)e, ,553Il." -
H"roinf'""arN-IInrpcn in nj the resi-
d"nce of Capt. y. j. Daniel Recently. we saw
upon his mantle pl"cr relic of the Rcyolu,nn
III The snap" OF bullet m"ul.s. Two pieces of
s"arsi"ne, with nicely adjusted faces, l,av. f,.ur
Teen Pcrt"rn'i"ns i"r bullets, by which that mum.
her can be cast al once. This simple mnchin.
was ingenious for that day.--.SpartamJuyy Spar
tan
4 Reh.1 If tie PaM.--Thcte was brought
INTO tins office yesterday, n Cannon ball found
near YORKTOWN, aud from its antiquat.d appear.