, 1861-11-04
TERRIFIC L0sI0N.
f1H fersgns seriously Injured. .

About noon 90 Saturday, terrific boiler q. H
,loaIon oocane1ak DoNnsr Il Co.b codbesnd
|ptes uaills, No, 43 and IS Franklin strsst Il
which resulted IN the complete wreek Of the
over part of the buIlding and serious injW
Hes to four Of the inm&tee. Immedfate1y +
lfter the e1ploslon, the fre bells rung N alarm
which drew the steamers and N immense i:
.rowd Of people to the spot, which was for
nate Occurrences, " the services ct the Chief /:
Engineer and his tlremep, seconded by clti-
zere, we're invaluable In the removal Of the I
debris and rescue Of the unfortunate sufferers
buried beneath.
The boiler was located in the basement Of
the ealesroom and In the extreme rear. It Was
surrounded with brick masonry,
above which was the engine, carrying the ma
chinery Of the establishment. The remainder
Of the basement, extending to franklin street,
was devoted to storage and packing purposes.
The loft above was used for grinding spices,
and the front for an Office and salesroom.
Just previous to the explosion, the engineer,
James Lynch, was in one Of the upper apart
mects, and noticing some iHegularity in the
running Of the machinery, hastened below to
zee what was the matter. When he reached |
the ereine room, be discovered that the main !
erlyirg belt had run off from it's drum, and |
the engine was pounding away with fearful ve-
1oc1ty. Just at this instant the boiler exploded
with deafenirg report. The explosion seemed
to be rear#ard through the fire bog, throw |
ing scraps OF iron and brick through the wall |
and across the alley, completely ehattering
small frame building which lay in their course.
The reaction Of the explosion forced the boiler
from it's setting and carried it through the
basement with terrific force, and finally hurled
it through the front Of the building, tear-
ing up the sidewalk in its course, and landing
within few feet Of tie opposite sidewalk,
Ip it's fight, it carried away a portion of the
main floor, mixing up pepper, coffee, and
spices Unfortunately, shattered the front
&&op1s ard windows into fragments, tore
up the steps and grating Of the front entrance,
| ard partially demo1ishing dray which stood
in front Of the store, by cutting off both
shafts completely from the body Of the
vehicle. The horse was felled to the ground
as if struck by q cannon ball and fearfu1ly
sca1ded. a portion Of the grating which mas
Wrsnched from the store-sntrance was carried
across the street, in its course taking of the
top Of buggy belonging to L. L Todd, Esq
The boiler was eighteen feet in length, By
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Tba eno;naer Jamea Ipncb waa eca1dea varg
| had,, and - :. fa.red ia ipinrad in+er a11v
He IS row At the hosn;ta1 of the Sisters of
No. H. 1,.,thar p't.;o1, nnoh -.. a,e,
haa,r sca1aoa ard lies in a critics, cona;t;or
Georpe Gurney. the salesman. WAS friphtfn11v
sca1ded and Otherwise Injured. and it is feared
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+r;nz,,r ;,;nr;aa s,,sta;r nd h,, tba droyr,a,,
n. II. Geary, whose dray Was demolished, the
above enumerates all who were made victims
to this fearful explosion.
Several persons in the building had almost
miraculous escapes. A. s. Aldrich, the book
keeper, was in the counting room at the time
just outside the line Of the boiler, aud crawlet
upon his hands and knees to the outside door
end escaped. Several Of the boys employed
in the roasting department. had narrow es
capes. One Of them fell through the floor
breaking beneath him, crawled through th
; basement, and out OF the front OF the buili
| ire. without receiving a scratch. John F
Prowiey, standing between the outside doc
+ and the engine room. was blown through tb
doorway and across the court into the roastin
: | room in the rear, without sustaining 20
e lr5uyy, +
, The circumstances attending tt,is exn1os:o
= we're p1oy;deDtjal in eyery respect. Had
not occurred from tie rear, thereby forcir
The boi]er horizontally bv the reactiona,
I nower. the hni]dinp wonld undoubtedly ha,
I been LETT beao Of RUNE, and few. If any,
+ Of the large number of persons euplo
u ed in yarious partg of the building, {
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