, 1864-08-28

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III scE1pps. Pm.
TE0EAE1c EXPLOSION.
iiumsn ns LIZA xcaS1 " 1sstisc i csrried FED
through slarrr Brick Walls.
:, From the Detroit Free pre1s. Aug. ss.l
Yesterday afteraaon. few minutes before |
four o'clock, the citszess in the vicinity Of |
the Michigan Central depot Esre star I'D ny /
the report of Uull, heavy explosion, rod ,
moment afterwards By thu arpeAran c In tbs i
air OF an i.rme1se quantity o. material con. !
Sitting OF bricks, Pieces Of ttmb1r. boards, !
cic, hich fell IN showers in all directions !
Upon reparlFg to the spot it xas diac evsred |
that the boiler IN the engine room of the To- |
co1ntt;ve works Of tho Detroit Car Compauy |
had ex. lt'dtd, carry ing With it load OF h3r- !,
ror, which at liret was frlghtfut to cantsn- ;!
plate, Ut e1uss d the st'utes1 hcarts to bsanc1
with 1car nt the work OF destruction present. |
cd be!ure them.
TIE BUILDINGS.
TIE buildings wae1e the explosion took
place wtre formerly known us DeyfaG &
kendrick'e Iow tho Detroit Loco motive
Works, aad nse very extensive, covering
ne-1iy ;he entirc block between Third aud
Tie blocE Is TDasio up Of a collection Of
buildings, oil connected together, the ma
chiDcry Ut which Ia driven BY one engine,
tho boiler Of which caused such sad havlc
and terrible fatality. Tho buildings in the
i1nneI1ate vlciultE Of the boiler were those
VIII, n er7{T: :roH fhn
roclu, The car department OF Dean q Easou.
hnd tho moulding room inc eugtue roum
Is q complete wreck, the walls levelel with
tie Garth. The boiler Is thirty f:et long, AMI
Weighs about two tons. 1t was raised nod
iy, md passed through tho rear walls Of tho
through two cars which were In orocess Of
construction, shattartpg them to fragments,
through the rear W5ll OF the car departmant,
through newly rcade Hoyeenment car stand
ing on the track ready to ship, through the
xali ~ Of :tho a., marldisg Z, shop, nestl1 ac.oss
used in melting iron. aud Knocking that
Institution to pseces. The distance travcrsed
Was about 1G0 feet. Here its progress WAS
arrested, and tho po wer With waich it strucl,
b. the fact that the end of the boiler Is bat
tered aud doubled mp In a wonderful m au-
ner. Ito cousuo was In a ltne 40 straight as
. an arrow from how-gun, and the dess:nc-
tion Of evers thing It met iu Its fltgat most
complete. The three heavy brtcx walls
through which 1t passed were levslcd to the
earth; the cars Fear no resemblance to their
orlRirAl shape, and roofs lie Hat upon tho
ground. It Is impossible to conceive more
perfect demolition Of brick, mortar and tim.
bcr Had Its proSrtes not been stopped By
20 strong an obstacle, tho destruction, not
only ot property but Of human life, must
kayu heep much greater. The rear -all. Of
the moulding shop must have been denolish-
Cd, ard perhaps aajaccnt bulldogs On Con-
g1ete aud Fort streets.
vicinity Of tuch terrible c'tas'ropte VIII,
prove Of interest, aud they are given bslo "
as collccteG by cur reporters:
sTATKAiEET OF NR eCuLLT.
Henry scul'y, foreman Of tbs moulding
shop, states rl,at the men were employed rs
dull, heavy sound Of tho expulsion. "as
heaTd- He xcs etnnding not far from tho
eupola when the boiler hures through the
wall md into the shop followed BY perfect
shower Of pieces Of material from the enxfno
room and whatever had been carried @,th
! tue boiler during its progress. There wsrc
twelve men at work At the time, aud they
! were 60 completely stup' fed by the sudden
! catastrophe that not one OF them was for a
| moment able to utter word. Upon some Of
uhtm belns struck with tee fling pieces,
however, hcartrcnding sorlek rant the air,
4
most plteously for assistance. Tho men raa 10
shouting in ali directIous, ana Il Was not NATL
it was ascertgineG that nobni1v vas IIJrait h a.
| comuaratiye ouiet wss res;orp1 md thnsc
! vho we're wounded looked afler. Henry
! ghcrrock. ore Of the mnn1dcre. vas III IL
| the head nni1 stomach. and Injured verv hsd,r
] His face was severely cut by a pfcce Of d yinp
I tim1,cr and a pfaca IL rrc1d ~ fror a1.nn2
e.! him In the abdnme1,. cansinr asr,one internal
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