, 1865-09-25
TERRIBLE LOCOMOTIVE
EXPLOSION.
Bursting Of a Boiler on the Track
Of the Milwaukee Railroad.
TWO PERSONS KILLED AND seyee-
Al OTHERS SEVERELY INJURED,
The Engine Carried from the
Track---Bodies Blown into
the air--Houses De-
molishcd.
TERRIBLE SCENES At AND AZ
TER THE ACCIDENT.
THE INQUEST.
Examination OF Witncsses.-.Discus-
si0ns...The Cause.--Excess Of
Steam not Shown On the
Gauge.
TWO PERSONS KILLED AND sFvep-
A. o1HERS SEVERELY INJURED,
TERRIBLE SCENES At AND AZ
TER THE ACCIDENT.
THE INQUEST.

StcAm not SHOWN On the
Gauge.
urday morning hbout quarter before ten o'cloc1
On the traek Of tie Chicago Milwaukee Railroad
onits Intersection With Jefferson ttreet IN this cty
Ihe engine No. Al. hastug IN tow train Of dl,ee1
cattle cafs, "ne suddenly blown up by the exploeu,
OF The boiler the engineer, and y woman standing
neaF, were Instantly Killed. and scyeral olher pel
sons wounded 90 severely thst some Of them ennno
In al probability nxosu, while tho surrounding
bouses ye5r shattered BY The force Of the exp1e
The eccne OF the accident ia sharp bend In thf
road. The track leares the Milwaukee depot on tbt
corner Of k1nz3e and csnal streets, IN i westerly
and q hall 1t then makes 4 sudden tnrn 10 ihf
northwest, the curve being drawn on a rndius o
not more than about one block In length, The side
friction on The wheels Of The passing cats is con
needed 10 CARY Hain around the curve than sul
fees on = strnfght run. It is no uncommon thine
70 zee bali m hour consumed by heavy trai1
IN Fafting around that curye. dnr1ng which time
the wheels Of the locomotive 1y round md round
as u the !ails were Creased. being unable to '.b!te
eancaen,tE hard to ovsfeoms the enormous friction
pFeafufcs Of Steam put On In 1nsti1s that point By
stne enefnce1f, but they are doubtless in come
csscs enoEmoEe. This consideration Will doubtless
Hcse II ie claimcd that only abont seventy pouads
Of steam were In uae at lhe time Of the acctdcnt.
The II in IN question had becu on lhe cnrre about
track Of the Northwestern Railroad 10 Tie track
Which rCns 10 10 the cattle yards. The engine aud
G7in belonged TO The Northwestern company,
Milwaukee Railroad. Ii had been several 1ines re-
cngiue bad . hard job Or IL. and many persons
locomotive turn round IN the little effort to propel
the t1afn. while the eparkH Of fire flew thick and
fast IN 81 directions. induced by the rsptd
the time indicated above the engine h1d reached
Iotnt On Jefferson street, where the road IL quite
1asrow, and enclosed BY honsca on each side Sud
louder thau, that heard the detonation Of pistol
The fireman, Robert Calladine, jumped OF and
looked al the driving wheels. 1t IS believed TINT on
more eteam. A heaEy dense stzcsm Of the vnror
came rushing ont from The escape ya1yc, and The
ncat Instant noIse Ike clap Of 1hnnder rent he
the <ieu Of those IN tic yaciuity. Those who wcre
al rome distance felt the ahock, ind Lasse. or
lencc IN horizontal direction, whilc those near Il
were not the least blinded and stunned BY ihe force
9! The explosion and soroc OF them felt 1t in all its
smoke and then the wrrcS Of machinery, buildtnse,
and 1nantmste human bodies met the eye The fol.
ioning are The prominent circumstances observable
1he engine, named 'tS1edea,' was aepcrated rum
the train, and carried forward about twenty-five
iect being turned completely over aud round 1n its
normal posftion, znosertact upps1mess was dvr o. Or
SIX feel eastward Of the t1ack- The t1ain Of cars
were LEFT s1andins almoet IN the place it OCCUPIED
backwards On tue rsek rev inches. The engine. LYME
a. 1t My on the gravel did not exhibit
20 much OF rhsiteEed condition a. might
pietey iorn Of, aud earned away 10 considerable
dls1arte. The hind whes:s were tom off, md the
emokc-riack completely carried away. as were also
1ae uts to 6
lhe boiler would seem 70 have given way On the
riChi side or the dome. The engine was IN ordi:
IN the conqtapys shops 1t was eiatcd that he en-
cine had only t'een brought ont TINT morning.
The body e the engineer va. found lying On the
Of the explosion, sonthuardly, his feet aimost
tonchns tie rnil, The body stretched out 81 f1ii
h1 anss W. a a.a1s The y ask his he.d
inches. His arms md LEFT ribs were broken, and
the body wus much scalded. He was qni,e. dead
to await The inquest. Finch had been cmplosed by
tepetrnF department ne Tas not N engiaees, = bpf I
work tie trains On switch. he Wa one Of bsmoT
ynlued servants Of the company in that department
md esteemed a. competent, rober and hithful. He
avenue, was thi,tyfse years Of ago and
leaves vile and children 10 mourn his loes,
The fireman. Robert Cal|adtna Lay at ,ome dis
engineer. lie had been lif.ed 70 height Of some
sixty feet and carried over ttse, By the force Of
the steam. Strangely enough, he WIS not dnnger- ,
5, TO- " Wss sss wonS oEsS
tn the chest, but will recover. He was carried to
the Rail.oal Hotel In the vicinity, By Richard
hs b sna on1 n Len H. and
the company Ahout two DAYS.
The most terrible sight, however, which met The
Hubbard and Jefferson etseeis, lev feet northwest
Of the position held hy the locomotive al the ~
s,ant Of explosion Mrs, Esther Dier, vile Of d!
.. 9n H. tns son Gty
q vegetable WAGON, when the explosion occurred. |
The top Of her scul1 was blown completely od, |
rutter. Her len hand was severed 4; IL !
wrist and ea,11ed to the other kies al the road.
distance OF souc sixty feet The other hand had |
md thc dIgits we.r found several feet from lie
body. The trunk Of the body u1s not materially
INJURED, and the clothing n mained eutIsr, she re.
yoman With whom she was ta1dng es-
apsd xathont nt,n,, &c scratch, n,.,., but he
etrd all around. 1t was thr work Of half al hour
collect the Hidely severed fragments Of what had
M h4 he I'd by
Il to witnees, impossible TO describe.
e s5e of Eaaeon was sssdns ana
,ear the locomotive when it exploded us was
truck b. splinter q iron, IN the forehead, just
,artially torn on The iron entered deeply into his
skull taking out one ere, and thai or another fas-
nent struck the upper portion Of the head. cau4ing
ble 10 bis residence on the corner Of Third stree,
snd Nilwsukee asenue- Els recovery Is exceed /
7he house on the West side OF Jefferson erect,
ntrnSffp thf UrtrE Suffered {eaAIr HDH fhraa
occupants were Injured by seald or blow. The
,ou-e No. n Jt,ettou street. occupied By Charles
y The pieces oi iron seresed nom the engine, and
he fragments Of wood torn up from The street
sirs. Karnce, daughteE q III. Wi1liams, and vile
Sor1hwcste.n kailroad. Ind very narrow escape
rom dcaih She was sitting 1t the window. and see-
ng pct dog out on the sidewalk went ont to fetch
l.sIons bIsst, Which Hited her bodily to ihe iop Of
llc r;at1t, ard there deposited her unhRrt, amid
a1liug plAftering and ehatte1ed furniture. Had
he siaid at the window death would have been
sas hoist.d through the window where ehe had
,ecn standing. and filed the room with debris from
h Mss 1s s9a se1s IT. T.
,ouse-R perfect wreck. A house adjoining had d
,6rtlou Q, he fence carried away. -"
The house, 10. is6 North Jenetson, occupied
his building mas struck By The crown theel. which
ALTERED 1t badly on the outside. 4 large piecs Of
nae sp fee, en from hs inzdx ef ths
he glass. and taking with it The entel, With some
let OF the tupctincunbcnt wall. Below stair the
ouee was a perfect wreck. up staiEs tne d.mage
rns not 20 Creat. ular shower Of missiles de-
G nded IN the back yard. whae the family was
altered ut the lime. The only one injured WAS .
oy OF two or three years old. named Albert 81.
Ohm; lie WIS struck on the right temple and &c
erely injured, but, it Is believed, not fatally.
The house No 14s, occupied By Zephyr Lebeau.
ss e
niy Pnt doxn II , wssE, w iI5et.ievae!: q q.
oe9nbes. Of the family had natrow escapes.
No. 10 occupied BY John Ford, was also badly
foot long and lhEee d four inches vide weaded ended
II way through The wall, making clean
,5eal- re ~. and then Psfo,a'tng ths ceiling
,,rion Of chaotic material was observable as ns
2 TIC house No. 1ss. Airs. Ford Was badly cut ia
be face, and knocked down tense1ess. 4 Mrs.
the sde Of &c bs@a M Fe
landing At The window, preparing The dinner, aad
- looking a the engine al the moment Of The CT
as untouched The hei sa:er ca@e IL aGs p-Fsei s
yery corner of The honze. a lius Indian boy,
Ieidirg On Fourth streei. Ind one of. bis Leg
ralded. Three or four other boyr were more
r lcss sealded, but none very kevere]y.
MI: siellts. N engineeF oa Tie \, V. Road, bad
r tun before the explosion None were on the
tuin but the engineer and fireman.
butcher, named Joseph Napoleon Lonis, uas
moFt BY miracle, being within few let Of the
'comtisc at the instant Of Its bursting.
o1:ce5 r. chat}es 5: reM, attached 70 Tie derot Of
|. powe-: b collected the scattered Limbs Of Nls:
ss, .na disea u among ths ruins in search oi
Df. J. T. H0ll1kttf NAs passtnE at the time, and