The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-27
OITY INTELLIGENCE.
Tor Additional 0iiy Intelligence see F,tsh P H.

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FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE Boz ER
EXPLOSION AT YBwDALLs MILLs.-Ths terrible
accident was one of the most destructive to llte
and property that has happened for q long time
Boiler explosions are not SO frequent of late, but
when such q fearful one as yesterdays occurs
the persons having charge should be held to the
strictest accountability. 1t was providential,
indeed, that the most OF the employees had lett
for their dinners at the time. There were three
persons kiIled-Mr. RoOert Hamilton, Anna
Given, aged fourteen, aud Catharine Kearney,
aged fourteen. The latter died several hours
after. ..... odd, ........ ..t. .-.y A.
The mill was built in the form of an L, the
front part being three stories high, and the
other but two stories. In the basement OF the
tWo-story building were located the engine ana
boleTs, having above them The spinning and
combingrooms. There we're two boi,ers, one
tubular and the other cylinder The former
was four feet in diameter, and fourteen feet
long. The cylinder boiler was on the top OF
this and was OF the same diameter, but eighteen
feet long. 1t was provided with an alarm
whistle. ..s....L
When the explosion took place the boilers we're
lifted up bodily about six feet, and then about
One-halt of the top one was torn OIL and sent due
west distance OF 100 feet where it fell among a
grove OF trees The other half, as well as the
under or tubular boiler was torn in shreds, and
the pieces twisted into many shapes. The safety
or alarm whistle was found to be perfect, and still
attached to the end OF the boiler thrown in the
woods The lifting OF the boiiers and the flight
of the broken hall demolished some forty feet of
the building Immediately over it, The bricks
tinb ber aud pieces OF machinery were sent flying
in every direction. One OF the rollers from the
spinning-room. weighing about sixty pounds
was sent high up in the air, and then fell upon
the roof OF the main building, passing through
it to the second story. Numerous holes were
made in the roof by pieces of iron and timber
piece of shafting to which two pulleys were
atsached, was thrown a distance of l25 feet.
The mill employs 20 men and III girls and
women, and at the hour OF IL, noon, the work
cf0raof fort thrn nortn nf nm hnn Enrtu notn.
ly, no doubt, for many in the mill, there was
Sunday School picnic in the immediate vicinity,
yesterday, and when the machinery OF the mill
was stopped at noon, many OF the girls as we'll
girls in the spinning-room, which was divided
from the rooms over the boiler by a brick wall,
and no one was left in those rooms.
At the time of the accident the engineer,
Robert Hamilton, was cleaning out his hres
and therefore received the full force of the eX-
plosion. He was buried in the ruins; and
when taken out his head and body were SO
dreadfHlly mangled that no one could have re-
cogniZed him. He was man about twenty.eight
years OF age, and single. He resided at Heston-
Vile. The foreman OF the mills stated that he
could not account for the accident, as the engi-
neer was one of the most reliable men he ever
met with.
In the second story of the spinnngroom be-
fore referred to, four girls, named Anna Given,
Catharine and Sarah Ann Kearnev, and Anna
Martin, were preparing to eat their dinners
when the accident happened. In an instant the
wall dividing the room they were IN from the
room over the boiler was thrown down, and the
machinery and floor broken and piled together
in confusion, burylng them in the ruins.
Willing hands were soon at work to rescue them,
for the report made by the explosion soon
attracted large crowd from Hestonvlle and
the surrounding country. In a short time Anna
Given, aged Ia years, was removed but she was
so badly crushed that she died in a few minutes
Anna Martin, aged fifteen years, was not much
hurt by the falling timbers, but she was badly
scAlded about the face and hands.
The above are the only ones known to be in
jured. The foreman called the roll of those
employed after the accident, and all answered
to their names except the aforementioned and
one young girl, who, tits said, had gone to the
picnic.
The three-story building was erected about
two years ago, and il is not much damaged,
except the west end wall, The building demo-
lished was erected about six years ago, at which
time the boilers were put in new. The loss on
machinery is estimated at S35000, and on build
ing at about $4,000. There were about 1000
pounds of wool in the building destroyed, which,
it is thought, will be totally lost.
The explosion set fire to portion of the build
ing but the Monroe Hose Company, OF Heston'
vile, was soon on the spot and eXtnguished the
flames.
The Coroner visited the scene of the accident
during the afternoon, and after selecting jury
adjourned the inquest until to-day.