, 1866-03-04
TuE1IppLETOWS HORROR.
Terrible Hotter hxrtos1cu-Ntx PcFAons
ak1tlrsl-.A Islx-t Furnace t'oIuplrtnly 7
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Terrible I1olfeF FAxrtnNIcu-NS1 PeFAnnS
f81tlrst~.a Elx-t Furnace f'onplrtnlJ
Tlc1nullshr<3-.1 srcne of De-ofnt.on.
IFrau .ts 1zpca..sr tPa-} Express Il fTcescAy.,
One Of The most terrible boiler eTplo4onA
probably e1peT1enced In This etate for several
ycsr,, SECURED Il tho MlddIctowu Furnaces,
oA ned t,y Nelly & Co., At aiiddlc:own. Dau-
rl.In feoEnty, at a quarter past seven o'clock
last esri,lng, b, which the building waa com
p]-tcly demolished, and six perSons Killed,
The r's'ost .! the catastrophe reached thu
city Al An early hour this morning, but a the
stories arrcafed much c1agggurat:a, and a.
ntnc Of ibe accounts could be relied npor,
VI despatched one of our reporters to tho To-
cAlity In the ll:10 q. Ii. trnln Ve,t, who re-
turned 1t thrrc o'clock this afternoon, With
tl.s follo~ b}g particulars Of the hdaIf:
Tue furnaces Of Nelly j. Co. kFu situated
terernl hundred yards south of-the reunsyl-
sAnlt railroad on THE bAnkN Of tho canal.
There nrp Two furnaces belonging 10 tho Urn
closclJ Connected together, hat No. l WAS not
In bla.t a. |. Il now undergoing ftpatt1. No.
:, In which lhe explosion occurred, "AA in fall
hast md VIA iurnlnx out from > hundred
aud fifty 70 hundred and sixty tons Of Pr
iron per week. No. WIZ not Injured, but iii
companion now exhibits complete wEpck.
Lat evening, just about talf M hour Atter
tht furnace kndInadu run, and xh1le tho dsy
hAEi1s take their place the explosion occur.
red. There were two distinct reports, follow
tne each other after lapse Of about half >
minute, and both xers tesrIne-s0 uneh 70.
fndctd, that The eolcuasion VIA heard 1ur =
distance uf sis n,lies fsnHu the beene, and ev-
tofhoNd vsz shaken, md IN somo cases doors
barsted open and clildfrn thrown from their
l~Ae.
u feet long BY u ineAe. 10 tiau.ctcf, and
wcre neati, 1t" ~ l.Tlng bcen pat IN Int four
has not betn sacertstned. The engineer aud
Err1nen rerr both tnatantlJ killed. The tn
glnetT had brcE employed ~ the furnace tor
Evr yeArs, md was kober, steady and carc-
tul hand. Their waA no lack Of water,
hud there west eontle ueahs Of suppl ring
the boilers by lntrr}ectars and force pump..
1huec Win witnessed tbs explosion, De-
scribe 1t Is terribly grsnJ and awful The
slAfk, boiler snd cpCiue hnNAe, aud The cast
Ing houre, werc 50 completely torn 70 Pieces
that nothing y ~ 10 he s:~n OF them aises the
explosion bot the foundation and the debris
tsoken to pies:cx and tl..owu.to sac four
points pr the cttupaAA. 4 portion Of Que Ct
Tic bdsfc.s, twenty avs FEET IN length, was
carried over a,onsos and huildlugS 10 tho dls-
taner Of seten hundred yards, Hherc II lodged
IL The cAnnL
There Asc como three Of four ftau,o hou.es
about forty Or MY yasd4 eoash of tho furnace
ORE -OecElsir1 IN u dutillug and atoro, mud
the Cthcrd a. dHelllnvs, vi of which were
fr'ghtfulIy era*het. and torn BY the Tying tin.
tefa and frna. The root OF Off Is cut through
as eicat Is IN II several irEmrnss siletIs had
ai1urk II. O.. the north eide stable va. 1er-
cled u the ground BY pprlio1 OF one Of the
LuilsIs and tin1bers, while In every direction
evidences VI the terrible cha1scter and furta: Of
the t3pl1slou arc apparent. The engine wss
completely destroyed
BY this Fad catastrophe s!1 persoos hart lpat
thctr ltres. Two were in>saS.ly killed, thrrc
died during thr night and one thts morning.
All Of Them were employed >. the works, and
two Of thrrs lsave large families fwhind.
A Corones's inquest was held this morning
on Tho bodies Of tho dead, who returned i
verdict To be effect that "thc cxriotscn re-
s'ltttt IRON cuusss unknown: aLat no blamr
u stsacl,xd ~ tho prurdstors Of &he furnace
OF isby Of the employees" There we're
eleven petsons pztsent AT the time Of Tie ex-
rlosion> hut wih the exception If tho.e
Killed, several we're bit slightly wnn1asd
The loss Of 3icssss. Mrilly d Co. vii reach
irum {ao, ,ou to It's, ,ooo, on which there Il 20
in,uraI.ce.
Lnhosc,a are Alrr4dy cuuaerts In e.eas!o-
arsy The wstek. and The linn expect H. Le
nxa!n IN npesatlon In the conrse of a couple
Gf months.