The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-11-02
TERRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSIONS.
A Locomotive and Three Cars Blown TO Frag-
menfs ON the Louisville and Nashville Rail.
road--Foar Men Scalded to Deafh.
from the Louisville Courier, Oct. 3O.l

merits ON the LOu1evlile md NASHVILLE Kali.
road--Foar Men Scalded to Deafh.
from the Louisville Courier, Oct. 3o.l
One OF the most frightlu boiler explosions In the
annals OF railroading occurred yesterday morning
on tae LOUISVILLE eo ana Nasave Raroaa between
7. NJ. Of wednesday, freight car No. Q. conductor
Milton Dearmon, left here for Nashville, behind one
of the largest and most powerful engines on the
road--one OF those great iron monsters the rail.
almost any weight TO which they are attached.
Just "a the train, which was made up OF twenty
function tho boiler OF the locomotive exploded
with fearful concussion, tearing to pieces en-
CINE, tender and nye cars. and instantly killing
Brown, brakeman, ana the wood passer, j. Carroll.
John Welsh, o brakeman who was on one OF the
between ten and eleven O'Clock, after having
been taken 10 Bowling Green. The engineer
Wa torn lie 81 n aTds o na
Tins fell on one side OF the track while the others
were found lying on the opposite side, all OF
them scalded and mangled IN most shocking man.
ner Carroll, the wood passer, was terribly man.
gled, part OF his skull being torn away and his face
dstgured to q mass OF tortured flesh and bone
Persons who were on the ground after the occur
renee OF the accident tell us that none OF the limbs
OF the victims were torn away, though broken and
The heavy dome OF the locomotive was thrown
fully a hundred yards, and the massive driving
wheels were wrenched from their axles as though
they had been mee toys. The 1ve first cars. three
OF which were empty, were smashed TO splinters
and the railroad track was torn up for distance OF
100 yards while pieces OF the wreck were scattered
in every direction The noise OF the explosion it IL
alleged, was heard as far as Bowling Green, dis
taico Of four and half miles, and the shock Is de-
Conductor Dcarrnan and brakeman, the oniy
remaining men on the train, were in no way nu ed.
having been In the caboose at the rear OF the train
when the EXPLOSION took place.
AZ soon az word could be sent TO Bowling Green.
the disaster, and brought back the victims TO tnat
place. The quarter past one O'CLOCK 4. NJ passenger
train from Nashville yesterday was delayed several
hours by the wreck, but the track Is now clear ana
trains are running regularly.
Dezeotell, the engineer, had formerly been en-
ployed on the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad,
and had not long been on the Louisville and Nash
vile road. Jerry Hug9inns fireman, resided at
Be NJ Green, where he had q family. John Car
lived in this city. Ills brother left here by the six f.
NJ train Yesterday for Bowling Green, to take charge
OF liza remains. Jonn Welsh and John Brown, brake
men, both lived at Bowling Green, where the latter
had family
dent, and probably no person living knows just how
It happened. Thc train left Memphis junction on
time and had only gone distance OF about quar-
ter q nile when the explosion occurred.
Explosion of "a Locomotive ON the Ohio and
Mississippi RsiIrcad-Fivo Persons Killed
Several Wounded.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer Oct. 31.l
III the ncighbornood OF about twenty miles from
the city IL u station on the Ohio and Mississippi
I'm lroad known az Gravel Pit. ON Thursday nignt
l.f. this city at twenty-five minutes past six
O'Clock stopped al that place for the pur-
stopped. While The brakeman wa passing ser he wood
aboard the tender, the engineer oiling the engine,
the fireman man Filing tse wood as It came
boys who had gathered about 10 see tao 10.
connective, standing alongside the engine, power
ful freight locomotive christened mo. 49, exploded
her boiler with report that was heard for miles
around aud 4 force that Killed tie conductor, fire.
man aud one OF the boys outright and wounded
ftxn lhF. n.Q al
engineer and . brakeman named Henry Howe
brother OF The conductor were also injured quito
severely. 20 terrible was the force OF the explosion
that the engine was shattered into thousand frag
ments, some ~ which we're blown TO the Kentucky
side OF inc ONO river, distance OF nearly mile,
while others, large and small, have since been
picked up oil around tie scene OF the accident
within radius OF thousand yards. The wood In
the pile alongside was sent dying in the air In every
dlrectiob and a stationary engine. used for saving
the wood and the house that enclosed II, were
blown TO Fragments The conductor, Mr.. Mills, was
the face and body with several fragments
Of the boiler, aud so fearfully manged and
almost mi escaping .al we rs Se
his body crushed to a jelly, face and neck
gsshed and skull crushed. The fireman, John Mu.
position TO feel the full force OF the explosion was
also horribly mangled and instantly Killed. His
limbs were broken, body covered with cuts and
bruises and skull blown or and brains scattered all
over the river side OF the water tank. One OF the
boys, named John Smith, son OF one OF the employees
against gravel 0ank and instantly killed. lie was
aD0ut twelve years OF age. Ills brother few years
younger, Was also blown a long distance, together
with the Tying wood, and so badly injured that he
mas since died. The other boy, Thomas Murphy,
about afteen years old, was lifted up and thrown 4
distance ~ nifty feet against wood pile which fell
on HE body, completely hiding II from view.
Tie died a few minutes after being taken
from the debris. His little brother, about
six years OF age, was blown distance OF
ioriy feet, iato lot ~ tail weeds, where lie was
snply oiferwarl found, crying Justify, butcompard
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