The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-10-20

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Tie, mails bring the details Of
tue terrible effects of.t6e explosion.
of O. boiler in the midst of . crowd,
Of men, wpmeh, and, Children, at
the State Fair dc indianapolis, In
diana, on Friday Of last week. It
seems to be established that the
cause of the explosion was that
there was but Little water in the
boiler and the fiues were greatly
heated. The scenes that followed
the explosion were terrible. Where
the engine stood there was no per-
ceptible trace except an area of
smoked lblackened ground. The
Indianapolis Journal says: azF 81
To attempt 70 pen q picture of
the scene were folly. Imagine
1900 people, pallid with fear,
rushing and crushing to and fro,
iinpelled by. anameless something
towstd an indefnable object. Men
bearing dead aud wounded into the
various halls {, women shriekine
and crying for fear their Husbands.
sons or brothers might be among
the killed {; strong men, eopvulsed
and in tears because temporarily
'separated from their wives and
children, and in suspense as to
their safety. A large piece of the
boiler, which must have weighed
500 pounds, was carried to q dis.
tance of 100. yards. One smaller
piece was thrown clear into the
time track, and skipping over it
buried itself in the sod beyond.
Another large piece was thrown
westward, clear over the dyke up-
ON the cattlepen. In almost eve.
ry direction smaller pieces of the
machinery were thrown, and the
air was literally full of spiinters,
bolts, screws, nuts, pieces of rods,
and such of the lighter portions OF
the engine. Innumerable are the
stories told OF how deadly missiles
alighted just in front of the people,
arrested by gracious Providence
in their deadly fight, The follow.
ing are among the horrible Incl
dents Of hhe catastrophe:
A man walking in front Of the
Executive headquarters was star
tied at seeing Ihe ,skmii of,a man
drop in front Of him, the flesh ,ac
tually y scalded eff the bones, but
the eyes and teeth still, remainin
in their socketsand jaws. Sever
al yards from the disaster was
found a pair of legs, held together
by the inerest shred of flesh. At
one place was the headless trunk
of q man: at another was the leg
Of a woman, with bef boot and
stocking and a part ofsher draw.
ers still upon it the arm of man
was driven into q poplar board /;
while not far from Power Hall was
seen the body of a man SO horri
bly, mutilated that his heart, stom.
ach, liver and lungs could readily
be seen. When fret discovered,
his heart was still palpitating, and
the motion OF the organ was plainly
observed. ,ar'sz-~l-v,
In the AgriEuitnraf' Hall were
lying fohf Bodies, a jnmbl.d, al
most unrecognizable mass of char
red, roasted and scalded humani.
ty. Mr.. John E. Foudary, with
friend, was sitting in a carriage on
the East side Of rower Hall. They
both saw piece of the boiler com.
ing toward them, when Mr.. Foud.
ary's friend pushed him aside, and
the dsadfy iron itiibedded itself in
the ground not three feet behind
him. i'he scalp, Of q IN an was
found nearithe stairway to the am
phitheatre. A mother and three
children were standing in a group
near the boiler: The mother was
instantly Killed, and two of the
children badly scaldod. The
third Escaped nninjhreG. A gen.
tleman and lady were walking by
with locked arms. Tie Gentle man
was killed and the lady nninjured.
Qnite a number of persons were
thrown to the ground with consid.
erable force, many of whom were
picked up in an insensible cordi;
tion. A baby wagon was struck
by a piece Of the flying iron, and
the wagon utterly demolished, but
the child in it loft unhurt.
A piece of the boiler was blown
into the cattle shed 200 Yards,
where it passed through the root
and knocked the, tips o. the horns
oftRe mammoth OK, but doing him
no other injury. - -
Mr.. E. A. Ylnton and bis daugb.