Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-01-15
Boiler Explosion
in the. First ward.
Two Men Killed and
Seven Wounded.

resulted in the death of two men,
and wounding six or seven others, and
a great destruction Of property.
The fifteen horse power steam engine
located IN one story frame and. brick
building near the corner OF First and
Fulton streets, in the First warl eX-
ploded at about nine O'Clock a1d after
passing through u brick wall, was
forced across an open lot q distance of
three hundred feet, lodging with ter
rible crash in the centre of the stove
aud tin works of Messrs. Theodore IL.
and Benjamin Winans, on the corner of
First and Livingston streets.
A German named Herman Miller,
employed by Mr. Wode, at the time of
the explosioniwas sitting astride of the
boiler He was elevated" consider
able distance, landing in the oEen lot,
his legs being badly scalded. He will
recover "t..3g Or =.
John Ritter, another Iemployee, who
was at work near the boiler, was scalded
in most shocking manner, and al
though medical attention was given by
the surgeons present, yet his recovery
is considered very doubtful.
Mr. Benjamin FL. Winans was in the
act of taking pump from the hands of
u Captain of the barge Wilderness.
named James Hagan, which needed
some repairs, when the building was
crushed by the boiler. Both himself
and the Captain were buried beneath
the ruins, and neither were extricated
for some minutes, when they we're dis
covered their bodies terribly disfgur-
ed. The were taken to the drugstore
of DR.. Frohwein, where they expired
within fifteen minutes.
Mr.. theodore Bruen, ook-keeper
for the Messrs. Winans was at the
desk writing, when the boiler entered
the building. He was forced through
a window, (adjoining the desk into the
street He sustained some injuries
about the head and breast, but will
fully recover.
A young man named Stanley Miller,
who is learning the trade with
Messrs. Winans Brothers, working at
the bench, On the side of the building
at which the boiler entered, received
severe injuries. His arm was fractured
in two places, hip injured, and contu-
sion of the brain caused. He was con-
veyed to the residence of eX-Chief John
Bembridge, where every attention was
given him, not only by the members of
the family, but by Drs. Martin and
Braun. 1t is not known how his case
may result.
A lad who was hitching Mr.. Winans'
horse to a wagon standing on Livings-
ton street, was knocked by the concus-
sion of the passing boiler some dis
lance, bringing up against a basement
window of a brick house, some so feet
distant. The wagon was utterly demol-
ished, but the horse escaped, running
away as fast as his legs could carry him.
The body of Mr.. Benjamin H. Wi
mans WAS, late in the morning, convey
ed to his late residence in Madison ave-
nue.. Mr.. Winans' person was terribly
distorted, and could hardly be recog-
nized. He leaves a widow and a great
many friends to mourn his untimely
death. He was greatly respected, and
the sad catastrophe has produced a
leep gloom throughout the city.
The body of the Captain of the
schooner, was carried by the police to
the engine house No 4, where it will
remain for recognition.
The steam brush handle mandatory
If Mr.. George Wode, which contained
The boiler, presents a sad spectacle
debris lying around for considerable
listanoe-the building being "A mass of
'uins.
The larger part of Messrs. Winans'
store fronting on Livingston street, is
llso in ruins-the boiler having struck
On the roof, crashing every thing i'll its
way to the ground floor, where death
md dismay was caused.
Several causes are assigned for the
explosion, but at this writing it is diff.
cult to arrive at the truth--so diversi-
fed are the statements.
We learned from Mr. Woda tbot he