Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-14

and blackened ground. Even the founda.
ton had been torn up, and not brick was
lett standing the one upon the other. The
d, framing of the saw-mill was thrown
askew, turned over broken and dislocated
A large piece Of the boiler, which must
have weighed five hundred pounds. was
/ carried a distance of hundred 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 blown westward, clear over the
dyke upon the cattle pens, 1t crashed
\ through the roof of one, and struck q
large OK on the horns breaking off the
/ tips, passing entirely out of the enclosure
! of the fair grounds. One of the shafts to
| which was attached an eccentric, was
thrown sideways over Power Hall, and
! landed at the side Of Domestic Hall One
Of the rods was twisted off and carried at
least three hundred yards in northerly
direction, striking a man on the head who
was standing not far from the amphithe.
atre In almost every direction smaller
pieces of the machinery were thrown, and
the air was literally full of splnters, bolts
screws, nuts, pieces of rods, and such of
the lighter portions of the engine. Innu-
merabe are the stories told of how deadly
missiles alighted just in front of people.
| arrested by gracious providence in their
deadly fight.
TO attempt pen picture of the scene
were folly. Imagine $4,000 people, pallid
with fear, rushing and crushing to and fro.
impelled by namelesS something toward
an undetnable object men bearing dead
and wounded into the various halls.
women shrieking and crying, for fear
/ their husbands, sons or brothers may be
| among the killed; strong men conyused
and in tears because temporarily separated
from wives and children, and in suspense
as to their safety; here stumbling across
the mutilated form Of man there an.
palled with the horrid spectacle of skull
absolutely stripped Of its flesh here an
arm, there pair of legs here a side of
flesh cooked until it looked like tripe;
there pool of clotted blood here a horse
struck dead in its harness, with the occu.
pants Of the carriage dumb and palsied
with terror. All this and more, Infinitely
more, must be imagined to fill in the de-
tails OF picture of which it were next to
impossible to give but the faintest out.
lines
In time, however, this Babel and chaos
ceased, and the dead and wounded were
gathered together, placed in wagons and
started for the city, where they received
every possible attention that sympathy
and skill could bestow.
The procession of the manned and
bleeding, and of the corpses, into the city
was sad and sickening enough. 1t was
forcible imitation of that spectral PIANO.
rama of suffering that enfladed into the
streets of Washington City on that July
morning, when the Federal hosts were
beaten back in blood and dismav from
Bull Run.
The accident happened not far from
halt-past four, and before six the Fair
Grounds were deserted, and the city made
the depository of the horrible story.
INCIDENTS
man, walking in front of the Execu-
tive headquarters, was startled at seeing
the skull of man drop in front of him,
the flesh actually scalded off the bones !
but the eyes and teeth still remaining in {
the sockets and jaws
Several yards from the disaster was
found pair of legs held together by the
mercst shred Of flesh At one place was
the headess trunk of man at another
was the leg of woman, with her boot
and stocking and part Of her drawer
still upon it; the arm of a man was found
driven into poplar board while not far
from Power Hall was seen the body of a
man so horribly mutilated that his heart,
stomach, liver, and lungs could readily be
seen. When first discovered his heart
was still palpitating, and the motion OF
the organ was plainly observed.
Mr.. John Il. Foudray, with a friend,
was sitting in carriage on the east side
of Power Hall. They both saw a piece
OF the boiler coming toward them, when
Mr. Foudrays friend pushed him asid
and the deadly iron imbedded itself in tn.
ground not three feet behind him.
The scalp OF man was found near the
stairway to the amphitheatre.
One piece of the boiler, flying through
the air, took off the top of mans hat.
Gov. Bakers coachman was standing
company with Maj Walker and Capt. Dc
La Hunt, were standing just at the side
of the carriage. Mrs. Baker had left the
Governor but short time before, and for
half hour the Governor was in great dis
tress for her safety. While the coachman
was so badly injured, the escape of the
Governor and his friends seems miracu-
louS
The little daughter of Mr. Dawson was
struck in the head while standing near
its father. The girl died very shortly
after reaching home.
A baby wagon was struck by piece of
the flying iron, and wagon utterly de
molished, but the child left unhurt,
A piece of the boiler was blown into the
cattle shed 200 yards, where it passed
through the roof and knocked the tips off
the horns of the mammoth OK, but doing
him no other injury
Mr.. f. A. Nnton and his daughter were
sitting in buggy about 50 yards away.
looking at the running Of the mills, when
a piece of the boiler struck the horse, kill
ing him instantly, and upSctting the buggy,