The Republican journal., 1870-04-21
TERRIFIC BOILER EXPLOSION.

BALTIMORE, MD, APRIL IA terfiHc Doll
er explosion occurred u little after II O'Clock
to-day, at the Chesapeake Steam Sugar Ref
merry, owned by Sterling Il Ahrens, and lying
between and extending from ODomel's to
Dugan's wharf, below Pratt street. The
boiler room and kiln house on Dugan's wharf
were completely wrecked, and fifteen feet of
the steam bakery of James Bartis Il Co., adj
joining, on the north from base to roof, were
blown into fragments. The loss Of life has
not yet been ascertaincd. A negro named
johnson was killed on Dugan's wharf, imme
diately in front of the refinery. William
McKenny, the superintendent of the refinery,
and two WOrkmen are missing, and are sup
posed to be buried in the ruins Three work
men have heen taken ont badly injured.
Several laborers on the schooner Mary Alice,
o! Baltimore. owned in Wicomco county
were severely hurt. The schooner was ly-
ing abreast the refinery at Dugan's wharf
All her upper rigging on both masts, her
blocks, etc, were carried away by the eXplo-
sion, her sails set on fire and her boat stove
Her deck was covered several feet with the
debris from the ruins, and a timber eighteen
feet long and six by four inches was driven
through her deck and left standing upright.
There were four new boilers of sixty-horse
power each in the boiler room, and it is sup
posed that two of them exploded. They
were put up about five weeks ago. One
boiler was driven inward through in eigh
teen-inch wall, and partly through second
wall. The other boilers are completely
covered in the ruins. The windows and
sashes of buildings distance of several
hundred feet from the explosion were shat
tered
LATER. The bodies of two laborers were
taken from the ruins of the boiler room of
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intcndent and tiremen have not vet been
reached. 1t is believed that six persons
were killed and six wounded by the disaster
| April 10. Seven dead bodies have been
recovered from the sugar refinery destroyed
yesterday by boiler'explosion; it was caused
! by lack Of water in the boiler.
YOUNG TROUT CAUGHT IN WEBS. There is
a small worm which is u favoritc food of
Trout and many other kinds of fish This
worm is one Of the greatest enemies which
the young fry have. 1t spins a web in the
water to catch young fish, Just rs 4 spider
does on land to catch flies. l have seen them
make the web and take the fish. The web is
as perfect as that of the spider and as much
mechanical ingenuity is displayed in its con-
structlon. 1t is made as quickly and in the
same way as a spiders, by fastening the
threads at ditferents points and going back
and forth until the web is finished. The
threads are not strong enough to hold the
young Troutlaftert the umbiical sac is absorb
ed, but the web will stick to the fins and get
wound around the head and gills and soon
kills the fish. / have often seen it on the Young
Trout and it has been great mystery and
caused me many hours, day and weeks Of
study to find out what wound around the
heads and fins OF my young Trout and killed
them. did not find out until lately while
watching recently Matched Whitefish These
are much smaller than the Trout when they
begin to swim, and they were caught and
held by the web. ! found ten small white
fish caught in one web in one night. This
web was spun in little Whitefish preserve
into which had put one hundred young fish
The threads spun by this worm seem to be
much finer than the common spiders web
and they are not visible in the water until the
sediment collects upon them. They can then
be seen very plainly. These webs cannot be
spun where there is much current and can be
easily seen in still water by a close observer
Greens Fish Culture.