, 1870-10-27
BOILER EXPLOSION.
At tho mi~st>stprt planning Mill,
ST. l.ouLA--Mnuy Wofknlcn lujutcd
~<Npuc Killed,

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an1 ,twent!.tMo anch Walls nil,
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;or Inc mAnniaetufe OF sash, aoos a ana oas, s.nE
III tAe holtlela portion 9. .ae sesono v,on eAo''
WEE ALSO Eoou-slzea catpentet enop'
Ing oouefs: 1hree IN hnmoet, "eie ptasea
~ use.I1ooi FaNlt IN tHe nos.usaas eo.uea ttsa
o. .he nnaone, aoa were alfey Ely 'atr ~ rh;n,, in
twelve men were working at the TING Of the
explosion. Tho boilers wero aoou, thirsy-dye
feet in length by thitty-eight inchos in ciam-
etcr, md Ind been used nearly fifteen years.
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u Thar nsu ~. pa111e1 ~ n;ie,s md the
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same .a.era4fes testea a. e waseF ~ ,o ~ A.
AZ Allen, engineer; Patrick Cassidy fireman
aud Tim 20. asaistrnt firemsu,
The engineer e1preesed himself as being
unable TO nccouu. for the explo.iop. a. four
minutes before il took nlhca La tested the
water in fLo boilers and iound It aii risht,
There was not an unuHual amount Of steam on
at the time. but about the +ame pressure al
VIZ generally uAed. After trying the water
and finding it m to the ruaecs lc went cut of
tho engine room and walked over to tho water
cooler to take Irink. While coming buck
at,,1 whc1, inst outsid. the building. the e1pIo-
sioa @ @ tooI ylsces % At tLe M same Instant he was
rlruck and knocked down by Mr.. Wilteueyer.
carpenter At work IN the secoud story, Who
VIA blown bodily through one Of the windows
by tho force Of the explosion.
The. .sht ck n,urt have been tremendous, az
two Of the three boilers blew TN at oure. nud
liz, rortion of lie ouiin,liinv Il, which thov
were pIaceu was utterly. deuc1ijhed Tha
massive brick walls were torn to uieces like
paper tue Tin roof was lifted on aud rolled
and twisted un. while huge timlcrs vcre
epapred IN twain like small sticks,
In an lus,uut the boiler vault uas filed with
4 hiaeous mass Of b1icks. t.ruk~n tinbera. and
moItar. and into hi. lit soycral of tl,e c.r.
,,onters fell With tha huiltlinr. The forern.n
lehuit, and that both escaped Instant death Ia
wonderful.
Uf twelve men thus buried in tle ruins, not
one wna Killed or fA,aIly woundc1. anil mn