, 1870-11-22
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSIONS

from tat anderson uad.3 Le1aM. yos Il.
fo1 taine Railroad, Charles T. Do1ey, few
weeks ago, erected large factory for the pu..
eetabli=hmeut has been 1un1ing about I've
weeks. Mr. Doxeys orlera for heading beine
90 many, and the trade 30 great, he fourd i
necessary to lun the establishment both day
s1n,s s9a n,sht. . . Io. this purpose t1o sets Of
on-each eet reliering the other At IL ociosE,
noon, and II O'Clock, midnight.
on wednesday morning last the party we1e
at os aT7lvlnG At, the establishment, sitter
haEing been 10 breahast, and preparing to
The engine had not been running for m
bonr o. 60, xnd the steam had got pretty high.
lei supposed the vstes in The boiler was low,
and 1t u said the engineer had commanead
pumping water into the boiler. Soon after
re water commenced going into the boiler
the boiler 1as rent in twain. By which the
ends we're sent vhi,lins in opposita directions,
and lxtge Eectfon Of the cens1e waa thrown
up through the roof Of the building, and
there rested
The destruction w.a mcst complete. The
rfecee OF boiler vent zicocheting through the
bu'lding, striking and tearing aw7y posts.
beams, machinery, anl timber. The unfor-
tunsto people that we're in the building 1T the
time were Knocked hither and ron ps HF1nr
pleees' and death and destruction took posses-
I.. Clay God#in. the man Who worked At
the plsne1. was Instantly killed. A piece Of
timber took away almost his entire head, He
VAS dead when found.
Stephen Sullivan, IN l1iah bor. sn arapIo-a
ot ne establishment. WAS found dead il The
s'ey ss''eanity of the boiler; ore q his legs Was
nto*h On, and carried couAiderab!e distance
from the hodv- He must have died instantly.
beofamin aseklemzu- theengineer, was hof-
nbly mangIed. His entire face, almost, below
the nose, Is torn OF. Il il thought he cannot
Two litt1e colored boya namsd Close, ware
"aatchez." 0na OF thase was 40 badly hurt
about the head that the btaina oozed out Of
hls skull. At noon yesterday it was ss1d the
boy had died. The other boy Was seriously
hurt about the head, but will recover.
hooert Wallace, boy, wss seriously wound
Robett Tetherington and Nrs. John Estel
N. seriously injured by pisce Of boiler gong
through house In which they we're NJ eoe
Two or three other men arc wounded out
We have failed to get their mines
Immediately west Of sod adjoiniug the en-
g1ne-room WAa : email frame house Q! two
rooms. In this houee nEed John Eatal and
family. 1t the time OF the explosion tha
1.nLE.n xs, :s,s ass eaoFs0, aa Eaa,nda aa 1s4s NJ
prepa1Iug to sit down to breakfast About
one thirI Of the boi1ar-uine feet long
passed through he ho9se, literally destroying
It, hreatt7g up the table md the d,4hes, the |
people n the house, but two we're hurt-Nrs.
Eetel and Mr. Tetherington.. How it hap
Pened that every occupant of the house
VAS not killed 10 cannot conceive. The vbole
house Is IN spiints1s- Rsteks. hths, pl.star,
Esfte7f, joints. and debrts OF al kinds Lay
oomPaeuy in together. and thn boiler 1tsaif
waa long enough to destroy tho people ~ reli
~ the house: The eacape wzs nirscqloua:
1he factory vas oVned b. Mr. Charles 7,
po9s1, M. 70 belisye, Ak 1eoKe C<.Jc1afs,