Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-30
The Baltimore Boiler Ex,,.~,.,

rHkkk PERSONS KILLED AND NUmner m
JuRED-How 1T HAPPENED
rue explosion OF a large tubular boiler in III,
saw and planning mills of the Harr;n,to IN u
AZ tne corner OF Pratt and Fremont street.
SS pa Yesterday morning, as stated i'm Tax
cltement in that city. The explosion srss ~ s,,,
iorce as to cause people in the neiohborbooJ 10
INK the city had been visited by an earth.
HHtsraI,v ti ne rear portion of the building was
t,' plown 10 atoms, and several persons i'm
me esta oilsbment at the time were hnr;ad m
,he 1e bris. The explosion caused the Shattered
eS ,ha .e TAKE hre, and the alarm being sound
GU, the ue partment responded, and at once. with
.ne assistance OF the police force present. went
~ ~ Hork 10 extinguish the flames and to rescue
Aose buried beneath the ruins.
REsCUING THE RoDIys
number of the work men who vere sl;obtlx
IIyureu were soon rescued, and after workiny
Wss AN. an nOut' the dead, mangled body of man
"a taheh out, which proved 10 be that of VIM
harrington, senior member of the Arm. The
EIeme who had succeeded in RECOVERING tho
aTd III! vi MI: harrington continued their work.
anu IN ABOUT an hour afterwards rescued a how
named George Frank, who was badly scaIded
ABOUT the face and body Soon after. r p
ot1a,ppoIough, carpenter, who had gone TO the
establishment for the purpose OF getting SOM
finished work was taken out His nose was
ptoken, and his body was badly scalded Charles
iS'e, workman, was also rescued. He was cut
sbCut the head and legs, and was much $500
by the shock. The engineer OF the estabtiSS
ment, W m. GraysOn .Jern incs was missing q
also a boy named William Clark, abons Il
l. Dttn engaged at work
IN the establishment as an ap1rentice IT.
CITY nremen worked vigorously 10 effact
lhSlr rescue, and after laboring until about 2
ocock p. m, the body of Jennings was found
anu presented a shocking appearance The left
tee was burned of upas far as the knee and tbe
Iight leg was partially burned Off His face was
ognizcd by his Clothes Search was continned
Tor the boy Clark, and about a quarter to <
CLOCK his body was found near the engine, ali
SE ~, UP oy the pressure of the debris upon
mad
iated: III appeared that he had been suffocated.
hlght OF ten others were more or less injured by
Iue eSplOsiOn. Two mules attached to a wagon
were blown entirely out OF their harness by the
force OF the cOncussicn. " '-'
-. - HOW 1T HAPPENED.
I'LL; w. IMAM Shear, clerk of the firm was
SnEhIi! injured by bricks falling upon him He
states that the first intimation he had of the
Caiamity was the falling of the ceiling in the
" vi ana the Dropping of patterns from the sides
vi Ihe walls. The first intimatiOn that the work.
men lad OF the fatal occurrence was terrible
shock, which nearly knocked them off their feet
anu number of them leaped from the second
Story Wlndows into the street. and escaped injury
Ihere were at the time from twenty TO thirty
men working in the various departments of the
mlII, and it is truly wonderful that more lives
were not lost. Tvs
THE LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
MI. Charies Il. Holloway, fire inspector of
baltimore estimates the total loss to the firm
uIOn the building, machinery, &c. at S30 600
upon which they hold policies of Insurance,
amounting In the aggregate to $4,000.
NJ In the French assembly President Theirs
spoke warmly against the proposed income tax
IL Punch says that free-thinkers and free
urIhkers constitute two large classes of society
Tobacco is called by some one, who does
not smoke, the filth of the mouth and the fog
OF the mind. 20
~ sweet schoOl-ma'am at Green Bay, Wis
Sohsin, rides to school every day in a hand-sled
drawn by the big boys.
sS-The Initiative Committee of the French
assembly has rejected the proposition for a
return TO Paris.
~ The rumOr that Mr. J. Young Scammon
aad purchased the Chicago Republican is con-
himed.
@A person looking at some skeletons the
o'her DAY, asked young doctor present where
he got them. He replied, "we raised them"
@Daily newspaper paragraphing ic getting
To be fearfully abbreviated. Here'sa speeima1
recording death: "Clsy Spencer, colored pint
OF emPhis-whiskey."
81 n thoughtful Danbury lady puts lard ON
,he stoop when she wants her husband TO stay at
nome OF an evening. Barring an hour so devo-
occupied.
~ The "new departurists'' are now yariouslv
denominated "passiveists," 'thum-suckers,
Possum democrats" "poly-wogs," "shady-
Gratis, "tadpOles," etc.
SWhile Mis-. Riser. wing near the Kansas
and Nebraska line. was sweeping a room last
week, her broom struck gun under the bed,
which exploded, the contents striking two of
her little children in the lower limbs, causing
the death of one and severely injuring the other
~The workingmen of Massachusetts propose
10 petition the legislature for aid in establish
ing cooperative associations. The propriety of
such policy is doubtful, but il would be quite
state In aid OF railroads and other corporate
enterprises.