The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-19

M Explosive Cbaptcr.--TWO MeI
Killed aud Eight En.iurcd.--iAn En
GIne Etoan 10 pteccs-.-A Snu-7sil
Destroyed.
The Harrisburg Patriot Of Tuesday says
This community was greatly excited OF
Saturday morning by n report that loco
motive boiler bad exploded near Middlctowl
and Killed five mcn. Later and reliable in
formation confirmed the news Of the explo
sion, but diminished the number of killed tt
one and fixed the wounded at two. The &C
cidcnt occurred about one hundred and fifty
yards below the Middietown railroad telc
graph office, on the Columbia branch Of tht
Pennsylvania Central. About halt-past
O'Clock Saturday morning engine No. 301, at
tachcd 10 very heavy freight train west
started for the main track, when the boilel
exploded with terrible force and loud report
Cialklcv Dowdall. engineer; James Wilson
fireman; and Joseph Lewis, conductor
were OH the locomotive at the time.
Mr.. Dowdili was violently thrown agains
4 fence and mortalIv wounded. He received
two large and deep holes in the hip, as i
from pole, and had his hip bone fractured
He died half an hour after the accident. Nh
Dowdal WAS resident of AIantua, Phik,
dclphia, TO which place his remains wcr'
taken Gy the Pacific express at noon.
James Wilson was thrown against franz
truck-horSe and had his right leg badl,
crushed and otherwise injured about fou
inches below the knee. The bones were re
ducod TO pillyerizcd state, aud Il fragmen
nearly an inch in length was forced on
through one Of the wounds. The fireman.
face was rather severely burned, but his eye
singularly escaped. The company's physi
cian in this city, after having thoroughly cX
amined the wounded mans leg In the morn
ing, came to the conclusion that It's amputa
ton was absolutely necessary to prevent tn
death of the patient. Mr. Wilson and hi
friends {among the latter were his wife ant
father-in-law) Stoutly objected to the SEVERN!
of the member. The prospect now is tha
modification unto death will supervcne. Nj
Wilson is from Paoli, about twenty miles thi
side of Philadelphia.
Joseph Lewis was found in close proXimi
ty to the exploded boiler, apparently suffer
ing from conclusion OF the brain. No mark
of any consequence were visible about hi
person: At one time OH Saturday he wa
supposed to be dying, the vibrations of hi
pulse having become almost impcrrepti,lc
Hi> mind was very much dertn@ed and hi
condition prccariolS. He las been removed
to Downingtou. where he resides.
| The engine was completely reversed in pO
Siton by the explosion and partially t,unct
| over. The cab was blown OIL and badl,
shattered. the boiler torn into many pieces
and the machinery 2euerally damaged
Fragments ofthc engine Were hurled through
the air for distance Of Il hundred yards an,
more. The cause oil tie explosion is envcl
| oi>nd in mystery.
ANOTHER BOILER EXPLOSION.
Last night we learned that OH Friday after
noon az j O'clock the boiler in the Saw-nill O
D;mms & Brother, AiilcrStown, Perry cnull
| ". exploded, instantly killing John GlelhamS
wood-chopPer and infli"t,ng supposed fat,
injuries on Henry RumiauGh and Fo>le
| DiminS, lahorerS. -Four other employees O
| the mill were also wounded. Tie establish
meut WIS entirely destroyed.
! TWO MEN RLowS OFT OF = DA>K VAULT.
BE careful. JamirSon," said Mr.. Forrest
cashier OF The Manufacturers National Bank
| last arcnin-. us the Young teller walked int
! rhe door with 4 candle to rcIight the gas
"go slow, for when ] opened the door l nc
ticcd a strong smell Of gas, and YOU viii bloy
Zip il YOU don't look out"
! On went Jameson with the srcrnacet
! dip, and Muir. lie tall messenger, foIlowct
! hitn. stopped, aud went in 10 see what til
matter was. The taller raised the candle I
the gas:jet. Blng, ciang. \ roar like
! connon, and the two men were shot cut Q
the open door rs if they had been projcctileS
Muir was perfect torch, ablaze from hea
| to foot. There was lively excitement for
moment, but he paved his head ina viSorou
manner while the others cXtinguished Tn
flames OIL his clothes. His whskcrS. eye
! hrowS, and cyo-E,Shes, are completely bu!nc'
| oil. and he j. bald to the back Of his head
! The strangcst thing is that bis wo"lcl
drawers arc <inged 4, if by an ovcr-hot fiat
| iron. while his pantuloons show 10 mark e
| the fire. He thinks that = tongue of tlani
managed to skcwcr itself in somewhere.
The cause Of this accident is that the ga
was turned off III the bank for some repair
10 pipes, and when it was turned on it ilowe
through the incloScd jet into the vault, tillin
| two OF three feet Of the upper part. Jamie
son was entirely uninjured. He says he "sas
the blue flame spreading" and ducked.-
Chicago Posi-, 18Th.