The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-04-18
BOILER EXPLOSION.
THE BOILER OF GALIGHER 3
MILL Exploded.
TWO MEN SEVERELY sCALDED.

Yesterday morning, few minutes
before nine o'clock, one OF the boilers Of
the Cairo City Mills, at the corner of
Twentieth street and Ohio levee, owned
by Mr.. Charles Gallagher, exploded with
such force as to completely demolish the
boiler house and engine room.
AT the time the explosion took place
there were but two persons in the engine
house; one was MIR. Harrison Stump, and
the other Mexican, who up to within II
few days has been employed as a laborcr
on the Cairo and Vincennes railroad.
From what We can learn,
the engineer, Mr.. Stump, had tested the
cages but few minutes before the explo.
sion, md found that there was plenty wa.
ter in the boiler. Mr.. Stump was stand.
ing in front of the boiler, near the door of
tho engine house, facing Twentieth street,
and the Mexican was in the act Of shoveling
In coal, when the explosion occurred. The
engine was thrown out to the edge of the
sidewalk, and almost covered out of sight
with boards and timbers. The Mexican was
thrown some thirty feet from the build
ing and came down in u vacant lot. Both
men were severely scalded about the face,
arms and limbs. The engineer, Mr..
Stump, received several cuts and bruises
about the head and face, while the Mcxi.
can received u very bad cut on the fore
head. They were Immediately removed
to McGauleys drug store where every'
thing that could be done for them was
done. DR.. Wardner was called and did
all in his power to relieve the sufferers.
As said above the engine house was
completely demolished, not even SO much
us IL post left standing. The force Of the
explosion will be better understood when
il is known that the boiler that exploded
was forced through the frame
house in the rear of the mill,
and carried distance of one hundred and
sevcnty-fve yards, where it struck stable
in the yard In the rear of the Williams
saw.mll, which it completely demolished.
In its course, it passed through several
trees, and one Ct them, u tree, about ten
inches through was broken us if il were n
Pipe stem.
Several men who were at work in the
Egyptian mill, on the opposite side of the
street, were standing near the door open
ing out on Twentieth street, when the ex.
plosion took place. The steam, hot water
ashes, etc. was hurled across the stree
with such force us to blow open the doors
and the men believing that the whole enc
of the building would fall, ran into th
street. However, no damage, beyond
few broken panes of glass, was sustainc,
by the Egyptian mills.
1t is said by competent judges shat th
boiler in this mill has been in danger
Gus condition for some time and that /
is only to be wondered at that they stoo,
it as long as they did. Indeed, VIC wer
Informed yesterday, that only two or thre
weeks since, an engineer who was Mt tina
time fltingIthe position of engineer at thu
mill, threw up his position because he con
sidered the boiler to ID in such condi
ton us to render them lia
bic to blow up at any time another gen
tleman tells us that the boiler head was d.
iective, and that that was the cause Of III
explosion. New boilers and new engin
now at the mill, we're TO have been put u
= as soon as the business Of the mill woul
! allow it to be shut down.
Several teams of horses in the vicinit
of the mill at the time of the disaster, b,
came frightened and ran away, but "
failed to hear Of any damage done b
them.