The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-22
Terrific Boiler Explosion in
Ohio Penitentiary.
Buildings WTecked..Large Number
of Persons Ipjured.

COLUMBUS, u, June 2l.-A boiler In
the extensive shops ofthe Ohio brush and
wire works, located within the walls OF
the Ohio Penitentlary, exploded this
morning just after the convicts had started
to work, with aterrible noise and dread
effect The flying boiler tore out the
large three'story building in which 1t was
placed, making 1t q mass of ruins, and
tore out the side walls and roof of Of
HufPs cooper shop and Geo. Gill's stove
foundry, not lar of. Pieces of the boiler
were thrown Tremendous distance. At
the time oil the accident IS men were In
the workshop, and were Just going to
work. The shock was terrific, and vet
no person was killed outright. Several
men were blown out of the window and
fell with the debris from the fourth.story
Of the building. One man at work in
the lower story OF the boiler house was
buried in the ruins, and was held for
thirty minutes about the waist between
two heavy timbers. The fireman and
engineer in charge OF the boiler were both
buried under a great pile Of brick and
timber, but were dug out alive, consider.
ably bruised and burned Some escapes
were almost miraculous. The scene oil
the explosion is desolate enough, great
piles of brick, stone timber and machin.
cry lie in confused mass, while the man.
uiactured articles and raw material are
strewn over the ground for a long dis
tance. AS soon as possible a large force
was put to work and the men who were
buried in the ruins dug out, and with the
other wounded taken to:afarge and com.
Portable prison hospital, where scores of
nurses were on hand to care for them, and
they are now well cared for. The fol-
lowing Is complete list OF the persons
now in the hospital by reason ofthe acci.
dent, and 1t Is probable that all but about
a half dozen will recover with proper
care: Samel Cook, Hamilton county;
confused wound in legs and chest; Thos.
Scanlon; Clarke county, confused wound
in arm and back; Elijah Burton, Guern.
sey county, lacerated scalp wound and
fractured shoulder blade; Chas. Il. Myers,
Hamilton county, confused scalp wound
and broken ribs, fractured breast and
bruised chest; Harry Marshall, Hamilton
county, confused wounds In arm, head,
neck and shoulders; Jones, 0f Toledo,
wounds and burn on body and limbs I;
Francis Lang, United States prisoner sent
from the Northern District, same wounds
as Jones; Elliott B. Perkins, Morrow
county, confused wounds in arm and legs
and badly burned; James Dempsey, United
States prisoner from the Northern District
wounded slightly; VIM. Truesle, PEBBLE
county, wounded in arm and back; Har.
rison Smith, Miami county, lacerated
scalp wound; Lester Cooley; Franklin
county, badly scalded in the face; Thos.
Mulhaul, Cleveland, lacerated back; John
Ryan, Miami county, burned on arms and
back, confused wounds on head and face;
David Silk, Hamilton county, wounded
in bowels and on arms; Louis Book, Full.
ton county, confused wounds in sides and
elbows; W, Hazelbeck, Toledo, wounded
in the back Of hand and head; ]. Culp,
Licking county, confused wound In hip;
George Wellington, (colored) Cuyahoka
county, wounded in hand; Jas. Cosgrave,
Seneca county, head lacerated; David
Bard, Shelby county, Belongs in Cincin.
natl, confused wound in head and back;
Harry johnson, Hamilton county, frac-
ture on lett arm and wound in hand and
leg; Timothy Newcomb, Hardin county,
badly shaken up; Pat Ryan, Cuyahoga
county, head and hands; Charles Walker,
Vanwert confused wound In head; John
Sharp, Lake county, wounded in back;
Frank Coin alias Davis, Erie county,
head lacerated and confused wound on
legs; John Snyder, Hamilton county, con.
fused wound; Samnel F. Towsley, Sum,
NIT county, wounded In wrist; Moses
Elgelberger, Hamilton county, confused
wound in back and legA and John Horns.
by, Cuyahoga county, lacerated scalp
wound.
The engineer in charge Of the boiler
says that he cannot account for the acci.
dent, as second before the explosion
occurred, he had on about eighty.fiye
pounds OF steam. 1t is interesting In this
connection TO know that one end Of this
came boiler exploded about Q year age
and II has leaked ever since more or less
The loss will be about thirty thousant
dollars. -
COLUMBUS, June 21.-The convicts In
iured BY the penitentiary boiler explosion
to-day are all doing well and Che surgeon
In charge says all will IN time recover
except johnson, Meyers and Dempsey
who are badly injured internally. The
prison directors beld meeting tonight
and arranged for an investigation into the
causeo the explosion. A detective boiler
Is to blame, butwhether the directors SC
discover or not IL the question,