The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-04-19
THE BOILER EXPLOSION.
INQUEST on THE BODY or HARRISON
STUMP, THE ENoINEER.--ExPLOsIoN

INQUEST on THE BODY OF Harrison
STUMP, THE COMMUNICATIONS
THE RESULT or A DEFECTIVE BOILER.
Harrison Stump, late engineer Of the
Cairo City Mile, died yesterday Of the In.
juries inflicted upon him by the boiler ex-
plosion of Wednesday morning. An in
quest was held on the body by Esquire
McHale, and the following evidence clio
tied:
J. o. SMITH,
by occupation a machinist and engineer,
testified
That the explosion was the result of
bad boiler mead that the boiler had TO
his knowledge been leaking for the last
three months the explosion took place
at about nine o'clock am, April 1Itb,
1922 did not know whether Stump bad
ever Informed Mr.. Gallagher OF the con.
ditlon Of the boilers.
DIR. wARDNER
TestiAed-That the deceased died from
the effects Of n very severe scald, the
explosion Of n steam boiler he was not
| deceased did not say any
|
make any allusion to the matter, 9th or
than that he had a pretty bad case the
deceased died in what physicians would
call shock, which in this case was the re-
suit of severe scald, the shock usually
lasts about forty.eight hours, when n re.
action takes place but the deceased diel In
the shock.
| JOSEPH SMITH,
| - Al
ner Of Nineteenth street and Commercial
avenue, testified:
| Was between the New York store and
his place when he saw the explosion ran
up to the mill when he got there the de-
ceased was the Grst man he saw took hold
Of him and asked him how he felt; he said
all right, " only that he was badly seal
ded I; " assisted him out Of tue debris, and
took him to McGauley's drug store; the
explosion occurred in this city.
SMITH ToIRgScE,
Il boiler maker, testified;
Heard the explosion of the boiler
was near by at the time Of the occurrence
the explosion was few minutes after nin'
o'clock the boilers were not very good
boiler was leaking and steam was comm.
out of it; Stump never called my aiten
ton to the leaking places do not know
that Gallagher was ever notified of AM
defect IN the boilers the explosion oc
CURED in the city of Cairo, county of Al
exander, Illinois.
T.. O. HOPPE,
byioccupation a miller testified:
am employed at the Cairo City Mills
was in the engine room thirty or fort
minutes before the explosion saw lea
iE the boiler; supposed the boiler wn
4 cracked or the steam would not come out
do not know whether Mr.. Gallagher wa
ever informed of any defect in the boiler
boiler carried on an average one hundre
n and thirty pounds of steam thought III
@ boiler was capable of carryn
= that amount of steam; have pJ
. one hundred and fifty pounds pressure on
u this pressure was not put on Intentional,
i but when the mill was stopped the steal
would rise.
y. M'GAuLEY,
IS druggist, doing business bctwee
i Eighteenth and Nintcenth streets, @
r Commercial avenue, testified;
Mr.. Stump was brought into my store
7. he was badly scalded; he called for
c mixture to relieve the pain; had brui
d on his right side; the worst scalds wei
r. about his limbs.
= This being the last Of the evidence Il
| jury retired to the store of Mr.. Jas. Ca
: roll, where, after delibcration, the follow
a., ing verdict was rendered:
= State Of Illinois, Alex ndcr county, So.
= In the matter Of the inquisition on u
body of Harrison Stump, deceased, held
C the city of Cairo, on the 18th day of Apr
G A. ID. 1872. We the undersigned juror
. sworn to inquire of the death Of said Ha
! rison Stump, on oath do find that he can
: to his death by n scald caused b. an G.
II posion of steam boiler ~ the mill
r. Chas. Gallagher, in the city of Cair
!, county of Alexander, and state of Illinoi
ON the eth day Of April, A. ID. 1872,
'e about $50 o'clock, n. m, and that said c
D plosion was caused by defective boil,
Q, head
4 G. +. NELL.s, Foreman,
. d. J. Foley, w. II. WALLER,
u BURT FITZGERALD, WIN. Russell,
y MICHAEL DowD, MICHAEL BgADLE
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