Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-09-11

.t 49, ''"''oN ih'lt 10 ahuu' two hundred /;
w",hn'.'h' ~ Is frame structure about va "
ny Lao tcrl, surrounded with ,ni,uu.,s and "
""'o"''''ilS~, holsne, for The lu,.linp ana a
,'S''E ~ non, htni within II W,,r twelve e
''ib SCAM h"'''i=, "t ,un,u. length, and .
s'"'"' nom ~ t" - iec. 'lN,,,. huli,,, an.
with iron. ~ ~
1hE E\rI"-iuN
The holr, which exploded wa, ON. ,,,,ui T.,
l,ci I"ng and . feet in diameter and wns s,tu
itt'i about the centre of the buiidinr in clo.r
proximity To the rolls and other nowrr,m
machinery USED IN making bar and ,Iicrt iron
i"'ei ordinary circumstances thric wuuli
! nave been engaged within a few feet of IN.
| ooiiti r"iue totll or itiy men, hut il tortuIl-
a'clN happened that III the time of the cxplus-
'"n about 6"cl,~k \ VI the work, wer,
| ''aiioll'S ,llii I" tnahir repairs 10 he made to
| niok'h hath'll'fi, dild although ,,iir thirty
| men were IN the mil, Il large majority wpr,.
| lying down hratcha Il nap. Whilst the rro,irs
| were going ON the wolkucn were suddenly
| startled ny the thundcrng noise of the burst
| my boiler. Three successive shock, wpr. dis
| cttublr, and III an instant irou timbrrs AMI |
bil ks were tS my on all Sides and the Wlull !
otiiiiihg was ll'td With escaped steam,
The MI LED AMI wouN NpEp
After the momrutaIy alarm Mas over il wa, /
found that numbers at the men were involved
more or less, IN the DISASTER, and those who
were uuinJuttu went H. Work to relieve their
: companions, many ui whom Were struggling
tor,rape from beneath the crushed tinibcr> OF
the building, which were Spllnrr"d and torn
AID ,niiugicd with iron rods, and girdti,
twisted and broken. one poor man, Alfrei
llalcrOtt, was found beneath il huge wheel
barrow, hrld down hN Il bar al iiui and upon
:"'lns gotten "nt l,' i'ir7"nlrd il,ghtful ap
marancr. gaping m.unt arrooa the skull
, waa only eurraS,,l Ivy olil.d1 ut SraldrL it,iii
which tell IN flakes from IN face until he lost
D all human resemblance. Near hy was another
" John Mcdowell, also terribly sca,ed, and
g few feet away was the mang:ch aud scalded
form of Henry Bouln. The first and last
named were men "l family and hrothr., m
law
Mcdowell was single man, about thirty =
s five yrarS old. Al arr described As being rx
. celrnt and exemplary men. Sin others,
y named in the Dispatch to Tut SrS, were also
y more or less injured.
= stLNt OF pEsrRt IrloN,
The mil wh,eh Was visited on saturday
Al and SUNDAY Ivy hundreds of persons from the
- surrounding country, presented scene of DIES.
. truction almost inde5crbahle. The boiler had
parted midway, one part, about twenty-five
'e feet in length crushing through the bricks built
o. over 1t, tearing away the sidr at the building
es for distance "f forty 1eet. allowing the ROOF
i, to dropin, thence through chimney four feet
= square and forty feet high, scattering tn.
''- bricks in shower on all sides The track o.
to the flying mass OF IRON, weighing over a ton
~ was clearly marked by holes torn in the earth
-, and away in Il rarine 800 feet oil laid the hal
- of the boiler, with nu dents or breaks about i
u except the parted eud The other halt, whci
he was but Il lrilir smaller. being 20 feet long
m passed uut in an opposite direction, apparent
~ as straight as an arrow. Iron supports t
y the machinery and the roof were >narpe,
M and solid oak TIMBER a toet square wa, car
yet ried along over !Oo feet lodging with the br,
NJ. ken boiler. which had struck and turned en
for end IN an emhankment nearly even wit
the root. The machinery on all sides Wa
covrrtd with luii aud dust, caused by the q,
capped steam.
'ec AGLooMv SABBATH.
~ " The wounird We're removed Ia :he,r home
~ in the village near by, and on Saturday aitrl
-, noon two oi hcm, llalrroit and Mcdowell
" died in terrible agony. bn sunday muInlll
~ the third victim expired, casting gloom ovt
wv the usually cheerful country village. I'll
houses wherein The dead hpdt.S lay werr yis
tied hy the surviving companions ui the ,ttd
,p- men, and is the incident 81 the a'ctdrtl sci
ii discussed tansileral tr teeln,. VA, rStlenc,
he among lh,' lahorrIN on account al allegation
Re that the rAilnrd h.,ll.i Ma patched "ot
ri out, 80. quiet rnn,isrl7 finally ni.Natl'
ON however and npcn the aaeutahee"i 'a,lar
it, y. Benjamin, oi the Village, that rigid =
his animation would h" made.
W rnI, tsitaonN
John Moke 81 wotImtt,' h~iihe,i W
walking ihai / lrtl ,pn, the hnler When
exploded W. knocked down. hui lei bad
hurt; a-5iied 10 pm "ul the tire; saw the q
russ gineer Try the water IN the iolier only len
'ew fifteen r,nnca h.f,,a The accident don't kn'
whether Tie " i,er waa low or mol; the ,nen
for the works had alwasS been more airal oi /
1is. boiler which bnrslel than OF any other
DIR. Morrison heins called, aen~ed as ioilo,
for Was called h'"h To a''r"'' i"e mecca 90" III
/ H. died from the lnhalllun OF steam
Edward Campbell warkman tesl,hri=-N
AT home when the holer exploded; had oil
~ gone ont of the mill on account "i 't,- boil
'"A' tearing that ii would explode; have heard ir
different engineers thai the boiler w.- not dee
'late ed safe; have known two patches |" Inc PIT
l. oi III. ,,,l,.r In nv fine don't know whether
-oth oiler was II good one. a bad one.
j. llarrcks the engineer ~ charge o The
and poded boiler, testified Fried The water n
'ter- boiler only ahput hiteen minhles III init
and explosion; there were three t'ii gauge, lh",
the everything wa. right. II MAS examined
patched ON May 3lsl. ISL il had never t
ven inspected by anybody, except the boiler max
.ss,. il was provided with new safet. valve, vii
Ths witness had examined n few days before.
,l.o| Hy "A Juror What is your duty?
d. Witness i attend 10 Twelve boilers and
engines.
juror Ia mol that ina mlch 10, "ne man
..o' ':. Wltness \es sir, il is. bll still have
=, !. il. ,.,4s,
"a. IN Isaiah lihiIls, roller, testified lava o.
|, M va, seen tie p,en r,,, lsam this hollrr
o"e J. Harrlcks, (the engineer recalled
~ ness remembers having said Ia Mr.. ss'otion
1ame officer Of the company. that he wished the TX
'ns was ont Of the mill; that he did moi like II.
sa'u Hiram Bdile depoaed that he had often
the men run from the boiler On account o'
:, ,ruffing oul Of steam at the safety valve.