The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-06-22
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ExplosiOn In the RenItentiary-
Prayer a. q PreServatfve-I List O
the Wounded.
COLUMBUS, June 2l.-About halfpas
six o'clock this morning the northern
portion of the city was startled by th'
sound of terrific explosion, which
proved to be one OF the large boilers
belonging to the works OF the Ohio
Brush and Wire Works, at the Ohio
Penitentiary. At this early hour it wal
impossible to get anything reliable re-
garding the extent Of the explosion. al
no one was admitted at first. After tn,
explosion occurred rumors were thick
and current on the streets that from
twenty five to one hundred and fifty
persons were killed and wounded
and placing the number killed al
twenty-five. All the rumors proved to
be incorrect and grossly exaggerated
After visiting the scene Of the disaster at
$50 A. NJ 10, we ascertained the following
facts:
The boiler used to run the works
stands at the west end of the shops
running north and, south, and the shops
east and west. The fires were started
up as usual under the boilers this morn,
ing, with three guages of water in them
and at the time of the explosion the
steam gauge showed they were. carry
ing eighty-fve pounds of steam. The
Engineer says that he had just washed
and was on his way to breakfast, hav.
ing been relieved by his assistant, and
had proceeded some thirty feet from the
boiler when the explosion occurred. II
completely demolished about twesty-
FIVE feet OF the west end Of the shop.
Not foot OF the brick wall was left
standing, throwing the mass Of bricks,
timhers, tools, machinery and other
material several hundred feet into the
air, and from the fact that some 65
men generally worked in the destroyed
end of the shop, the exaggerated reports
of the disaster were current on the
streets and generally believed to be
true. 1t seems that the men were all
at prayers in the east end Of the shop
when the explosion occurred, except a
gang of some 80, who hand fin.
ished their morning devotion and
werei taking their places in the west
end of the building TO commence work,
which accounts for the small number
of injured.
The boiler was "a feet long, and is
the same one that collapsed its flues
some year and halt ago, but had been
repaired and was considered safe. A
piece OF the boiler about six feet square
was blown over the other shops and
landed in the prison yard; distance 300
feet. The furnace door and the two
steam gauge balls, weighing thirty-five
pounds each, were blown over the shops
and landed in the yard; distance 45C
feet. The machinery tools and a large
quantity of other material were all
buried in one shapeless mass Several
OF the adjoining shops were more OF
less damaged by the explosion
The Assistant Engineer was buried
under the ruins for fifteen minutes, but
was the least injured of all One man
was blown through the, second story
| window.
The loss of the Brush Company will
reach $4,000; loss OF the State $40, 900
In the prison hospital some thirty
FIVE men were found who had been In
jured by the explosion. twenty-five ol
whom were confined to their cots, being
badly bruised and burned. and five OF
six sitting up who are badly Jared and
had small pieces taken off here anc
there by flying missiles. So lar as it il
known no one is killed, and their es
cape from death is a miracle, and bu
for the fact that they we're at prayer
the loss OF lie must have necessarily
been great. Following is the list
Seriously injured-Harry johnson
alias Charles Kelly, Hamilton county,
confusion on head, left wrist fractured
wound on right Eye, left leg bruised
Tim Newcomb, Hardin county, Jarrec
and bruised; Sam Cook, Hamilton
county, confused wounds on leg anc
chest; Thomas Scanlon, Clark county
confused wounds on arm and back
Elijah Burton, lacerated scalp, breas
bone fractured and ribs broken; Harry
Marshall, Hamilton county, arm, head
shoulders and neck; - Jones, Tole
do, confused wounds and burns on body
and limbs; Francis Lang, United
States prisoner, burns and contusions
Elliott B. Perkins, confusion on srm
and legs burned; James DEMPSEY
United States prisoner, bruised; VIM
Hazelbuck, Lucas county, contuslon'
on back, hands and head; Jos. Culp
Licking county, confusion on hip: u
Wellington (colored), Cuyahoga county
confused head and burns on body anC
limbs; James Cosgrove, Seneca county
lacerated wound on head; David Bond
Preble county, confused head and back
Pat Ryan, Cuyahoga county, confused
head and hand Charles Walker, Val
Vert county, confused head; Johr
Shary, Lake county, confusion on back
Frank Cain, Erie county, confusion OF
legs and head lscerated; John Snyder
Hamilton county, confused ankle; s
F. Tousley, Summit county, confusion
on wrist; Moses Eggleberger, Hamilton
county, confusion on back and legs
John Hornsby (colored), CuyahoS'
county, scalp lacerated.
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