, 1873-07-30
ANOTHER HORROR.
A Fearful Catastrophe at the
North Side Rolling
Mills.
Nine Men EnguIted in a Furnace Of Fire,
and Three Fatally Burned.

at a O'Clock yeaterday afternoon torriblc OK.
p1oaion occurred at tho North Chicago Rolling
Mills which will probably result fatally to throo
employes. At tho hour namod residents In tho
vicinity were startled from their summer drowBi-
ness by loud report like tint of battory of mr.
ti)lory, which was quiolly followed by donso vol
11mos OF whito snolso Issuing from the doors and
windows of tho furnace room. Everybody
rushed to tho mills and in q fow minutes aftot
tho report WIS hoard q denBo crowd of excited
aud curious people thronged about the mills
Everybody asked Of his neighbor, with batod
breath, concerning the CAUSE of tho loud report,
mud tho volume Of smolto, but for ,litt1o while
thoro were no satisfactory answers given.
But In q few minutes 1t became nolaod
through the crowd tlat IN explosion had oc.
cured at ono Of tho blast furnaces, and that
ntno workmcn had boon moro or loss burned,
aomo fatally. Thon there waH more excitement,
aH many Of tho crowd had relations or frienda
employed In the mills Every eye waB strained to
500 who tho unfortunate beings were, az tloy
were brought out from the miuHt of Tho burning
coals and streams Of motion iron to tic nir
Two or threo Of tho victims were unable TO walk
but tho 1oet NODDED only medical attention, and
could assist themselves. II was discovered that
uino wortmon had boon made Victims by tho ex-
plosion.
A TRIBUNE reporter visited the rolling mills
Inst evening, and received detailed account Of
the catassropho: Tho accident occurred at tho
which tho molten IRON flows from tho fl1rnaco i to
tho moulds had becomo partially stopped tp
with cold iron md clnkers. Around the 6aso Of
tho furnace there had also collected Il largo
quantity Of tho same material. The work
mon woro instructed to remove thia
with crombars. Twelve mon woro a.
signed to tho job. They had been working
perhaps two hours, when, while tho greater por-
tion Of them wore digging Mt the trough aud
around It, suddenly o Urge portion of tic fur
nace-yall around tic trough gnye way.
StreamB Of molten iron quickly spread over
t,o ground. making it extremely x perilons to be
speedily removed into tho fresh air, aud Dra.
Parks and Cunningham callcd to alleviate
their sufforngs. They were not slow in
coming con t,a and ods, did wlat @ thoy o could IN.
not agrcod as to how fatal tho injuries would 70.
suit; but 1t seemed to bo their opinion TINT two
of tho victims, ct least, would not survive tho
| accident.
Tho namos OF tho victims OF tho disaster arc a.
gle, residing at No. I47 Elston ayonuo !;
Patrick Manloy. nlarriod, OF No. G8 WaubanBia
avenue, arc burned 10 tint tlo!r lives are DO.
| sspnirod Of. John Brot married, Of No. ~ ely
4s5 Elston avenue, arc seriously burned: Owen
| Corbott. Potor johnson, and Thomas Connora
arc slightly burned. Healy was con:
yssod tG Tho st. JSaegh nGsp and
4AtIA W suo 4A4oAHAu 11O6ptA
Fortunately the gas which proceeded The
| flow of tho molten iron lifted tho mon from
| their porilous positions. and saved than
from most horrible doath But it
| also burned them worry severely, and
scattered them over tho ground like straws be.
| foro rind. somo OF tlluln lad their cluthue
torn to shreds by tho force Of tho explosion and
ley On the c ground others wero taken to thoi
tho body and limbs. Mack and Hoaly
both Of them young mcn, present a
| frightful appearance. Thoir sufferings are past
| expression.
Tho loss to tho mill propriotors will be very
! great, and many weeks will DO consumed in 10.
pairing the furnace.