New-York tribune., 1873-02-04
TERRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSIONS.
AT p1rrsBuRGH-sEvEN LIVES LOST.

AT PITTsBURGH-sEvEN LIVES LOST.
PITTSBURGH, Feb. "A terrible accident at
the American Iron Works, this morning, Surpassed IN
fatality anything that has occurred in this city for some
time At 10 O'Clock battery OF four boilers situated at
the upper or south side Of what known the new
mill of the American Iron Works. exploded with
a terrific report. The explosion resulted In the
death of several men and great destruction Of property
The boilers, which had been In the place where they
exploded for about year. although they bad been some
five years in use, were located about midway between
the ends Of the mill and were placed between the
spike and nail factories about 800 feet from the ryer
They faced SOUTH and this seemed 10 be the direction in
which the force of the explosion principally expended
self although the batteries completely annhilated
and the destruction was complete at the rear and on all
the sides, as well az in front.
The ends of the spike and nail factories were blown
down 10 the extent of about IS feet and the wall and
roof OF the new mill blown away Portions Of the
boilers bricks and timbers from the ruined buildings,
were thrown in all directions, and TO great distances
Some OF the fragments thrown distance OF three
or four blocks The cause Of the explosion is st envel
oped in mystery.
The engineer had examined the boileT-gauges only O
few moments before the explosion and found the state
OF the water satisfactory. The most intense excitement
prevailed after the explosion great crowd immed-
ately gathered at the of destruction and set to
work to remove the ruins and recover the bodies Of the
killed Seven dead bodies have been extracted. all more
or less mutilated, and TO frghtful extent The
bodies were also blackened as though burned Two OF
the killed were found many feet away from the scene OF
the accident in an adjoining mill
They had employed there and we're struck by the
nying missiles. One man was bringing load OF coal
10 the furnace of the battery elevated railway
which leads over the boilers. When the explosion oc
Cured he was Just the battery, and was blown
inward for a considerable distance The lower jaw OF
one workman was found lying az some distance from
the body.
Five bodies were partially buried under the ruins and
were removed with hard labor. The killed borne
away on sretcher fast their bodies recovered
and the scenes which followed RECOGNITION by friends
were painful in the extreme. The following is COM
plete list Of the killed:
Charles onee, Patrick Howley, Barney McAuley,
Thomas Mccarthy, Mike Reynolds, Anton Beekers'
John Shehan
The following is q partial list OF the wounded:
Adam Jound, struck by piece Of the boiler and had
both legs and an arm brokers; Charles and James ~;
Ward, struck by splnters and were severely 1n1nreu
about the head John Corb, hurt about the head Dal
zel wounded in the head and leg slightly Jacob Ken,
ker slight injury about the legs Timothy Mahony, legs
crushed; Jacob Brobeck. spine injured and burned
about the back Robert Nelson hands. face and body
burned seriously Thomas Boyle, injured in head and
breast; Robert Bachford injured internally Nicholas
Long, legs crushed and eye injured; Mrs Keyser arm
broken by fragment OF iron; Henry Grant, Doy ear
split and seriously injured.
The nail feeders out strike at the time OF the
explosion Had they been at work the loss OF life would
necessarily have been very great The iron WORKS are
the most extensive OF the kind In this country covering
seven acres In area and employing $500 workmen.
AT CONsHOHoCKEN-EIGHT PERSONS KILLED
NoRRIsTowN, Penn, Feb. 3-Between and
O'Clock this afternoon q boiler exploded in John
Woods rolling MILL at Conshohocken four miles from
this place and thirteen from Philadelphia demolsbing
nearly the entire mill, killing eight persons, andinurng
eight or ten more several Of whom cannot I've Four OF
the men were employed in the rolling and two were
merely idIing about the works. The boiler IS feet In
length by 81 inches diameter, was carried some ds-
tance across the canal, and passing through silk MILL
killed two boys cutting entirely in two The boiler
had been in nearly so years. and had been patched
several times just before the explosion, water had
been let the first time after repairing The follow
ing are the of those killed. far as ascertaned
VIM. Kelly. J. Carroll, wm Barnett, james Hanna
and Henry Humnel ,,,
The names OF one mill hand and the two boys killed by
the flying boiler have not been Learned.
AT sYRACUsR-sEvERAL PERSONS INJURED.
SYRACUSE, Feb. 3.-The steam boiler in
Gedde's rolling mill exploded at noon. today severely
injuriDg one workman and slightly njuring seven
others The boiler new, and the OF the acel
dent Is unknown The building and machinery were
damaged as 600