, 1873-02-04
FRlGH1FuL CALAMITY:
Explosion Of Boilers in the
American Iron Works ah ="
! Pittsburgh.
Seven Persons Killed and Thirty
Badly Injured.

.--~- alessrs. Jones 1t Laugh
lima, In DrownBtown, In tho Twenty.fourth
Ward, exploded about 10 o'clock this morning.
Tho explosion was so tremendous thnt throe
seotions OF tho building, Of somo 1rtsen feet
each, ,sero completely ahattored, tho roof being
carried entirely away and scittored ID
eli .d'roctloHs: There wore aboQt
oooo labotere employed IN tho mill it the ttma
OF tho explosion, aud for ttmo 1t aeemod ID,
though q worry large number had boen either
killed or wounded by tho steam or by fragments
Of tho boilers that wore aent flying In ali direc-
tions. Tho greatost Consideration prevailed,
and tho most extravagant rumors were at oncc
set alloat. Immediate steps woro taken to ra-
lieve the injured ,who, were stil1 tllv6; ind rd;
cover. tic bodies of the dead.... Up. Ito
tho presont' time; tile following killed hava
boon oxtticated from tho debris: pnttick
Ilawloy, Mike Reynolds, Charles Fca, Thomhs
Mccarthy, Barney MoAuloy, Anton Baokus:,
somo thirty wore wounded, but few Of the num-
Moesrn. Jones 4 Laughlins, tho dealers in
hoavy hardware Of this cily who nro part ownl
ers Of tho American Iron Works, above referred
to, received tho following denpatch this after.
noon:
| FULL PARTICULARS
| P1rTsnunou, Pa, Feb. ;3.-Tho accident at tho
fatality anything that has occurred il ts city for
some ttnao. Alto o'c1rck battery Of fourboilera
| situated at tho uppor or south sIdo. Whist ia
known as tho new mill Of tho American Iron
suited In tho death Of several men and great de-
struotion Of property. Tho boilers, which had
boon in place for about q yoar, although they
had been some Ayo years n use,
Of tho new MILL and were placed between tho
spike and nail factories, about 800 feet from tho
river. They lay facing the south, and this
seemed to bo the direction In which the force Of
1 v,rra,c o11ifn Eo1 $fun1
though tho batteries wore completly ann1hlated,
and tho obstruction WAS complete at the rear
and alf sides, as wcll as In front,the ends Of the
ho and mil aetey M 5Gwn t%n dwn to the
Of tho new mill woro blown away. A portion Of
the boilers and BRICKS and timbers from the
ruined building, were thrown In all directions
s 70 gbes T dsco q e hs pd e @
Tho cause Of tho explosion is d mystery. The
engineer had examined tho boiler gauges only
five minutes before tho explosion; aud found tho
following The explosion tho most intense e1.
| cltemont prevailed. Great crowds Immediately
gathered 1T the scene Of destruction, aud set to
work to remove tho debris and reco7er the bodios
Of the killed; Seven dead bodies havo been
extrlcated from tho r1ins, all of which
wcto more or less mutilasod, some to frightfu!
extent. Tho bodies were also blacaened to q
dogree is though burned, Two Of the killed
wofo found many feot from the accident in an
aiioiuing mill. They had boen employed thore,
and wcro struck by the flying missiles. Ono man
wnu bringing load Of coal to tho furnace OF the
| battery on nm elevated railroad which WIS LAID
! over the boilers when the explosion occurred.
He was lust over the battery, and vas blown
upward considerable distance. Tho lower jaw
| OF one workman was found lying o considerable
! distance from the body. Five bodies woro par.
tally buried under the ruins. and were removed
With hard labor. Tue killed wero borno away
on st.ctchcrs as fast recovered, and the scencs
which followed recognition by tho friends wero
painful in the extreme.
THO following is complete list Of the killed:
: Thomas Thomas Mcfsarthy, siiie Reynolds, Anton
Becker8, John bheheu.
TIE wouNpED. ,,,
l. Tho following is partial liat Of the wounded:
Adam Jound, struok by q piece Of boiler,
and had hiaa legs and IN ar, arm broken ;
By splintors, and we're severely injured
about tho head; John Corb, hurt about the
head; Dolzell, head and legs, slight; Jacob
Kinker, slight about tho legs; Tim. Mahoney,
cEshfd 1afGb ;b eR Rnhe injured and
Thomas Boyle, head and breast; Robt
BIatchford, internally; Nicholas Long, legs
crushed md eye injured II. Aeyssr, arm
broken by fragment of iron Henry Grant (boy)
ear split and seriously injured.
Tho nail-foeders wero out On d strike, at the
time Of tho explosion. Had they been at work
the loss Of life must hnvo been very great.
The iron works are the most extensive OF the
kind in tho country, covering some seven acres
In area, and employing $50 workmen.
l. ANOTHER. .-
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 3.--This afternoon q boile,
in Woods foundry, at Conshohockon, exploded
It is reported that eight men were buried in tht
ruins.