The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-11-05

THE DESTRUCTION OF MORRISON, BARE
& Co.'S PAPER MILL.-We referred briefly
last week TO the fact that the paper mill of
Morrison, Bare & Co., at Roaring Spring,
Blair county, from whence we drew our
supplies, had been totally destroyed BY an
explosion, and are now enabled to give full
particulars of the calamity, CLEANED from
the last issue of the Hollidaysburg Register ::
On Monday morning last, about O'Clock, a
Mil Of Messrs Morrison, T are Co. cd 'ne tsper R
ing Spring, This county, and upon looking In
dhat direction, heavy irons timbers, and differ
direction. and the paper mill was a vast heap of
h,d ruins, s Inc straw Dlstster; sort of engine,
diameter y inch iron : weight tons. 1t went
high up In the air several hundred yards, till il
bucket, and alghted in field upon the hill
some two hundred yards saway-the smaller end
solid ground, the other part 5rcakinS Off and
ai1Thting 7,i some % feet below.
church: about \ mile. Heavy irons and tim
bcr5 shot like arrows, from one end of the
building to the other. and other heavy art icles
In all directions, and it is providential that no
lives wore lost although several persons were
carried so pounds of steam, and was celebrated
to carry 200 ponuds with safety-fYlouph This
was the cause of the explosion. ''' "''a'
and bruised: Ames Mckee, badly scaIdeS.
Frank Hancock, badly scalded. bruised and cut
scalded badly and David Butier, WIN ~ Han
cock, and John Piicc, slightly Injured by brujses
ana cu's Although he first SIX named arr, se-
riousiy injured, yet the pbysi> ian, DR. Staxer
thlhks they may all recover.
fotlr Of the above persons were bur;el in tb,.
neoris, ana were not rescued from their periJous
position Tor about 10 mInutcs-John SNYDER
was blown from the door OF the engine room
some p feet to the top OF the roof OF the ma.
chne shop, and came down with the roof and
escaped only with ba fright ~
The mill is perfect wreck; I'm fact we have
never before seen such complete Pile of rains
me machipery, timbefs, &c, are scattered
around IN all directions, for several hundred
yarde and nearly all the machinery is destroyed
or padiy Injured. About 1900 of preD,red
STOCK was total IoSS-and the loss to buidipV
Inach,iefy ano stock will not fall short OF 800
OVO Mcssrs. Morrison, Bare & Co bay. beop
very unfortunate with this mill, About seven
years ago. II WAS destroy ed by fire, and a few
years later. an explosion occurred causinV
considefdbfe loss At the time of this last ac
cident- Mr.. Morrison in Pittsburgh Mr.
isare was IN Philadelphia, and the only one of
the nrin at home was Mr.. Eby.
we were informed by MIR. John Scott the
Rehttehaniy foreman. that had tho explosion
then IN the mill, some twenty FIVE iu,.Iudin,
nine females would likely have been killed
Ihcv had all, within that time changed their
p'siti"n. the females TO the paper room i'm the
smart new addition. which was not nuch in
gurcd, except one or the ladies' w no was btJri, a
jured. ' oo'"s III
some 1orty persons. by this accident are
thrown out OF employment. Our pccp,r ALI
sympAfhize with the cntcrprisng proprit.tors-
ana VIC trust that they may speedily be enabled
to rebuild the mill. ~ oeu