, 1875-07-24
CASUALTIES.
Additional Details Of tho Terrible E1.
plosion Near Iowa City.
l Description of the Steamship Ahhosts-
ford, Lost on Tho English
Coast.
YesterdAy's Record Of Lesser Mis-
haps.
THE IOWA CITY HORROR.

THE IOWA CITY HORROR.
sreefat Dtpateh 70 The Chacaso TRIBUNE.
Iowa CTR, July 33.-Tho most terrible cntAs-
trcphs eysr Witnessed In this locality occurred
last night kbout hall. .pant o'clock Ut Coralv!e,
: suburb Of this city. rono mica up tho lows
River. n. r. Close Il 5onn largo rapcr~u,fl1 Naa
blown to htou1a by tho explosion Of oue ot ths
iron tanka In which tho raw material Ii prepared
for tho vAts. There wcro four Of i4eac Iron
tanks, mns!o Of half-lnch boiler tron so1ne feet
tn diameter and II feet in heiglt. The mill
had hccn pushed to its rsnloat capacity during
tho day aud oEdping. boering a severar
hcad Of ssoam In these tanks thu usual. Tho
one uo1t to tho south wall uf tho main building
b,,rstcd totally destroying tho main building Of
brick. two storsos iliEh, aud 40 teet wido by 40
feet long. Scarcely brick was loft in ita place,
nor pteco OF timber or lumber nude1nolished.
Three of tho tanks or boilers uero thrown
Number Of feet from thoir places, and tho ono
Which exploded was thrown up In tho
air 10 high that It looked no larger
than common ba7e1 10 obBeryors by
starlight. and fell IL tho river. II
weighed oror tons. Tho building Is a rcr-
feet mass nf debris, will, brick and pioccs OF
lumber, machinery, etc., Bttown for many rods.
Thcre IL another onc-story brick buihling adj
Joining tho main building on tho nnrth, con-
lAiniuE tho machinery for turning on tho lapsr,
which was not Injured to any extent, though
Tho mill WAS running night aud day to catch lip
with ita preHsug ortiots and was in full opera
ttnn when tho EXPLOSION occurred, There wcro
tefteen employees At Work in tho nlill Ut the
tIme, six Ut whom wore killed. somo ot
tuem weto horribly 1nanglcd. Tho following are
t1e nau1os Of tho killed: Nathanlel Oilncf was
blown hlgh Ia tho air aud struck the gronnd not
far from tho mill {; hia hoal WAS atnashed 10 h
jolly; he had in his hand part Of lila lantern
and piccn Of the patchwork with 1hich lle was
dgod fcos away. Patrick Iierncy was found
burned under tho debris. lIormah Decl,tel wah
blown some bf,o foot nwaY: 'lis body was found
some u feet fEom maere llis l.sad In;
covered dpop uudot tho ruins. Ills body
uAs literally cooked by steam. Waller Binton
wAB blown up INTO the air 30 far tlat his lo,ly
looked no larger than a common nAtcr-pa.I. lilo
camo down son,o 200 foet from tho mill and
struck tho roof OF statlcr's wagon.shop. broak-
ing tho roof.BbinGles, inch nheesinE. and then
tho common pine saltera, lia body landtng Oh
the seooud.atory floor. Tic WAS not dead until
this forenoon. Many Of those man hare large
families, without any means Of support. One
children. The m.in building Of tbis
large establishment. was completed early
this spring ~ mn enlargement, and It's
destruction il Bnvere blow to n. 7. Close, one
OF nur larsent mud moat cnterrrisng mauufac-
tu1erA. ! undelatanl he will ason 80 ,nbout itB
reconBtructtun. Ills loss III probably not far
1Tota S9n; ~ oon 1ne mosao,o "acA.noly ~ tno
visited this terrible scene to~aa7 full OF sofro"
oter th's sau ca'anH'.
1ow. f,,ry Ia' .tnly IL .Nsincn in, .1.st ,1ta-
patch. six men provo tu havu hcon killed. The
Of Wnltcr Linton, wllo wna in tho cnt-straw
chamber over tl,e explodcd tank. llo waa aeen
to 70 UP with tho tank. and over 1t to Al csti-
mated height o. ooV teet. railing, 10
M Meut ~ sn'ouan "s 1oo' y. a. pn,ni- .,ii
hnop ~ 5a.9n .i,.te "nsJ M nsm w i
hnoenn. uo "..hin,s ~ ~. .asa
IT, rd tI';. aaI iv,a e., to ,oe -;
IT. IT, "aa .o"hL ...g a56 W d,sns,a ~.
ns tooat l., sn, n ~, ne
H. .,i, - -hSe,, - snsd nv, t1,ss.. H.
sne ~ ~ " H. h mI ~ a,,t,,t Asa
oao rTo =, ~ nsshncr1 nv .n1l nnn" yr
are not Injured, It is dcciIod thss It WA
a chemical explosion. The pressure At tho
| Dollars waA only 60 pounds, and lass at tho o.
pIeaea sankb; 1as hsra" ~ pn.Peo ~ ~; ;ne tsnR1
~, III. cnmt,natlan msss lave ayo,yn an s4n'n.
| siys foyco fur groator than wa possible With a
1team pressure Of 50 pounds. Tho doad vii! be
buried at ?. n. Sunday. Three Of them Tsre @
Gshocs ano snaes oi sno oa rso,esisa ~ haia Ihs ,h
rpsremoni"s taacthor. a,'d thc nroccssions Vii
pA54 to tile graveyard Iadf6nAlGa DY llf. AAnten,
/ President OF the 1ormsn Supporting Soc!ety,
aud Col, Harvey drahan. Mr. Clone Will I'M
inediaso15 repair A1a ual!l.
| r--.,,-, .,oa-.r,,,
! =, Goss of THE sIehMsh Rsno tstoHo; .
Ihe ioMo"'u8 moHsaso "aa fesolseo a. tne
| General Western Agoacy OF the American Limo
In Chicago, yesterday
| pu,1,.nx,ru11 Julv 2a-Tba Abbottsford
taeIati oYer md sank Il O'CLOCK tLs tnorniug
| Rha IL rartnlfv drT A. law .v,tnr T'he Via. IN,
VIM n IN ps.r@s @ of Mint bsforo a,rspli,'r. "''
"11 I.s.s ~ s a.s.,.,. ~ rs' .s .s,tess.
Lase9 particulars a1e ~ es ios1o"S'
PM1LADErPu1A, July 2s-Ihs steamship Cltl
Of Limerick has boep secured TO thko the place
Of the Ab1osaforo, Lost on the coast Of Wa!ea
and viii sail from Liverpool no3e Wednesday,
By shis arrangement the SAILING OF the america
Line VIII psocecd w1thons 'nteE1arton; ~
Abbotaford "aa !ul!Y Insured ~ dreat l3r1tet'
and France. aud her freight In thH country ant
Enfope tief cargo "hs large one.
Tho Abbotsford VAS brig-dgged iron steam
shin. of Z GIL tons register. capabls of carryip
o4sp, ~ ~ ". ~ 80, t ~, ~, e.s
I,ol1 toha of c&FRos ~ oaolu hno ooV steoIAG
| uaasauKefs; md. Oh her present yoyaRe, had O
| =, Ill nm l..