Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-10-05

was Scalded ABOUT the Iacs, cneSt, ao
domen and left side, and received a
fracture OF left thigh-the bone pro-
truding through the flesh. Nothing
could be done, except to alleviate his
suffering, and at 6 o'clock last Mon
day) evening he expired. Clement
Newhouse received fracture OF left
upper arm, near elbow joint, and or
ono bone (ulna) of lower arm, near
same Joint. He also received pain
full scalp wound, and suffered from
general conclusion, Joseph Dudgeon
received double fracture OF left leg,
and an ugly wound at crest {: hip
bone. He is otherwise bruised, but
no serious internal injury is yet de-
veloped. Ezra Jones, father OF the
boy killed. was severely scalded about
the face. and received several cuts
and bruises. VIM. Johnson suffered
a general conclusion and received
some slight bruises. Peter Ferry re-
cti'cu d III dctuIc VI Ouc oohS VI AoiS
arm, and was considerably scalded
and bruised. From present indica-
tons the living victims will recover,
Dudgeon and Newhouse being the
most seriously injured. Such whole
sale destruction is seldom witnessed
or read about, yet visit to the scene
of the disaster creates wonder how
even five persons escaped 'inharmed.
The boiler was carried distance OF
100 feet, while pieces Of casting
truck wheels, bolts, sticks OF wood,
ETC., were strewn in all directions,
some articles being thrown almost
incredible distances. Where the en-
CINE stood there Is nothing remain
ing. The water tank was blown
about twenty-five yards. The boiler
struck the ground before reaching
the stack from which they were
threshing, then leaped the stack, and
alighted three or four times before
coming to final rest. The boy and
VIM. Hughes W ere standing in front
OF the furnace-the end OF the boiler
that blew out-but Wesley Johnson,
who was carried distance of about
thirty yards, was leaning against the
wheat stack-the stack being be-
tween him and the engine. How he
was carried such distance-occupy-
ing the position he dds a mys-
terry. All the injured parties were
thrown greater or less distance, and
and even those who were unharm-
ed were knocked down by the
force of the conclusion. When
the boiler alighted, after leap
ing over the stack, 1t completely de-
molished the front end Of Mr.. john
sons wagon and seriously injured
one Of the horses attached to it. The
horse is evidently worthle IS, On ac-
count OF the constant and imperative
demand for. our services in relieving
the injured We could not visit the
scene Of the fearful accident until
the following day, but, although
much of the debris had been picked
up, the evidence OF destruction was
plainly visible. tits unnecessary to
state that the neighborhood was
thrown into perfect tremor Of ex-
element, and that hundreds and hun
dreds of people-many from dis
tance-visited the scene OF destruc-
ton In the proportion OF persons
killed and injured by boiler explos-
sion, this instance has no parallel, to
our knowledge. Wesley johnson.
Thomas Writ and Isaac Jones were
buried on Sunday, and their funeral
was attended by vast concorse OF
people. VIM, Hughes will be buried
to-day. Now as to the cause OF the
explosion. Following disaster Of
this kind exaggerated and unreliable
statements are expected; but reliable
pal tiCo inlOiu III 10 tnot poi
ties had pronounced the machinery
unsafe. This judgment should have
stopped further work with the engine.
We are also credibly informed that
the engine was run with an unwar-
rantable amount of steam-sufficient
to alarm even those unacquainted
with steam power. But the cause OF
the unfortunate explosion was want
Of sufficient water and the consequent
generation Of explosive gas. All the
engineers who have examined the |
wreck, and other evidences, concur
in this judgment. Without entering
into minute details we have given the
facts as we have obtained them from |
reliable sources, and from personal
knowledge. There are many rumors |
afioat-some OF them, perhaps, true
but We purposely omit giving them.
8. w. GOULD.