The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1877-03-28
FULL PARTICULARS.

On Thursday evening last, there
came a report to town to the effect
that the Rogers 81 Landers Mill, near
Tylersbuyg, had burst her boiler, and
two men were killed and several more
severely wounded. In looking around
to find some person who could give us
reliable account Of the accident, we
came across a friend who was called
to the mill on account Of tho accident,
and had stayed there for some three
days, and made it his business to be-
come acquainted with the whole af
fair. At our invitation he wrote the
full particulars, which we give below:
SITUATION, &C.
The property is located about three
aud one-half miles from Tylersburg,
uear the road leading TO Lickingville,
and is owned by Messrs. Campbell,
LanIers e. Rogers. At the time of
the accident the mill was not quite
completed. Mr.. Landers was saving,
having contract from the firm to saw
the lumber by the thousand.
THE WRECK.
The appearance of the wreck baf-
fes all description. When once stood
the mill, there is now but heap of
rubbish, the mill beirg utterly de-
molished by the force of the explosion
and the flying fragments Of the boiler.
Huge pieces of the boiler and engine
had been thrown with great violence
in all directions, destroying every
thing in their course. One piece, es.
timated to weigh $500 lbs, was hurled
by the explosion a distance of twenty.
nine rods, shivering in its course a
maple tree one foot in diameter.
Another piece, which would weigh
perhaps 1900 IBIS, passed directly ov.
er the house of Mr.. Landers, distant
ten rods, while the house was actually
struck by several fragments, one of
which-a piece of about so lbs. weight,
penetrated the roof and landed on the
floor Of tho second story. Another
ugly looking piece, as large as an or
binary sized stove, bristling with stay
bolts, came punging through the air
to where young man by the name Of
English was drawing logs, barely miss.
ing the horses, and the driver only
avoided it by dsxtrous move. This
piece fell into tree-top. Other pieces
were strewn over a surface Of ten
acres.
THE DEAD AND WOUNDED.
AT the time of the explosion the
mill contained two carpenters, Eng
lish and Lacy, who were putting up
an edger- frame; Mr.. Landers, who
was hesd.sawing; Willie Landers,
Kirk Shut, the fireman, and the set
ter-Leech, and two other men whose
names are unknown to the writer.
The fireman was instantly killed,
his body being thrown distance OF
six rods, and a hand and arm were
detached. Willie Landers was struck
by some of the fragments and thrown
some distance. lie was badly jammed
and his back was broken. He lived
three hours. Shut was thrown nearly
thirty feet. His face, left arm and
side were badly sealded.
English, one of the carpenters, was
hit on the head by some missile, and
knocked down by the carriage of the
edger, through which he crawled after
the roof fell. The falling roof caught
Lacy, the other carpenter, upon the
edger frame, where he lad been flung
and pinned him down, from which po-
sition he was extracted by those who
had escaped, and others whom the ex'
plosioE had attracted. Even the poor
burned Shut, forgetting his own
wounds, lifted on the lever.
Leech, who was setting, Landers, the
head sawyer, and one of the two other
men, strange to say, escaped unhurt
The remaining man was fearfully
scalded about the shoulders and face
and had his arm broken-a piece oi
iron passing entirely through it, mu
tilating it horribly.
The man Landers, Willie's father
had a narrow escape. He had repeat
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