, 1877-02-10
BOILER EXPLOSION.
A Serious Accident in the DAILY
News" Office.
Tie Engineer and Two Other Pcrsons
Slightly Injured.
Total Damage Inflicted About
$4,000.

Filth avenue in the vicinity Of Washington
street were startled by deep mufIlcd eound,
like the sudden and unexpected boom u Il
hcary ttecc OF artillery, followed mp ttntnedt-
atc1y Will, the crash Of breaking glass nntl
the Kissing of escaping steam. a tkJIier
had exploded. It WAS the soufyc Hf the moilve
power lit the Standinaryn printing otlice. The
policemen travelling beat In the vicinity hufrIe,t
To tho place, and found It cnyelopcd II dark
ness aud tfcnsc clouds Of steam. The Fire
Patrol turned out promptly, as did also hook
and ladder ronlpany, but. Al M tlrc hsd broken
out, there was nothing for them Ia tlo.
After tlsc stean,-cloutls had dfapertetl euf-
nciently to allow Of a fafc entrance into tho
building, the police and frcmen commenced tho
work Of examination Tho front windows
completely, md 1t sas impossible 10 Ind pieco
large enough to glaze knnt-i0]e. 'Fhs COUNT
inEroosn, uscd Jointly by the 'sk,.ndI,.aven and
ti,o Uaay Ntxs, was considerably disturbed.
Gss and tables were oyc.tnrne a Email
les profusfon. III rear of the btaslness-
Office was the tnaf'fEg~roonl. The win
lows III .lds we're completely demolished.
sialley.raeks, tables, and tho milling 'nach!nery
hal been hurled here and there; brokcn pieces
0f timber, fragments of machinery, AMI itln nj
debris, frotn where no ono could tell, numbered
:, lmme.iiately back of the mailing room In Tho
iappy bottcr. 1t was apparently about
ten ur twctv1 feet lou4, It wax rent
a,'d bent and twisted. Tic uncertain flicker
frotn poifcclnan's bull's-eye threw q weird
Iron, nhisered timbess. bricks, and mor.ar,-fho
courses IT the Inter rt,nuiug In every direction
like the rocky fca1ns In vottanic uphearal.
THE nuiLEA
te placed III brick addition to the rear, which
fltkf 1Eft1nsaf the rrf1t4, $orff
were Kcnt down frnm tho iSkdndladrtm con,pos-
Ing roonl OIL the third floor. 1ta walls were
eight inches Thick. The boiler Is shell
one, put In about four yeare ago,
had worn rather Thin. It was OIL a level with
The basement, aud the entrance to tho room in
which It was lncatcd was through tw0 doors.
The Whole OF this addition was demolished, ami
One end OF the boiler WA thrown through one
Of tho dnoFs md landed near the entrancc on
Wells street, while another portion Of 1t Was
hurled out in tho rcar. -.
basement, onc Of wilaln-Larsscn-wasscaid
somewhat and gota scalp wound, while Lawrence
- was wounded III the arm. and John FIc'cr
got few contustons. printer named John
office, was near ono oi The windows sctttnE type,
and q plrce Of glass struck him over tic fore
head, and cut him allghtly. Iialf tiozcn print
css werc at work In the con,x,slng.ruom 1t tbs
tllHGt anu WHICH tHcY llCAfA LhE nDl6G thGy EOI
out as RAPIDLY III possible.
All the wfntIows Ia thu building facing on
Calhoun place were guttcd-not fragment nf
glass hctiig left in them. The same was nls0
tho casa with tho windows In the rear Of tho
buildings which face on Madison street. Tho
hrayy platc-glaes windows Of tho Sk4IHd;nalv,
uIlicc. on tho Wells street front, ucrc blnwn to
atoms, and tho shower Of st,aralipg fragments
strcwu nll over Wells street,
Tho l,ui1.liLg No. til Fifth avrnt,c Is owned
by FIrn,pml l.awson. The press wlIltl, IL owned
by tho !skandinarts. was hsiir damaged. There
ta tho UtilH .sexs tho Sdci4iisf, daily German
worktngnct,s 1,arcr, tllc Hvtd FtlHrttr, md
tlftrcn or twenty wcekIlcs. Tl,c A.lly forms
which were In thl rcsa.routn at tho time Of he
accident wcrp ihnec OF the .yorialaf. those Of tho
Skdaiiadpt4, not having Rono down.
1T WAS ptyrlcvLT 70 .gAns ANYTHING
rs to tho catlfe Of Tic bIow.ur II npncars tl,ut
tho engineer goes homo At nrloclt III tho even
Ing, mil docs mt Get down until I liz tho morn.
Ing During his ahaencu the engine 10 lett In
cIlargc OF tliu rrss*n,ai,, man named Martin,
who does not know much about thc running
Of IN cngln0, and IL unahle to givG
uny positive Information MS 10 how int,ciI, II
nlv, water there WIS IN thc boiler ut lile time,
ur how ,nany pounds of atcasn wcre On,
The total nmouut OF tlan,age aote to build.
tnc, boiler, and press will probably be about
a -1{AI u.