The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-07-23

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razed by the awful stroke Of fate which
al in 8 moment without the slightest j,
Padgett was formerly a brake !
nan on the railroad and Is we'll known
mong railroad men.
JOHN JACKSON
lad his face and arm scalded. His head
las sharp cut in it, ,and he has not much
,se of his back. A log fell on him, but
,e was able to push it off and get from
he building without assistance. Ills IN
u.ies are regarded as serious.
John " BoNEwITz
was slightly injured in the head and
,houlders,and managed to get out OF the
building without assistance.
-asa's'7-a-ss THE CAUSE
Of the explosion is unknown. Mr.. Star.
bucs. says the boiler was cleaned out
thoroughly two days ago, and hlled on
Monday morning. So far as ne knows
the boiler was in good condition, II the
explosion had occurred from deiectlve
boiler, he thinks 1t would have blown .
hole Moore was engineer, but was
working at lathe and had Padgett EN-
pioyed as . fireman When water gets
low and cold water comes IN contact
With the hot iron, it forms gas when
ignites and makes such an explosion as
this. aE49 .iv gtiaaSg t nsG9 'ti
20 80 * THE loss.
! The building and machinery was sup
posed to be worth $4,000 There was
besidesa quantity OF furniture and lum-
ber The loss 10 estimated by Mr.. Star
buck. to be. $4,000. The building was
built ten years ago gby F: Davis and lJes-
Sc Starbuck, and has been in operation
ever since, and was supplied with all ma
ohinery necessary for conducting the bu-
siness Recently a furniture making
branch Was added, and The firm was ex-
tending its operations all over Eastern
Ohio. The loss is heavy blow,and the
proprietors are undecided what their fu-
ture course will be. e - so
| . MARROW ESCAPES.
I Several employees made hair breadth
escapes. Mr.. Duff, the watchman, left a
Z O'Clock. Capt. Shepherd was on his
way to the mill, but had stopped for
moment on Main street. His bench wa'
right above the boiler, and he woult
lhaye been killed il present L II. Ma
hanna, the glazier, was engaged at tn
4 furniture room on Arch street Th'
A elazing.room OF the mill was near th'
boiler, and his escape Is quite fortunate
j Mr.. Starbuck had been in the mill tel
minutes before the accident, but hat
| gone to Edgar's saw-mill. where he va
when the explosion occurred. His vii
, supposed hs was In the building at To
.. time, and was in great agony OF min
until he appeared alive and well. q. I
, McCord, OF Wheeling. was working 1
, the most dangerous locality, and mot
|, miraculously escaped with few s!igt
scratches. He spoke to Charles E'zler
few moments before the explosion. b
> also spoke to Mr. Burchard, who mac
!, 1.-The remark that he was uawell. Mr. Ja
Reed had been at the mill and had ju
reached the bridge north Of it when u
: explosion occurred. A delay OF b.
y minutes nigh. have been fatal to him.
!. Mr.. Parmalee, OF Holyyok, Mass al
AMr. Crosseler, Of Toledo, we're just
! the point Of visiting the mill, and in To
case the delay was not dangerous b
" fortunate A man from Miltonsburg h'
, lust been In the mill, and after orderil
lumber had gone after his wagon, al
thus saved his life. VIM King, colore
al who drives the team Of the mills, "
Is near the building at the time of the
st c;dent. He was knocked off the wag
K and fastened between it and the buildir
,e from which position he was relieved
g the mules backing He was uninjuret
y es7 TWO BOYS.
N named James Colvig and Lovejoy, aot
70 six or seven years of age, were at the n
ID at the time Of the explosion. Tney w
with Mr.. Dent, on the south side OF
building, pushing ata car. Just as he
iout the explosion occurred and be
D. shut up in sort of cell formed by
p ,uins. hut was soon after rescued,
re was bruised on the side and legs, but
1g seriously injured. Lovejoy was fart
ng out and, escaped With alisht wound
en- e the shoulder. .4 ISL liz ao. 4
~ JONATHAN ELLIS, ,isa
ev who escaped without injury gives
"a following account of the accident:
". About half past seven o'clock, I
y. working in the north end of the miN,
'aa felt sudden jar-a trembling Of ev
thing. l found myself outside on
gf west side osthe mill. Isaw John HI
re- We heard man groaning, and we v
em to the east side Of the mill, where
ere found Ed Hunt under the Office desk
ea some timbers. We succeeded in rel
ms ing him. John Hunt, Ed Hunt and
es' self are the only ones who escaped "
= out injury There was . general jal
've kind OF q give away of everything
70 Though I had ebeenllifted up and thr
IN outside. i don't know what was
an cause it was defective du
asn neglect in the engineer or fireman. j
ana ME Moore has been an engineer ther'
Z several years. He had charge Of the
lgine-room. He seen to the starting
Ter. stopping of the engine, the water GU
- and everything Of that kind. They b
ees fireman on sccount Of Moore being e
.oss eed in. turning car wheels. Padgett
and formely brakesmsn on the railroad,
i'm don't know whether he knew anyt
about steam. 's
THE FORCE OFT.
Hel The oldest engineers. men who
ma. seen all sorts of explosions, say they
iece er saw such complete aunihilation ss
therl We have never read Of anything like
,wn. cept in the explosion of the Mimi
was -four mills. That an entire buildir
heck this size should be literally blow
the pieces, and leveled to the ground
ex- boiler explosion. seems incredible
,sed. such is the fact. All the machinery 8
stor. TO be broken into pieces, and the
nothing but mass of debristo mari
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