The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-11-29

the second time. Tho night wa dark, 10
he could not zee the wretch that did the
shooting. lie thinks he was within ten
feet Of him when the first shot was fred, a.
he almost felt the fash Of the pistol. No
suspicion rests upon any one. IIis horse
was severely wounded, hut is getting bet
ter.
BOILER ExPLoaoS.
On Thursday, the 2lst inst. at 4 p. NJ,
while s. +. REYNOLDS, and others, were
running the saw mill, formerly owned by
u. T. Sloan, matters were suddenly brought
TO a death-like silence and desolation, by
the explosion Of the boiler The rear end
Of the boiler being the weaker part in con-
sequence Of being cracked about two years
since, was blown entirely out, and the
whole boiler thrown forward, straight as
an arrow, through a bank Of saw dust 40
feet thick, TO a distance Of 800 feet, the
shell sustaining no injury, but nue
were completely collapsed and warped.
The shed over the boiler was blown to
atoms. The building over the saw mill
was above and 10 one side Of the boiler,
but was completely demolished. Heavy
stills were broken, twisted and piled in a
tangled mass, burying four men in the ru-
ms, but strange TO relate, none we're killed
or seriously hurt. Sam Reynolds escaped
without the slightest Injury, which was
owing to his extraordinary skill in the art
Of lodging. He says he saw thousand
missiles flying through the air, and he
lodged every one Of them, and finally
lodged under the end Of saw-log and
thus lodged the falling timbers OF the
shed, that covered him. He says he did
not hear the explosion. We suppose he
must have lodged that also. Heavy tim
bers sxl0 and 20 feet long, were blown to
a distance Of so yards. The casualties
are the following: VIM. Norris, a slight
wound over the right eye and temple; w.
X. Debord, bruised considerably in legs
and body, and burned on right side Of face
and neck; Jim Hill, badly burned and
bruised. The last two named, we're stand.
ing near the engine, within ten feet Of the
rear boiler, at the instant Of explosion,
putting on the pump belt. There Ia only
space enough for their bodies among the
wreck Of broken stills and rocks. William
Light having filled the furnace with dry
wood, was shortly possessed with an invol-
untary impulse to 60 some where, which
led him off to the stables on the hill, about
seventy-6ve yards from the mill, for he
says when he got there, he didn't know
what he went for, but deeming it not neces-
sary to hurry bach, and as his horses looked
cold he would rub them awhile, but As he
picked up the brush, he heard the explo-
sion. So he may thank that impulse that
led him to the surest place Of safety at
that critical moment. Casualties among
the bystanders: Jim Sims, bruised in the
lower part of back and hips; Martin Rich
ardson, bruised in a similar manner, and
cut in head. They were together, leaving
the mill, and were about forty yards from
the boiler, about on a line with the end
that was blown out. They were knocked
down and rolled over and over BY the
force Of the steam. We visited the scene
the third day after the accident and did
not zee the effects of much more water
than the condensation of the steam would
make. We think it possible that they
could have been carrying NOR, mud than
water in the boiler.