, 1879-06-28
EXB-%'l'.IONS.
An Engineer and Family Of Thrae
Killed in Philadelphia.
a Terrific Explosion at Youngstown,
O., Morta!ly Wonnding =.
Several People.
Bursting of Steamboat Boiler at
Nebraska City, Ncb. 4,
Two Persons Killod, Two to, Die, and Two
Terribly Hoaldod. e.

Two Persons Killed, Two to, Die, and Two
Terribly 8oaldad. :,
THE PHILADELPHIA EKpLQsION.
Gp<cfai Nispatch to 77s 7t1bun4
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, june a7.-such d calann-
III as the explosion Of m immense tubular
boiler At tho extensive sash and planning mills Of
Il. Wilt Il Son, Front street, this morning, has
not hed Its parallel In the h!sforJ OF local
catastFophcs for several yeara. at about
lalf-paat o'clock the engineer Of tho
works. Michael Dictcl, discovered tlat the fires
beneath tho boilers pecdcd tenenshing, and t,s
proceeded to add to tho fumes shovel after
ehovoiful Of sawdusL Having thua rep!cn-,
!shed und fed thc fire be sat him.
self down and began to pcruse a norn-
fng paper. In less than ten mtnutca
nfter ho had closed the furnace-doora there ras
M explosion. Dtete1 did not live second
after that osn!noas and awful report, bnt tho
thfrty-flvc nen who were running tic alnchiue
wero 80 tcrrorzed by Its meaning that, rautt.
| stricken, they rushed wildly for every avenue
OF escape to the street.
4 FAMILY KILLED. l.
4 squad Of fireman worked desperately all
day clcarlng away tho dcbris OF house that
| stood Just at The corner Of tho nt1ey, and an1-
lousty looking under every timber they lifted.
Tl.cv we're acarchtug for the bolg of Evn Long,
| who, NTH ltcr mother and brother, CLAUDIO
Long, had been in the act Of Sitting down 10
breakfast In their little homo After avc hours
OF hard WORK they CAME to her body, crushed
between two beams, when the boiler Of tho
| paaning-nitI, just adjoining, bad exploded.
and tlrrir house fell IN ru1ns upon them.
| The mother and son were soon found, but they
were aeau, anu, without hope OF saving tho
| httse ch1la's li1o, tho men toilcd ont Altlng
pr'ek W DF'ek' nna eatherlhE up tue ofoRca
p'cces ot <ho aousehoia fufnturo' ID hopes OF
hnalhr ncf. hesoro thaf. however tnc oooS OF
=, TIE hsoissEh, MICHAEL bisTEf1
naa DECD taAeh '1o!n '.e tu'us loto WHICH INC
nouse VI hfs uaolple' just aerosa 1te way nao
1allco' and tho list was complete, a. follows:
Michael Uictol, engineer, Of 105. Brown
street; Ma7v Ann AcAVov. OF No. 8
Court, A; Claude Long, aged y, No. 3
Court A; ETa Long. aged H. No Court a.
Eva IND Claude Long were cht'urcn Of mrs.
hicAFoy. Ing iatueF hsu alca' anu Inc uosnert
by recent marriage, became hlss. hcAFoy.
Mtcllaet uietcl' tic cn9snect, was Gao
OF those careful. tetnpcTate, ant frugal
men WHO couId always 30 oentnoed
upon' He vas W yeaFs OF nec, "isd nYed Win
A'o "He aho % 'ts'io e't1Asot+ - A"0 1t""A
street. Hh mill asaoetates speak exceedingly
well Of him. aud say tllat more careful man
meyer run an enC1ne' lic was sitting directly
hefore tue head OF the boiler when
1t exploded, and WIS, by tho foree OF the eoncus-
slon. carried about forty Tact 1nso me hrst floor
Of the residence OF family named damole' on
the soutll side Of tic court alley, directly front,
Ing engincsF's room. !
TnE wsiohk rnoET
Of this little habstatton "a' blown ID, and It's walls
shattered to the very foundation. 1he bEg
head of tho boiler, OF that cylinder tn which wns
encasea the tubes, Weighing several hundred
pounds, waa carricd entirely through tho
second stors. hu1lng Tie furniture In p'lo OF
bricks, mortar, and woodwork. There
It still ltcs upon the floor, surrounded with
Debris. The whols front face Of the house,
from the collar windows to- tho root, was thus
| cleaned out. Tile engineer was gaaaed terribly
about thu tac.. ut,d had an ugly wound under
! tho heart, which In Itself caused immediate
icath.
HIS DoDr