The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-03-18
TCrrible EXpIOslOn.
TEN LIVES LOST BY THE EXPLOSION
OF A FLOUR MILL.

Terrible Explosion.
TEN LIVES LOST BY THE EXPLOSION
OF A FLOUR MILL.
indianapolis, March 1.-THE flour
mill OF Lehman, Roscnthal & Co., mt
Frankford, Ind, exploded this morn
ing about o'clock. The mills were
entirely destroyed by fire. Ten per-
sous were killed, among them Patrick
Leahy, the foreman, and Thomas
ClaXton, the engineer. At the time
of the explosion all the employees OF
the mill, ten in number, were gath
cred i'll the boiler room, apparently for
the purpose of warming themselves
preparatory to going to work at
o'clock. The explosion completely de.
molished the building, shaking the
neighboring town and hurting pieces
to Il distance of three hundred yards.
Not one of the ten men escaped.
When help arrived Engineer ClaXton
was the only one alive. He never
spoke, anl died in few minutes.
Only two men were buried in the de-
bris, the rest being blown through the
walls and mutilated. The body Of
one man was found five hundred feet
from the bOiler-room, which stood in
the centre Of a two-acre space. The
head of a man named Webb was blown
entirely off, and the Others We're torn
] I,, nj, Cf
| the cause Of the explosion remains Il
mystery. The guage of the boiler was
| fixed for one hundred pounds, but it
| has been the custom only to carry
sixty. Engineer ClaXtOn only held
| the position two days. One report
says his predecessor left because the
/ boiler was unsafe and another be-
! cause an advance i'll wages had been
refused. After the explosion the mill
| took fire and was burned to the ground.
! The estimated loss is 10000, with
possibly So, 600 insurance. The list OF
| killed is as follows: Patrick Leighan
! foreman, single, aged 35; Thomas
| ClaXton, engineer, single, aged %
Joseph Miller, married, aged 40, leaves
a large family; Eli Heinrich, single
aged 81, q son of Rev. Heinrich o.
Boyleston: Scott Williams, WidoWer
aged 80; Patrick Shields, married
aged 60, leaves q wife and three child
ren; John Househild, single, aged 90
Joseph Eihanberry, widoWer, aget
40. leaves three children; monroe
Webb, single, aged %, his first day a
the mill; John Rogus, teamster, mar
ried, leaves wife and large family.
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