Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-10-28
OCCURRENCES OF INTEREST.
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A HORRIBLE accident occurred in Chicago
ON the CHING of the 18th in tAsx G.ss<l IN ID !
DistilIery of SIMON Powell & sons keft u &c la
ufangul IT tract of land at the Id a sect 10 Is
Of FTwentyrccoudr and Mo-gan stsets AMI
canalport aven,te.g The following acc unit OF
Fthe:disaster lis condehsed from I'll & Tr.buns:
At seven o'clock in the evening persons with
in mile or two of the dis;iIer ySw exist eraletl
by loud rafting sound, followed by he roar
ing hiss of escaping steam. One might have
OWNED from the noise that some large boiler
had exploded. Those in the immediate vicin-
ity at tine time ortB explosions SAW large
tank thrown riihydeet hp wards in the air, and
were almost deafenedt t5y the Jnoise..~ TIE
cngine-room, boiler-room and a large shaving
bin were completely demolished. The cook
ing room was an institution uncoppon in dis
tileries. 1t contained only a largetank, eight
zen feet hi III and six feet in dia % eter. wlich
was apparently strongly bnilt of double plates
of boiler iron. This was termed the - cooker
By Il new process it was used for the purpose
Of hasteniag as well as improving distillation.
1t was filled yesterday. and the contents after
being subjected to twenty pounds steam press
ure, was considered ready for the mash-tub up
stairs in an adjacent building. Along about
seven O'Clock it became necessary to blow
out the contents. The operation was being
conducted by Theodore g. Kimrnen, the fore
man, and there were present besides himself
the following, who were killed and burr ed in
the ruins OF the building: John or Andy l. ally,
Sandy -, Frank Trennor Frank Podratz
Joseph Horika and wife and Jacob Kakuska.
Also the following, who were wounded and
scalded: George Schaefer, Henry Fischer,
Henry Zum Felde. While the engineer was
increasing the steam pressure in the cooker
to drive out some clog in the delivcry-ppe,
the cooker exploded. 1t was blown through
the roof and went almost straight up into the
air, some say until it looked no larger than a
hour-barrel The main portion of it landed
on the west side Of Morgan street, about la
feet west and'a little to the north of its brig
inal location. A considerable portion, to-
gether with one end of it, was buried deep
into the earth. The shaving, boiler, engine
and cooking rooms were completely demol-
ished. The force of the explosion nliy readily
be imagined when it is stated that freight
car, laden heavily with rye, which stood di-
rectly in front of the opening, was overturned
on the track, and the timbers and framework
torn into shire Is as if by lightning. The tim
bers and masonry of the demolished build
ing, together with the large shaving
chute, were, shattered in places as if they
were pipe-StemS. and were thrown into
tangled heaps. The employees beneath the
roof were. of course, buried beneath the de-
.bris. The scene Mt the distillery an hour aft er
the explosion was a hcart-rendng one Days
body was the first found, and was carried into
the office. The body of Sandy, the miller,
was next found. and was laid side by side with
DAILY. Both bodies We're badly mangIed and SO
horribly scalded that the skin; and portions
of the flesh peeled Off at the tough. A large
crowd soon gathered, among whom were
many women and children crying and be-
wailing the loss of husband and, father.
Days wife was among those who visited the
scene, and when she saw the dead body of her
husband her grief Recommendations and
it was with great difficulty that she was taken
from the room to prevent her from throwing
herself PROSTATE upon the disfigurcd remains.
Those who had none to mourn for might well
have mourncd for those two poor. hard work
ing men. DAILY leaves Il wife and three young
childrc n in destitute drcum stances. and some
where in the city Scotch sandy left Il wife and
four children thousands of mics from their
home and almost pcnniicss. - 1T --.