, 1881-01-29
The Probable Cause the Explosion Of
One of tho Flues Of tie
Boiler.
Interesting Account Of tho Durning Of
Ono Man AMI Fifteen Horses
at,Ayoca, Ia.
A Very Disastrous Fire In tho Business
District Of South Bond, Ind.
Burning Of Cotton-Mill ut Grafton, Miss,
involving Loss Of $las,ooo.

lHEE9 NHTGIloltSBt bu!GSE00IHs anu 0lllcCa, OIL
Randolph streoi, adjoining tho briggs
11onsc, were completely cleaned out by fire,
nlnl yesterday their. factory wont.
nonl, there was lou,l explosion III
tho bofer-room, which is In tho
northwest corner Of the factory. a largc
tarcestory and basement brick building oil
tho weyt side Of Clinton street, just south OF
jackson. Tho tlo0rs OF the tire-box wero
blown open, and n broad sheet Of Ilasnc, to-
Eet},or with burning slInvfngs md hot Goals,
WIS blown out Into the room with great
force. The direct causo OF thi. was
/ probably the bursting of ilno in
tho boller. Tho only person III tho
room Mt tho time was the engineer, William
Pratt. Though stunned by tho shock, Md
scorcl'cd about tho face, neck, anil llalsds. llo
| managed 10 mako his way to thu door. but
tho farce OF tho explosion had closod It 50
tight tint he could not open 1t. A sawyer In
| tile basement, VINO know TINT Pratt WIS
within. rushed nronntl to the rear ttoor, and,
kicking 1t In, resc,icd him. pratt's hair WINS
| ali scorclletl of him, nnd tho exposed ror-
tions Of Ills body were brotled until
TIC skin came of Mt tho touch. l1o
was taken to drug store nt tho
| corner of Desplnlncs and jackson streets,
| md thence to his home, No. SAT Fulton street,
where 1le has a wifo and two children.
Though intensely painful, his burns will
scarcely prove dangerous, unless, pcrclnncc,
| lie Inhaled some Of the fire.
The noise of the explosion and tho volumes
| of tIamn md smoke which ascenled through,
tho shaviug-chutes TO Nil portions Of tho
building gave the forty or fifty work.
men employed in, tho place. ample
H a S oesator eY il !Ss' Tie reat q s the
| building. All escnpctl untn]nrett. Tho llrh
sprcatl With great r!lpllty through the base-
| 1ngMt md 10 every floor OF the building. A
| mon to Engine Company. No. s. md they
| turned III ut II :as an alarm from BOX aT]. <
| Second ,,i, nlarm Was sent Ill tet, minutes
IT. lnter;; T!;e stsaet1ro r wns already tloon,e by
Inannnahle and explosive naturo Of tho
contents ;nnd the instability Ut tho brick
! WullS l'intle i tlangeruus for tho troEnon to
lcss Jol, ostu,ul II thestreet nnd alley pouring
so letermit1ctl TO hurn itself out. Within an
hour the roof cad upper ,'loors hasl melted
tic. entire inside Of tho building
| l,ah tnmbled into the basement. leaving 0nly
four bnrc brick walls and the chimney. Tho
il,ass Of fn!lamnnhies iii TIC basslstont kept
Since the downtown fire the firm has not
been running the factory nt its full capacity,
rs 1t would hnye been in n bitser season.
| AIeinbers Of tho tlrn, estimate tbs loss At
from $4,000 to $4,000. Should It prove I'M
Necessary s to tsar down @ ond reconstruct tho
duced. They have Insurance placed as fol-
n!wS; VI Ere AssoclAtlon, Au!erlGan, Firc,
suy ;ns enG, NJ MnefioWn, MuWatK Gity ltioue
Erntn,. 4 r,az,,1. md Naval VIZ
| Sl,O0 Teach In Cona,ico, New Or.
leans,> Sl,D Frenen's,. Of Baltimore,
4nd Ohio. Si:Do each; New ilM'npshire,
5, n. nt nnt' S;tW nen s;,cn 1M New nork
SKO f. ,,non tile bniln. si INK uno" ,,''s' stnct'
$;,oS| upoia niachincry, mid s., ,Ss5 upon on.
R.,si Mijainas aia ntSts t'o building on tic south Is
| Wnlilco Casnpueti's Maltehonsc. bricS and
ilnino structure, witt, dry-kiin in lilo rear.
| ,rlic loss Will bo about S50; Insured for 81, ,Io
tic Mialt.hauso was nbont s3,odm So1.h Of Of
water md smoke. It was tho property 1 Of L. |.
C.,I ,Ilucis = Gu; 49,, ,
uGsr %ne oss ssaf aS Sath h!Ssss o o sa asiary @ e
tic 1jicy, wcro ba.ily % a .lnlnaaed. @ .Ia1nes ~
'r"hin, Of Hook nnd I.at.der Company No. /,
shcda falling iinom the,n wtIiIa thev 1yetn nt
work. ''0'' '''~''' '''''' ' ''"'S 49,
Tho wills of tho building, though thin,
|
showed sE.ms of fuitinG. hnt M Il cnnin. r,a TX
lnign alMi V-si,upcd crncks in It col,trncted.
Minis Of tho walls. atnt,tjinr ns fhnv liz an ~
tirny ,t,,bracei fro iho srnnti m, ~ IRA az sofe
and will most likely l,uyp To come down.
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| 1he loss by hrc anu water IN Thursuay
evenings fire at Nus. II and lG Calhoun
place is much greater than was Mt first
tl,ol,r]t, on} viii r,rot,oh1v mi mt fnr short
of.slo ooo rho Fra Insurance. 1 ratro1 M J"Rss ~
porter gives the following: No. 14t, owned
by 0. 1.,,nt: Insured for 5000 III the VIII
md Ers Sss,,riat1"n % M No ~ "ai,,, n.yroI ',y
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