, 1881-02-23
Ono Man Fatally Injured md An
other Severely Scalttcl
by Steam.
Queer Antics of the Boiler In It's
Flight Of Two Hundred
Feet,
Collision af Trains Ecar East vt. Lonis
-Two Men Ilai1y Hurt.
Other Unfortunate Occurrences IN Varioua
Portions Of tho Country.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. GA terrific boil
cr-expl0sion, tho third fata1 ono here this
year, occurred to.Any. hIr. Henry Mycr, I'M
old German, hRs been conducting Il sonp.
fnctory In tho eastern part Of Louisville for
years, Mr.. Myers only assistants were Ills
four sons. TIils morning about o'clock Mr..
Myer md his SONS went to work rs usual,
Intending to boil up solnn soap. WIlllam,
tho sccond son, who Inns been acttng rs Ell
glncer for the past two months, built II lire
In tho furnace about o'clock aald raised
steain. Everything was going along smooth
", rs 1t seemed, when suddenly at $3.50
O'Clock tho nc!ghborllood was startlctl by
tremendous report. THO she'd was suddenly
demolished, md the boiler flew through tho
air with fearful fotco md landed UP against
The house In front.
Al tho time Of the explosion old 1tr. Alycr
was busy In the yardi Henry, tho oldest son..
WINS engaged Mt the soap vat in tho factory
back OF tho boiler; Charles was dowu stairs;
Edward wns splitting wood In tho yard; and
William, the engineer, WIS busy about Ills
engine. No other persons Werc about the
place.
Charles Myer told reporter TINT he was
downstairs drawing of some lyo and pre-
paring to boil some soap. Ills brother Will
41lll ltAA 0EClt bu1J kVGtIAf uF pAIhAl ~ ttlAt
tho work might ba done, and after he had
tho engine running satisfactorily he shouted
tow,l-stairs: "1le11o, Charley, I've got
plenty of stenm tip now"
allow much l,ayc you got?" asked Charley.
"Abont sixty pounds.''
"I1aye you got plenty Of water?"
"fes; tho water Is up to tho third cock.
She's running bully" ....
"All right" said Charley; "rll be- ready
to use the engine pretty sOoH."
"lf l had known you wouldn't havc
wanted steam right away wouldn't have
fired up so early"
Scarcely. were these, words out Of his
mouth before tito boiler exploded. There
riiic shock, which caused build ings lii Tic
Vicinity to tremble. The fow people who snw
the explosion from n, snfe distance shy tho
bofler-Bte4 was suddenly. demolished, tho
debris, and the very ground shook Iike q
from tic Milwood dlstillcry pump-houso
aeross tho o.s,S;ayy way ran at t. tnc scena to
| Nyer and Ghariss Myer,wilo wsrs momentar- s
rushed out Of tho building through the opc1l.
tng: made BY the explosion, aud were h3rri-
lying upon the grountt. Conf,lEion and ex-
element reigned fur sulne tine, people
scarcely comprellentllng wllnt llatl happened.
| Old Alr. Myer WAS fHnnL stretched nut nt,
the ground OIL the slde uf the yurtl tatnlly
hurt, unconscious. and with Ills head anil
| fnce horribly n,utllntGd by tho lyI,lR bricks
| md missiles which mud struck him. Ills ult-
| Injured aOMs carried lin into ucnry Myers
| house, just lit front, while the engineer ut
| tho pu1ilp-house helped attend to William.
| The boy was found on Ills hands and k1lees
| attempting to rise to his feet. llb was hosri-
| bly, scaIdgu about tho face and arms.
| The Queercst part of tho affair was the
antics cut up by tho boiler. Tho force Of tho
explosion drove th0 heavy machine through
| tho weak plank will, carried II citAr Acr0sY
tho lot lenEtl!wlse, q distance Of 200 feet
through bonrd fence, md 1t finally landed
| UP against the side OF tile house under the
porch and alongside tho bascina,,t, III it,
course the end Of the bollcrstruck the ground
| and turned completely around. being In ex-
nctly the opposlt position wien It
| reKtcd to what 1t was iii tho factory.
Aln,nst one-tllird Of the rear part 0f
/ the boiler was completely off nj! the wny
runntt, nnd tho heavy piece at metal, Wetgi-
itg 100 pounds, was blown high In tho ntr,
| carried uYur the roof Ut the twu-stUry brick
house four lots below, struck the cOrlltce,
| and fell into tue street. Tho huge pieco Ut
iron was bent and twisted nil out Of shape.
| IL was III the rear part OF the boiler that thB
break occurred. Another largo llnlo was
b1oWll III tho front pArt Of tic shell. Tile
position the boiler Wns found In wns n curious
| one. 1t WIS lytng alongside the kitchen and
in under tho stairs which led up to the porc
rs II tho iron monster wished 10 hide itself
| nfter tho destruction 1t had done.