Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-06
A MIRACULOUS EXPLOSIONS

B
LOCOMOTIVE ExrLODEs nER BOILER AT TYRosE.
The locomotive, No. lis, attached to the Clear.
field mail train, George A Gibbs, engineer, and
! ]. Ard SwaIt1, fireman, while standing Mt Tyrone,
last Friday morning, between the Ward House
and the new depot building and about ready to
leave on its way north, exploded her boiler and,
miraculous as It may seen, no one was killed or
seriously wounded. II Is said that when the ex-
plosion took place the people dropped as It they
had been shot, so terrific was the shock. Deputy
sheriff Thompson, Of Clearaeld who was on his
way to the Asylum with some insane parties,
was among the lockers on. A. Bowman Weaver,
Of this place, with other parties, was standing on
the Ward House porch and had just passed into
the hotel moment before the railing was demol-
ished by one Of the guard rails Of the engine.
The cause Of the explosion Is not hnowa at this
writing,
A Tyrone correspondent Of the Altoona Tribune,
Of Saturday, says about . o'clock yesterday
morning and while the Johnstown express was
lying opposite Tyrone station engine No. las, Of
the Tyrone division, which was standing between
the Ward House and the station building bursted
bor boiler. The conclusion was heard all over
town and soon the streets wero crowded with aux.
ous pedestrians heading for the station. The
smOkeitack Of the engine had been blown about
a rod AL foil to the ground without doing 10.
jury. Tho top sheet Of the boiler rose up about
two hundred feet, passed over tho Ward House,
and fellupon the roof Of the Ray tanpery through
which II tore its way, demolishing abou, twenty
feet square Of the slate roof. 0ne Of the guard
rails Of the engine was dashed 60 violently against
the railing surrounding the porch Of the Ward
House as to cause stampede among the em-
ployes aud leave the railing complete wreck.
The glass In the staiioa snd the Ward House was
badly wrecked, and tho tasty little conservatory
OF the latter shared the same fate. No one was
killed and the four or eve persons injured are not
seriously hurt. The engineer, George A. Gibbs,
aud bis fireman, aud two or three other persons
were in The cab at the time Of the explosion but
wero not hurt. H. NJ, Test, Of Philipsburg, aud
an elderly gentleman named Williams, of Orb.
sonia, were slightly injured. The latter had just
stepped oG the Ward House porch AMI his hat
was struck from his head by the same bar which
demolished tho railing An employe Of tho Rail-
road Company, Mike Bollingcr by name, was at
WORK In the cellar Of the depot aud was badly cut
about the head Rnd face by broken glass. Vance
Stewart and the oVlored porter Of tho City Hotel,
Daniel Yeliis were crossing the track 10 front Of
the eng Inc at The time, but beyond being rather
roughly shaken about and we'll dfenehed with
dirty water, escaped ipJafy. VIII Whitney, son
Of A. J. Whitney, was standing on tho steps Of
the baggage room and Also received thorough
drenehiug. The boiler exploded In ibs direction
Of The pilot, allowing the steam and boiling water
to pass In front, which sased eysfJbody from
serious injury The tell was on the piece fAlllng
on Rays slAnnsfy."