The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-03
A BUILDING buasrrn
And Ito Inhabitants Burned, s,,,,
and Scalded.

anu Scalded.
At h"lf.past nine o'clock ve.,..,
morning the wife Of one Of the s,"'
at the Utah Northern depot stool 'p !"
front door looking at the pun" III ~ Ae'
which was situated several hn"sa';
yards south Of the freight DEM, '''ed
she looked an explosion was ha.' . "s
the building blew to pieces b..f.s. s =
eyes, A heavy object which p,or.. ut
be the boiler SCARED up through thsn' %
and fell several hundred Yard. ."'
burying itself deep in the sand !"
building was new frame, sixte., ' ~
twenty-five by fourteen, and wax :.
instant torn to spl,ntcrs. Not .," az
Of it was left to tell that such xtrns.
had occupied the ground which ~
minute after the explosion va. ~, y,
scene of terrible sight. wounde,, W.. we
bloody, soal'led b., the pen.,,., wv
steam, buried beneath the wrert =,
what had just been their sle.pinr MI.
men were seen crawling from the ruin
covered with blood and llackrucd H.,
the smoke.
Six persons suffered fr"'n the .x,,.
sion. The building which cl,,',
was the pump house, just west Of v.,
which the L. Il y. company WIS IL.
ing to supply lis tank: e''. The ,o.i,
in use wHs five or six hor>. ,,,w,r.,,
furnished fore" to pump he v,,a.
thrOu IN the company: mains. A,,.
time there were tire" -. .,,;r m,, -,
work at the wind:;,>~. and several d,w,
in the we'll Itself. H." :.,t.r wa.
course unhn't. IN tir l,.j,':,,. v,,.
sleeping the enGincc: ;,ud :ir:.r.nc:.
freight train w!!ic! hat! r,,:r." IN ,n,in.
the night. TIE men cS,.:ri::i- 10 - mi.
in the morning on Il Special.
&. \. Ect,:,rr. the ti.it.".r If v.
3; had just come IN on 10. :. ;n'i .,r.
to hcd. He VA, Lii, steamed =,
bruised, and was ,;,.#,l: 70 Tie Si.,.,.
hopila! where his w";ln',, ver Hr.>.,
by DR.. Th"m SOD. II >'l~;;l,,ia :.
we're bruisc on the r!..l >i.;,. o. n,
chest, and is prtl'y''ly injured in,rl
nnlly, how seriously "",lA n', De :,.rs.
tained last night
Frederick Crane. fireman. il: I,,r.,.y.
wa. badly seal"r,i Oh til" feel. H. i.
also at the Sisters Hospital. and 81:
fered perhaps more tlan any ;'h'
man.
Racklam, the night h"stlcr, VII. al.
asleep in the building, and escal''l'ya
miracle. He crawled out unhur iron
the ruins, and after doing all in hi.
mower for the wounded men. hr..sr
coolly looking for his pip" and lcr."'a
effects.
Johnny Burns Wi, at the tine lE~
man for the boiler which exploded! II
was pretty badly scalded all over. an'
was taken to Dr. Whitfor,l'> ho>pia'
where he was resting as wei! Il, r'i''
be expected last night.
Edward Collins was working at IT,
windlass ut the time Of the cxi'">;"l
He sustained a severe scalp wound. l'~
ing cut to the bone clear :cr's. 'h'
head, though fortunately his skull We
not fractured.
Peter Malley was w"rkin-a' the viii
and was badly cut in the :l'ish. "h'o
was lacer,ted to the hone. His M'
shoulder was also badly mashed. III
was taken to DR.. Whitford'~ hospital
Naugle, the foreman "i III" n'''I:"
was bruised and cut ah""t ''t h'i>' IN
taken to II private h"u>, near IN '7
pot.
At the time tn. we'll Wiz i"t''':'"
or three feet deep. Its i'.imr'!ia'e i'v'
unity to the house in which the p"N'
was situated renders il little snort o. .
miracle that all the men working a'"1'
it were not instantly killed. Inc "
cape Of the sleepers from 'nlH'"'''
death was wonderful.
No accurate cause tor the 'Ni"'
can Ike assigned. 1t may he t'''' I"
water in the boiler Was allowed I" '"'
too low, or that cold water va" a"'"'
ted.