Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-01-31
AFTER THE AccIpETT.
scenes IN the Vicinity Of the Fairfield
Disaster.
sPects Tor Recovery ef the Wounded-
chapter Of Accidents.

on Sunday and Monday crowds of people
"o" armed and surrounding towns visited
tne site Of the frightfu, explosion at the Ken
neoec Framing Co.'S works, and gazed at the
runs cloud of sorrow has settled over
the village, as so many hearts are de.olated
oy the casualty. Fairfield resembles a min.
ing town after disaster in the shaft. The
scene OF the accident presents a most gloomy
appearance. The engine house is completely
demolished. The exploded boiler. spread
out ike sheet Of zinc, lies half buried in
de'r,s, and the tall chimney which stood
near by was so shatter d as to make it neees
sary to pull it down. The bricks which COM
posed 1t, now lie broken, in heap upon the
ground.
The WOUNDED.
Of the men injured in the explosion, all of
them had very quiet Sabbath, and rested
FULLY as comfortable as could be expected, con-
sidering their bruised and mangled condition.
McCoomb, the engineer, who was delirious
during the day Saturday. came to himself
Sunday. Smith and Dyer were fully as well
Monday morning, but Faukee appears worse.
His head was badly bruised, and some fears
are now entertained that he will not recover.
The body of young Rice will be put in the
tomb to-day. Services at p NJ Avery's
body was buried Monday. and the body of
LeMare went to Lewiston by the Monday
morning train for interment there.
REALIZING THE CALAMITY. 90
The citizens of Fairfield go about the
streets with shocked expression upon their
faces, and meeting each other converse in low
tones, and almost bated breath. In fact, all
seem to be just awakened from some horrid
nightmare; nothing like it ever occurred in
Fairfield before. While the citizens have
read OF such accidents in other places,
yet they never realized what it was till now.
INCIDENTS.
The house Of Mrs. Harville on Railroad
street, north side, shows the marks of flying
bricks in five different places, and it is at
least % rods from the explosion. Other
houses nearer were left in much worse con-
dition. The main steam pipe. some 20 feet
long, was thrown almost up to High street,
directly away from the mill. If it had gone
the other way it would have passed directly
through the mill, and would have found some
six or eight workmen in its course and
would probably have wrecked the mill so
badly as to have injured still other men by
falling timbers and flying pieces of ceiling
and brick. An outside eye witness saws :.
'The report attracted attention, and the air
was seen to be full of flying debris, and i'm
mense clouds of steam rose in the air to
great height"
MINOR ACCIDENTS.
In addition to the steam-mill disaster,
Fairfield was on the same day the scene of
several exciting or serious accidents. The
train which brought the fire engine from
Watervillc collided with and demolished
pung. the occupants barely escaping. There
were several runaways on Main street; in
one instance a sleigh containing lady being
upset, and the runaway team passing over
her. Fortunately she escaped serious injury.
In the lower part of the village an old gentle
man named Clarke was Walking in the street,
and was knocked down and run over BY teams
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