The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-11-17
BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Deadly Boiler Explosion at Clece-
land, Ohio.
Many Houses Made Desolate by the
Calamity.
TELEGRAM from Cleveland. Ohio.

Telegram from Cleveland, Ohio.
4 terrific explosion occurred at little
after ! o'clock this evening in the Forest City
iron-works, operated by At ins & CLARK, at
the union crossing, Newburg The main
boiler of the NIL suddenly exploded while
the day men were going from their work,
killing three or four men and fatally wound
ing number of others. The mill was almost
went through the roof and landed several
hundred yards TO the north, while the other
ha!f Wen. a similar distance i'm an oppo-
site direction Walls were blown down,
a tall smoke-stacS left leaning over
ready tor fall, while the dead and injured
were scattered in all dire tionS A fire al
most Instantly broke out. but it was soon
got under control, and did little or no dam
age Help from Newburg and the city was
instantly summoned and as soon as posi-
bic the injured and dead were carried into
the office of the works and cared for. Sew
eral men are now missing, and it Is not
known whether they are dead under the
ruins, hidden IN the water-course near by
or gone to their homes without reporting
themselves
The dead and injured accounted for up to
O'Clock tonight are as follows:
John Williams, the master mechanic He
was found lying 80 deep in the mud
anu SO ulSCOlOTeu Nv Une elrJn aDOuU
him that he would not have been noticed
had not John Gallagher an % man who
lay beside him, called out: There are two
of us here" Williams head was horribly
crushed in and his body broken all to
pieces
John Gallagher lived until o'clock, when
he died also. He was a pller on the guide
mill His face was terribly bruised his
nose torn off and his head full of holes, from
which the brains oOzed. AS he lay on the
floor ~ agony his wife hurried in, and,
kneelinS by hts side asked: $40 YOU know
me, Johny" He SAID that he did when she
placed her hand on his face and said quietly:
"Put your truss IN God, call on Him and
trust Him He said that he would, and then
begged anil peggsd to be laid on his side
He fingered In great agony until O'clock,
when deash put an end TO his pain
Ano' her man Instantly XII cd was Sydney
ID. Wright or Wyandotte, Mich, wso stood
beside friend who had accompanied him
tn search Of work The whole top Of his
head was blown Off
friend was struck on the hip and foot by
some OF the debris, thrown down and sert-
DUSTY but not dangerously injured
William Atkins roller, stood some 200
ynrds away from the boiler He was struck
by something aud cut instantly 1. two, the
body going IN one direction and the limbs in
another. His head was mashed TO Jelly
and ground Into tho dirt.
Francis T. Bradley carpenter, had an
arm aud u leg broken and was cat in the
groin snd back His case Is hopeless
John Moilsney. fireman had leg broken,
and was very severely bruised
G. II. Hanna sat on n bench beside Atkins
and was lifted 10y the concus-ion of the air,
carried over the shears and thrown On the
ground. A roll weighing two tons struck
within few feet OF him bricS struck
him on the back of the head AS he was flying
through the ar, and rendered him insen-
sirle
The damage to mill in dollars will be sew
eral Thousand.