Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-07-18
OBITUARY.
DEATH OF a rkumlNEsr oir,zs,
ssstch of q. w. ArnoM-Ln"c~stsr Couu-
ttAns Killed sG ku' sudden
Death In tho Lower End.

shstch Of q. w. ArnoM-La"c~sssr Couu-
tisns Killed ss ku'.sOwn-s sudden
Death In tho Lower End.
Mr.. Gideon W. Arnold, Ons of our most
prominent aud euterpris;ng citizens, died ut
his residence, corner Of South Queen and
German streete, this moruing at ono
O'Clock. Last March he was stricken with
para aiysis which disabled him for several
weeks. Ho gradually recovered. however,
and by the advice OF his physicians went to
Atlantic City, where his health was still
further improved. To look after his i'm
portant business interests he returned to
this city in June, and on the 4th Of July
received second stroke Of paralysis,
which again Frustrated him To this
serious aillictiOn was added severe attack
of pneumonia, aud yesterday he received
a third stroke which resulted in his death
this morning, as above stated.
Mr.. Arnold was born near Providence,
II. I in 1891. His father was Charles
Arnold, q blacksmith and farmer, who
with his family of three sons, Gideon, Ma
thauel and John A., removed to Sterling,
Connecticut, and the boys learned the
milling business. Gideon Afterwards went
to Massachusetts, and South Carolina, and
in 1S49, after the building of our cotton
factories, came to Lancaster, where he
was soon afterwards followed by his
brothers. He was first employed
as an Overseer in mill No. 2. and
a aterwards in mill No. 3. In 1855 he was
elected superintendent Of mill No. 1. In
1856, in connection with F.. SHREDDER,
Christian Breneman and BENJAMIN Snavely
he bought out No. mill. On the death
of MIR Breneman the surviving members
bought his interest, and 4 year or two
later Mr.. Snavely sold out his interest and
the firm became F. SHREDDER & Co., and
have for many years been carrying On
very successful and lucrative business in
the manufacture of cotton goods.
Not many years after his arrival in Lam
caster Mr. Arnold married u daughter of
Jacob Gable, who with four children, q
daughter and three sons, survive him.
The daughter Ada, is the wife of Mr..
PRESLEY Chambers. The eldest sOn. Wal
ter, is partner with bis father in tho
ConestOga cork works, in Fulton street.
The other SONS, Frank and Ira are not yet
of age.
Mr.. Arnold was al enterprising indus
trOus and intelligent business man and
one of the most useful of our citizens. He
was the architect of his own fortune and
leaves handsome estate, the result of his
own honest efforts. He was public
spirited and took a warm interest in all
matters for the advancement of the city's
interests. He was for several terms
elected to the city councils aud toak an
active part in the proceedings. In politics
he was moderate Republican, bat in no
sense partizan. and never sought politi-
cal preferment. He was member of
Trinity Lutheran church. His funeral
will take place on Saturday morning at 10
o'clock. Interment at Woodward Hill
cemetery.
The Wslrman Family Who Suffered at :hs
kutztown Explosion,
The terrible accident at the Kuiztown
furnaces yesterday, resulting FROM the ex
plosion of tho boilers, was caused by cold
water being pumped into the hot boiler
when the water i'll the boiler was low.
Henry Waltman, who was fatally scalded
his brother, Solomon Waltmap, who was
terribly bruised, aud Franklin Waltman,
son Of Solomon. who was killed, were all
members of the well known Waltman
family Of Quarryvilie, this county, who
years ago were furnacemeu at COnOwingO
and later were quarrymen at Quarryville.
Emanuel and isaac Waltman and their
families still reside near Quarryvllle
Henry has been keeper Of the KutztOwn
| furnaces for some years, and three or four
years ago Solomon and his family includ
| ing a son, Franklin, removed there from
| this county and found employment at the
furnace, where they met with the terrible
| disaster of yesterday. FfaukliD. aged
twenty one. residing at Topton, Was lying
on plank, between the cast house and
| the boiler house, restin, himself aud eu-
jOying the cool air, when the explosion
took place. He was crushed by the wreck
and completely covered. His pitiful cries
| were heard fully ten minutes before death
put an end to his sufferings. Solomon
Waltmap, father of the above, was
badly hurt, but he dragged himself to the
wreck where his boy was buried, and in
vain tried to render him assistance. The
father was terribly bruised about tho head
and his 10 ly was torn by the flying debris.
Henry WaltmaD, aged 40, father OF seven
children, an uncle Of the dead man, was
next dragged from tho wreck. He was
severely cut about the head and face and
and appeared to be in great agony.
Morris Good, the night foreman,
was severely scalded by the steam and
hot water from the exploded boilers. The
full extent OF his injuries il unknown. The
engineer, John Marsteller, was sitting in a
chair in the engine house when the explO-
SION threw him and the chair away, and he
was fatally hurt. The dead body of Frank
Waltman, and the wounded who reside at
TOpton, wero placed on the first train
running from Kutzt0wn to TUPtOD, and
when they were taken from ths car at the
latter place there was large gathering
Of men, women and children at the depot.
Among them were the weeping wives aud
children of the injured, and the scene was
a very sad ono.
The Inquest.
An associated press dispatch this after
noon says that the cOrOner's jury at Kutz
town to day rendered verdict Of acciden-
tai death in the case Of Frank WaltmaD,
who was killed by the explosion at the
Anthracite furnace, yesterday. The
engineer stated that the boiler contained
plenty of water at the time of the explO
sion.
1t will require six months to repair the
damage to the furuaes. An idle furnace
at Topton will be blown in to take the
place of the Hutztown furnace. Those
injured by yesterdays explosion are re.
ported as doing we'll.
Sudden Death Fulton Tow nsh!p.
Mrs. Timothy Haines, residing near
Pleasant Grove, Fulton township, died
very suddenly yesterday morning. She
started to the cellar and not returning, a
member Of the family started in search of
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