The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-01-27

mill, aud even those not engaged about 1 n
boilers, were in the habit of stopping at til
furnace fire to get warm upon arrival.
is thought that twenty men would have pre-
badly been about the furnace door tiv
minutes later and the number on the foe
above would perhaps have been doubled.
THE EFFECT OF THE EXPLOSION
was terrific. The easterly head OF the ives,
ern beiler-a new one of Bessmer steel, on
put in about ten days previeus,-weighin
over three thousand pounds was blown on
entire, and shot forward by the rover q
the steam behind it like cannon bal
The eastern boiler weighing perhaps t.
tons,-inside Of which Jasper Bebee was etl
gagged packing straw was picked up bodil.
and carried forward like a bolt from a gu
IL distance of twenty or twenty-five feet
sing clean and clear through the heav,
stone wall of the building, and was onl.
stopped then by the embankment of tn
race. Bebe strange to say was not killed
though his injuries about the head are sc
we're The second and third stories of tn
i mill were shattered to fragments, and car
ried in all directions, much of it landin,
upon the other side of the creek, where thu
trees were hung with all sorts of debris
The boiler had landed about hundred yard
distant near the creek. The shell of the ex
plodtd boiler was driven back through
her hpo wall Il, aiufn nf ii E
teen to twenty feet. The unfortunate met
who were congr.gsted about the man-ho!e
; of the easterly boiler, being exactly in tho
| line of the escaping steam were hurled in
! all directions, several of them being thrown
! to the top OF the bill and others driven into
! the wreck ON the other side Heavy tim Der
WAS thrown into the air and came do"
| crashing through the roof and floors of ore
| of the most remote buildings.
THE CAUSE OF THE rNPLosloN
| in y matter of conjecture. The owner and
F.! lessee AZ a precantinn against the possibility
of an accident, hai some two weeks ago
| EN- ployed skillful workmen from Chester,
Pa. to place IL new head in this boiler.
This precautionary act seems to have been
some how the mysterious cause Of th2 acci
dent since he point at which the iron gave
way, was Just midway of the rivet holes by
which the new head was attached to the
old shell, the iron of the latter being torn
apart there, leaving one half the holes upon
it and the others npon the strip attached to
the head. The edges presented much the
| IS.
when detached from Il sheet. Though the
boilers had been in use for twenty years.
the experts called IN examine them pro-
nounced the iron stronger and better than
the iron now made and advised the put
ting in of the new head rather than AN ell
trely new boiler. The boiler had been used
for one week since the new head was
put in, and all the employees seemed to have
the utmost confidence in its strength. Mr.
Carter the Lessee was in Philadelphia At the
time OF the accident, having gone up the
Saturday evening previous, but was at once
'eiegraph-d for and was the ground by
eleven o'clock, doing all i'll his power TO
alleviate the sutferings of the injured. y
despatch was received about the same time
from Mr. Childs, the owner of the mills,
directing that every comfort and attention
he given the wounded men, and that all eN
prl,ses would be borne by him. Doctors
Mitchell Ellis and Tuft were early at tn.
scene and rendered prompt and efficient aid
to the sufferers, later Dr. lamar also ar
rived, so that there was no lack Of timely
III edical attention. The body OF
PATRICK MCCORMICK
was found after the explosion upon the top
of tho hill, in the line Of the cyclone Of
steam. Life Was extinct when found, death
having been instantaneous from concussion
of the brain, his head being terribly mashed
and cut. After being viewed by the jury
of inquest His remains We're taken in charge
by the m-Inh-rs Of HE order of Red Men Of
Cherry Hill, for burial, * which order he
was :. member. The deceased leaves a
widow and eight small children. McCor-
mi TX had just arrived at The mill thres or
four minutes before tine explosion, and had
not vet got to work. h-ing in he act of put
ting on his ion. boots and ov-ralls when
IL Ca1llS.
The remains of
John GARRETT
were supposed To i,e t-ueath the ruins and
fifty to seventy -tive n,-n were put TO work
to search tor them. The search was kept
up until about one clock when they We're
discovered by lad beneath one of the
straw cars, which wan blown from the mill
At the same time, within few feet of the
spot W hero Mccormick was found, humid
reds of men having passed and r-passel
And stood around this wreck of II car not
supposing his mutilated body WAS SO near.
When the car was lifted from him, his body
being entirely hidden beneath it, the lad
having just been able to see the tip Of his
boot, y CHASTITY spectacle was presented
His head was mashed almost to jelly, his
lin los broken in a number of places and his
body pressed AZ fiat as it was possible for
the heavy weight to make it. The mangied
remains were taken to the hon>e of James
Harnett, where. after being viewed by the
Coroner's jury, they were washed and dress
edpreparatory to removing them t"his home
employee, and had amassrd considerable
property, owning farm half mile
| from Marley, and another near Bacon Hill
In the fifth district. He leaves IA widow
and two or three children. All the wound
ett were thrown greater or lesser distance
ny tile force of the steam.
THE DINSMoREs
were picked up on the hill side, not quite
so far upas WAS the body of Mccormick
They are both seriously hurt, and some
doubt is expressed for the recovery Of
| Robert.
| AN ARIEL FLIGHT
henry Spence who escaped with crushed
hana' RELATES a strange experience. He was
blown through the demolished roof, and
With tragmeuts of all kinds carried high mp
III the AR. lie AYERS that he was con>ciou"
OF passing out above the top of the building,
and also OF his descent and landing in the
race. Fort uaately he came down III the
middle OF water, and thus escaped Sc
rious injury. Had he fallen upon the hard
ground from theheight he reached, it would
have been CERTAIN death. He did not lose
consciousness at ap, but the moment he
struck the "ast scrambled up tn. race
bank.
AN o"HpnEDICAMEST.
The experience OF daspe.' Brelm seems t" be
one OF the most stanliny. II. was engaged
inside Of the eastern boiler packing the
straw AZ 1t was fhruSn in a, th. man hole
| from above. The tetik.. f,,rr. ,f the steaiu