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

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THE BOY I'D. KNIGHT
it seems is much more severity hurt than at
first supposed. He received a severe cut or
fracture upon the head and was internally
injured Wbeu taken from the mass of
rubbish among which he was thrown his
eyes were protrir1ing from their sockets,
and his appearance shocking to look
upon. He has been Il great sufferer.
JAMES HARTSETT,
bleach mixer WAS thrown out upon the
bank aud taken up with a broken shoulder
and badly injured head he was taken at
once To his home near by, and every atten-
ton paid him. He also has been great
sufferer, though the Doctors think he will
recover.
JOSEPH YoCUM,
the engineer was also thrown some distance
although he escaped with much less injury
than the others. His head was severely
cut, although it was thought the skull is
not fractured, and he will recover.
4 LUCKY BOY.
A lad of about fifteen wears, Alfred Scar
borough by name, was loItering about the
mill that morning, and several times went
to the furnace of thu. boiler that exploded to
get warm. just before the crash came he
WAS sitting in front oft the furnace door and
about minute or so before the crash he
arose and walked down to the front of the
mill. He had scarcely arrived there when
| the explosion took place, and he congratula-
ties himself to-day that he saved himself by
leaving just when he did. II. had no rea.
son for leaving The vicinity of the boiler,
rather otherwise, as it was warmer there
| than any where else about the mill, but
was simply moved to go by some unac-
countable impulse
WM. F. HOW ARD
| the foreman of the mill, was on his way
there, and within Il hundred and fifty yards
Of the buildings hen the crash came He
was heading directly for the furnace room,
As II was his custom well rs that of
others, ia stop at this furnace to get warm
in the mornings. He says had the explo-
Sion been delayed two minutes he, as well
/ rs q number of others would have been
I
probability would have been blown to
atoms A fortunate feature of the cast, WAS
that neu y ali hands were from five to ten
minutes late that morning aud this circum-
stance undoubtedly sawed! Il number of II YES
THE CORGN EkS INQUEST
Coroner Perry I.itz-nberg visited the
scene of the accident during the morning and
held an inquest upon the remains of McCor-
mick, and afterwards upon those OF Gar
rett, who found about one o'clock t
Tue following gentlemen were summoned
10 serve as Il jury of inquisitoD, Il. H. !
Tutt, j. Eambo, d. Harvey, David Work. |
Geo. w. Wells, J. f. Alexander, f. w,
Janney, John 5. Gallagher, ii. NJ LARA |
lere, >. T. Scott, Vim. Campbell ana Saml !
ii. Abel. The Jury after viewing the re-
remains retired TO the residence of Harry !
L. Carter. EST where the dispositions of
several witnesses were taken The first |
witnesses called were the Physicians, who
testified As 10 the cause of death Of the sub |
jectS. John Feehly was next examined |
who deposed ~ toliows:-I AIN II fireman OF
the rotary boilers and was last ON duty Oh
Saturday at noon the boilers were appa-
rently in good order then. We usually car |
ried from 100 10 10 pounds of steam
There is Il safety valve ON each boiler but |
1t is often stopped up; can't say how much
stsain it would take to blow it off at the
safety valve, depends upon how much it is
stopped with straw &c There are two |
boilers, they are under pressure for thirteen
hours at Il time alternately. | considered
them both safe. We haven't used the safety |
valve much for IA year past, 1l5 pounds is |!
the highest pressure | ever saw upon it.
Harry l.. Carter-'rhis boiler (the broken |
oue) had originally cast iron heads in bo.h |
ends, us the other one also has, one head |
WAS cracked, and sent 20 Chester, Pa. for .
All expert machinest TO examine it. He ,
cane, his name was VIM. Dougherty, and |
sent by the Henry Clay Iron Co.. and |
was a man of the very best reputation AZ an |
expert machinst after AN examination he |
advised me not t. have Il new boiler as the |
iron of The old one was better than that .
used at the present time, (these boilers were
made twenty wears ago. and merely recon-
mended having Il new head put in in place
of the cracked one. W hen the head was
put i'll The machiuest who did the work
spoke of the splendid condition OF the peta! /
of the old boilers, and characterized the
work Just completed as 4 life time Job
Che head when brought here proved too
small, and II burchman :, stripof iron about
Il quarter of an inch thick was put in, this
was SAID Tn have "a tendency to strengthen
il. The boiler was tested after the repair RS
were finished up 10 10 pounds. spent
considerable part of my time last week in
the boiler room Inspecting the boiler and
WAS thoroughly convinced that it was per
fecIiy safe | stood by while steam was
run up To 10 pounds and in ordinary Use
il seldom goes higher. did not try it fur
Their. Ii | had entertained any doubts of
its strength would not have taken this
risk. The safety valve blew off once while
WAS there last week | Just heard OF the
accident when arrived ut the Eikton Sta
hon hi, morning, n Telegram WAS sent for
NE. but had lett Philadel phia before it
arrived. The work of putting i'll the new
head Was not done by contract, the men
werr paid i'y the day. The new head was
OF BeS>e!,!er steel.
VIM. +. Howard sworn Am foreman of
Marley Mills under Mr.. Carter; | started for
the mill a little after half past six o'clock
this morning; | was unusually late; as /
neared the mIll and when about Il hundred
sion; | WAS confused by the noise ,nd mis-
siles flying around my head-sone of them
whlZZing by IKE bulletS-noue struck me;
i p'Her Tor il moment supposed it To be the
rotary boiler, but Thought it must be the
boiler Of the engine; This was because |
though the rotary boilers too strong to blow
up; was here when these two boilers We're
put i'll twenty years ago, and saw them test
ed by hydraulic pressure up to 212; we
don't run the boilers up TO hear as high i
pressure as formerly: ali hands came il lit
tie late this morning; if | had been three or
four minutes earlier | would have been
standing at the furnace door at the time of
the explosion.
John C. Howard sworn-Work in the
mills: my business Is To run the wet
machine; | I,a->e,i by the exploded boiler
about twenty minutes before the explosion;
john Garrett and John Dinsnore were in
The boiler room at the Lilre: the other hand,
had not arrived, but must have come very
shortly afterwards; lantern had to be used
i'll looking ~ the guage; | noticed nothing
unusual; the two men there We're in unusu-
ally good spirits; | did not look at the guage
Ia SEE what pressure he boiler had on; never
heard OF any defects III the boiler after the
new head WAS put i'll two weeks ago; it WAS
perfectly safe.
Alfred 5 Scarborough (boy) sworn-I
went To the mill about & 50 o'clock this ,
| was in the boiler room five min
ute> before the explosion; there WAS no one
there then; the fireman John Dinsmore |
having gone up To the floor above TO assist
i'll filing the other boiler; the furnace door
was partly open; | walked towards he front
OF the mill ana just as ] reached there tho
explosion took place.