Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-09-26
DEADLY DISASTERS.
Details Of the Terrible Boiler Explo.
sion at Pittsburg.
WOunded--An Accident at
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PITTsBURG, Pa, Sept 22-Between and
O'Clock p. M, shock was felt throughout
che city which shook many buildings to the
foundation, smashed windows, and terribly
frightened the residents of the south side.
Immediately after the shock an alarm of fire
was struck. 1t was found that the large
boilers in the Hanging department OF the
Shgo iron works had exploded, scattering
the flying fragments in every directionsl
Setting fire to the Lake Erie shops and
number of dwelling houses
The boiler department., brick structure,
was completely wrecked, as were also a num-
Der OF passenger and freight cars and the
master mechanic shops of the Lake Erie rail
raad, while row of dwellings on the oppo-
site side of the street were i'll flames. Men,
women, and children were running about,
Wringing their hands and calling for friends
whom they supposed were either killed or
wounded. In the ruins of the Hanging de-
partment, scattered around, were
the dead and dying, some with
arms and legs off, some disfigured
almost beyond recognition, and others
suffering from painful burns and scalds.
The police arrived in force, and the work
of removing the killed and injured from the
ruins was begun. At the time of the explo-
sion twenty men were at work, and of these
nine were reported all right, three were
killed, and eight badly injured, four fatally,
while four children of Charles Douglass, who
lived across the way, were also badly hurt
The establishment in which the explosion
occurred was hemmed i'll by narrow alley
ways, railway tracks, and manufactures,
and the surging of the crowds toward the
scene choked the alleys with terrified women,
excited men, and screaming children, all
bent upon learning the extent of the disaster.
The fange shop, at one end of which the
boiler had been located, was demolished
rs thoroughly as if it had been RACED inten-
tionally. The machine shop adjoining
was shattered into a mess of rubbish, while
the only portion of the Inflated boiler re-
naming in its original location was the
heavy iron bottom, which remained imbedded
in the masonry. Emerging from the debris
could be seen soot-begrimed beings, so
thoroughly changed as to be unacceptable
even by their most intimate friends. There
were willing hands at work removing the
mass of timbers. While this was going on the
fremen were battling with the flames which
had been caused by the shower of red-hot
cinders, and thrilling incident, involving
the rescuing of four little children from
horrible death, was transpiring. They had
been imprisoned beneath heavy door in a
shed adjoining the fiange department, and
were slowly being roasted to death, when
they were accidentally discovered and res
cued, but not until they had been terribly
burned.
ST. JOHNS, N T., Sept. 21.-Information
comes from Berlin and Fortune, N, F., of two
additional wrecks OH the Great Banks during
the gale of August 30-one the banker Fly
ing Arrow, with a crew of seven, and the
other the schooner Freedom, with a crew of
six all told. In both cases all hands were
lost.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Sept. pa terrible
hurricane occurred at Nassau the Sth instant
Many house were blown down. Fifty vessels
were wrecked. Sixty lives were lost. Among
the vessels damaged was the brig Peeress,
Capt. BOWS, from Sagua for the Delaware
breakwater, which put into Nassau in dis
tress and was seriously damaged.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Sept. A.-By a gas
explosion in the extensive Oxmoor iron furn-
aces, six miles north of Birmingham, Ala,
the engine houses and other valuable pro-
perty were burned. The estimated loss is
5000 No lives were lost. 1t will take a
long time to rebuild the works, which are
owned principally by a Cincinnati company.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Sept PA terrible
mine accident occurred a Kingston, two
miles from this place. The shaft is down 400
feet, and for some time past a number of
men have been timbering it from the bottom.
While preparing place to set timbers the
platform on which Edward Phillips, Thomas
Davis, George Boggs, Isaac Bevens, Phillip
Parry, and man named Lewis were stand
ing went down. The latter grabbed plank
which was nailed to shaft, thus saving him
self ALI the others went to the bottom. In
the fall Parry was caught under the arm by
projecting plank, and held to it with a
death-like grip until Thomas Williams,
the foreman, Candy Sweeney, and George
Stewart went down the shaft in a bucket
and rescued him from his perilous position.
He was then taken up and driven to his
home near Kingston, where his wounds were
dressed. The rescuing party again descended
the shaft to search for the other men. There
being nineteen feet of water in the shaft, the
bucket had to be lowered slowly. After
seeking for the victims among the debris on
the water in the large pit for several min
utes, those in the bucket had to be hoisted to
the surface to get graphing hooks to find the
bodies of the unfortunate men. 1t was
nearly o'clock when Davis and Boggs were
found. The latter was wedged in between
heavy timbers in the water. When he was
lifted to the bucket the blood was running
from his nose and ears The men descended
again to find the bodies of the others. After
graphing for several minutes Davis body
was brought up. The corpse was found in
the dump and bore no bruises. No sooner
had the remains of Davis been taken to his
house than the bucket was again lowered.
The other two bodies were found and taken
out about an hour afterward. All leave fam
lilies except Davis, who was single man.
SHREVEPORT, La, Sept. 2.-The boiler of
the engine running the saws at bridge being
constructed over the Red river for the Vicks-
burg, Shreveport & Pacific railroad ex-
ploded with terrible force, killing five men
and wounding five others, who were at work
as the night force. A boy named Willie
Watts was the only person on the boat at
the time of the explosion who escaped I'M
hurt.
The whisky Men.
WASHINGTON CITY, Sept. a. - Commits
sioner Evans will not pass any opinion in his
annual report in conflict with Secretary Fol-
ger upon the subject of the extension of the
whisky bond period The whisky men are
going to try this year to secure the legisla-
ton which was so narrowly defeated last
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