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

I morning; the explosion TOOK place about five
minutes afterwards; when | was there the
furnace door was partly open, and Alfred
Scarborough, a boy, was sitting in front OF
it; there was light in the room; Dnsmore
the fireman was above helping to fill the
other boiler; l never run the pressure ON Ia
boiler above 80 pounds don't know how
high they run the rotary boilers; l generally
| pass through the rotary boiler room twice
a day morning and evening; never heard
of any weakness or defect in either of them
after the new head was put in.
| Thomas Scarborough, sworn-Am night
Waterman at Marley Mills; the boiler was
considered safe, after the new head was put
| in; | passed the boiler a few minutes before
the explosion; the average pressure carried
was about no pounds; | went home; bins
! more and two or three others were there
when passed.
| John Dinsmore, sworn The jury visited
the home of this witness and took his de-
position as he lay in his bed. He leposed
AS follows: Am iiremen of the rotary boilers:
the explosion took place at about ten or
twenty minutes before seven o'clock; | had
been away from the furnace room about
fifteen minutes: the pressure was at 100
pounds when | left the furnace room:
went up stairs to help in filling the boiler;
l left the furnace door open; this should
nave nave uil IL leDutllcN 10 reduce the
pressure; have worked in his mill for TWEEN
ty years; the guages We're all right when I
lett; | started the fire under the boiler 1T II
O'Clock at midnight; 1t was revolving when
it exploded; considered the boiler perfect
y safe; after the ex plosion found myself on
the hill side, just in front of James Hart
netts door. cant tell how | got there, or
anything about it.
This closed the testim ony before the jury,
and they proceeded to make up their ver-
dict, which was in substance as follows:
That the deceased Patrick Mccormick
came to his death, by reason of an explosion
at the paper mills OF G. w. Childs, on Mon
day January o2nd 1883, producing concus-
sion of the brain and instantaneous death,
and that the explosion was purely accident
al and not i'll consequence of any negligence
or carelessness upon the part of the owner,
lessee, superintendent Or employees
The jury then proceeded again to the mill
and viewed the remains of John Garrett
found while they We're in session upon the
other case, and rendered a verdict precisely
similar to the one given above.
just before going TO press ae made in
quiry as to the condition of the wounded
men, and find much to our own, as no ;l0uht
it will be to the readers, qualification, that
the in ured are all doing well and rapidly
recovering, and that contrary to the expec-
tation of almost every one, none are likely
to die. We state in our account above that
one or two of the wounded were hardly
likely to recover. This was the universal
opinion at the time, which We are glad to
state has proved incorrect. The injured are
provided with every necessary comfort
Charles Kelly, who was badly scalded, has
been the greatest sufferer. His oversight is
badly injured. one eye it is feared being al
ready gone. The sufferings of none of the
injured have been of light form, though
they have borne their pains heroically.
The funeral Of Patrick Mccormick took
place on Thursday morning, at ten o'clock,
and that of John Garrett in the afternoon.
Both were buried by the Order of Red Men,
of Cherry Hill, of which they We're mem
beers. The funeral services was held in the
church, and the bodies deposited in the
cemetery adjoining. Large gatherings of
friends were present upon both occasions.