Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-01-10
ACCIDENT ANDINCIDENT
TWO TcEi.il;LE BOILER: r.N1LD iI.,.'

y ,c5re r E-xottemen. and snutu.:on-Tak-
Ing til" ECIies From the IsUia>-E'IIaiit
Of a IiOiIer-Sar-ow Escapes.
\ terrible boiler explosion occurred at
the works CT the Bethlehem iron company
at , O'Clock Tuesday afternoon, resulting
in five deaths. Five people wcre injured
and great damage Was done to property.
Immediately above The engine house. 1t
No. / blast furnace, were ten large boilers.
two ol which exploited, from SoIao cause
yet UNKNOWN. One Of the boilers was
carlic through zoe vc;.t;iAtGc of the ma
ciIire shop, alti l.l!!in.; upon TIE top Of
the old mill broke through tue roof III
two places and landed on the ground be
low. The other boiler WIS shattered into
pieces and fragments uI it wcre forced
through he ideS Of the pattern shop aEI
thence to the .iVcr. 1t the tino of the
explosion George Cral:o and Jesse Bright,
engineers, were engaged in making some
repairs 10 tie machinery connected with
the boilers and were found dead at their
posts. Samuel McCandless' dead body
was also taken from the deb:iS. Il woman,
wife OF Bernard Graft, who had just taken
dinner TO her husband in the works, was
also killed ana hcc body recovered. IL was
almost Turtcp, -n;Z!Ule. John Seaman,
who was badly s>allcil, died at his home.
4 lnau named Cicwel!. was seriously in
iUve,l end was Stiien to his home III West
Beth lehem. y large pun.bcr Of Incn in
the works were slightly in;uIe,. :ti.i .eiC
| for their homes
The explosion ~, ini...;c III It's fUyc@
| au,l caused the greatest CONSERVATION
, among iLo employees Of ;hs wmNs. par
! t:r;'2.ly n the hta%G furnaces and shops,
| iAa ;,>c:!3 ailvr ..,n explosion Gc-4,tle't
| dcscrips:. The wo. kincn rushed ;,bouj
| III the widest confusion Iuh MA. woiHen
and children from ali parts of i.a i51thl'
| hcmS i!lliCI to ti.o scene, auxIJu> t"
learn oi thc!- friends. Ihe b"ity th;.t fell
| thrcu;ii TIE r0of oi the Old niii was
| thrown u distance: Of three hundied feet
or more, AID The Only Ri;lpris5 IS that 1t
did not Kill some OF tho lnc'I in the Oh!
mill il It's descent. The pieces fell right
| in thc midst of one hundred workmcl.
| The cause Of tho explosion is not ap-
| parent and the officials say that they arc
entirely at Il loss to i.noW why the two
boilers should explode right in the midst
of the eight Others Of exactly the same age
size and capacity. All the boilers wert,
strongly CONSTRUCTED and hat' o@en given :.
! general cleaning last week. Several de
partm3nts of the works were shut down
after the explosion. Some valuable mr.
chinery was damaged by the .hp:.s aud
flying debris. Tila excitement continues
| unbatc.s and .vuyi;men are engaged ii
clearing away tho debris i'll expectation o,
| finding the bottles Of others who may have
been killed or MANNED by the explosion.
| This is the first explosion of boilers that
! has occurred a5 i.leSn works for Il doz5:.
| o. more years. The boilers wcIo about 80
feet III length aud Sc i.lo!lls il diameter.
They had been iii use about 60 years.
The loss is estimated ali Tic way frOm
$1,000 to 1000.
The bodies taken from the rains were
removed 10 undertakers and inquests vi
be held. Samuel McCandless leaves :,
wife ard five children. A rumor was pro-
| valeft that a Child Of Mrs. Graft accom-
panied her 10 the mill and vas Kill ID with
her mother. The progress Of re.i' ~
| the debris goes on v"iy slowly, Owing. I'll
the narrow quarters in which The men az
compelled TO wu.k. Us the w1ri.,.l. :,
Were constantly goin" to an't from ne
| works it is feared that rioIe bodies vii DC
found as tho work OF eXcav;.tinE III tE2
ruins goes on. Fortunately the ic>- "t
the .jOi,,:rs ;:?o iJa,!;cd i'll ;:,e second St"iy
Of the building. Had doe: bGCn OR tie
crOaEl floor :.",i t.ikHl tn sane direction
as the others tie l.lr,, u:iciIino anL pat
tern sh0us vOl:;d have been dcmolis':CC
and the loss of lie wonld have been ter
rib!e, as i,uI,rehs Of men arc employed il
| these ShOuS