The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-09-18
SACRIFICED BY STEAM.
TWO TERRIFIC BOILER ENPLo osioNa
-Four Mon Killed at EufalA. Ala, aad Two
Lives L"at at Morton. ni.--ManJ
Psr.Ons InJured nc Roth
PlhGNA
DLowN 10 AToMR

BLOWN 10 AToMR
EuTAuLA, Ala, Sep. ld--At two O'Clock
yesterday afternoon loud explosion
startled tho city In iew momentB
dense cloud OF smoke was soon ascending
from tho cotton Gomproas, II wls general.
" known that tho compress boiler had az.
pOlsd and lle compress and cotton therein
wero In flames. A general alarm OF nTs
was turned In and on arriving NJ tho scene
II was found that many OF tho EN-
pl0yes and some others Who woro
standing by we're killed and
wounded, As far IA now known John
Wmbush lcolOrodl tho fireman; Jero
Brooks leOlOredl, boy who was visitor
10 the compress, and Thomas lllRglnB loOl-
oredl, OF Columbus, who arrived on tho
noon train 10 do some work on tho com
press, and another ColOrol boy were killed
outright Wlmbush'S body was hurled ono
hundred yards In tho street In 0nU direction
and Higgins equally ~ fnr In the opposite
way, J0r0 BrDots' body and tho unknown
negroes were dug from tho
debris OF tho boiler some tlmO after
tho explosion, Tho most painful anxiety
0XIsts M TO tho safety OF NJ. H. Pickett tho
manager VI tho colnmetS. lie WAS last soon
before tho explosion near tho bOllGr-r0Om,
ana has not benn seen since. Tho WORK
Oi searching for lllm N now going on
IN rapidly NS tho flames will allow. Colonel
CunGlaughllu, local agent OF tho Central
i,llr0ld, was IN tho compress onoO at
tho time OF the accident, and was blown
out OF II and across tho railroad truck,
q dlSlOncr " tlfty feet passing between
two freight cirS and making almost an
Incredible GsCupO lla wis severely hnrt
but stayed ~ tho sCOliN and worried Wlll
llOllcmNn, cotton clGrk, was badly burned.
Tom Mckenncy (GolOred), 4. Tlcpanl and
several OTHERS whose names can not now b0
had, were also hurt Tho compress wna
now, and was one OF tla finest In tho c1un-
try. Tho damage Ia estimated Vt 500, 900.
A HERlOuS AFFAIR IN lLllNOiA
MoHrOS, ILL.,, sept 10 "A terrible ncol'
dent occurred here laat evening, resutingln
the death OF three, aud perhaps l0lf pUF
sons, and tho Injury VI several 0lhon TM
steam appnrtui In the wagon faelOry Oi
Nolcell, ROssl0 n lulllI0r wis belng uAed
IN tho manufacture OF elder when suddenly
the boiler exploded with terrific f0rca The
debris OF tho wrecked building took hro
and WIS consumed, The explosion caused
the instant death ol the engineer,
Jacob Sigle aud boy named Bri6O-
lor Tho bodies Of the othOn
are underneath tho smoking ruins, OhfLs
tiNn AGl(ormau had hIS skull badly frnot
nred, Ills breast bone crushed, several riha
broken, aud was Scalded In terrible pdn.
ncL death 10 him viii DO mOtcifI ~
lief. Henry Rosie had his shoulder and
arm broken, two nhq fractured, and ono
eye destroyed besides being badly sCglded.
George Lawrence h scald0d from hOad Ia
foot and no hopes OF his recovery NrO ontor.
ulnCd. A number NJ persons who wcro
standing In aud about tho factory WUIo more
or less Injured.
The cause Of tho expulsion is supposed In
30 criminal neglect an tho part " tho md.
nOor, who allowed tho water In the bnil0H
10 run down too low, aud thOn hllol thom
suddenly with cold water, a mlataho TOR
which he paid with hIs life, Aa noN az
can bo estimated this evening tho lon wiz
no from $40, 900 10 sl2, O01