Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-07
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ts,k,ng can In the boiIcr-housc al
...hsa IN INC Belmont Oil-Wcrks, at NIL
s.n street and Long Lane, caused the IN.
sfant death Of one employs, the fttsifnlury
~ auorser. and the severe woundtng OF
,h,,d Is.i evening. At 6:l5 O'Clock FIRE
no., iosenh Emily saw that one OF the caps
- .hs ho,Ier wss leaking. lie called John
70 s,mreon. the hos, stiIlman or night su.
rerintendent, and High Gantz, stiilman
m another mart OF the works. The three
men made preparations to stop the leak
A monkev.wrench was procured Sy simp-
sor and The three men clustered around
The I;ttle poiut from which the steam was
,scon,nv. s,mpsou clasped the wrench
around Inc nut securing the cap and made
two or three turns.
An explosion followed. Simpson was
thrown from hrs perch, and CAN'T yelled
10 Tully: "Draw the freslV Tu''y
sprapg TO the furnace and was IN the ACT OF
carry ing out the stiliman's advice, wnen
second explosion occurred. TIE furnace
door was blown out and q burst Oh name
followed. Tully was In stoopin2 posi-
ton. and the immense tongue Oh nauie
wrapped his head and chest. he Ieli DacA
with q scream Of pain, and CAN'T sprang
TO his assistance. AT this instant seconu
puff of steam and fire shot cut and envei-
oped the rescuer about bis legs and loins.
Nv this time the sound Of the frst explo-
sion had attracted several employees OF the
works 10 the scene OF the accident, sndethe
ounGed men were carried out. Siupson
was unconscious, although his pulse con-
tinued to beat for fully thirty minutes be-
fore he breathed his last. His body was
taken to the First-district police station,
and will be removed to his home IN Mar
tinyiIle. I'm the First ward, to-day. In at
tempting TO screw up the nut which secured
the cap Il was broken. This removed all
restraint on the steam, and the explosion
followed. The still was struck In the fore
head near the right eye with either the
nut, cap, or wrench. simpsons wife keeps
a small grocery and saloon In Martinville.
He was about fifty years old and leaves
several children.
JOSEPH Tully, who Is about twenty-four
wears old, lives at 1881 DOrrance street. lie
was employed rs fireman In the boiler
! house when the accident occurred. His
wounds are considered fatal. He was
taken to the Philadelphia Hospital. He has
a wife and child. Hugh Gantz lives at
1928 Wilder street. He is also a boss still
man. He was severely burned about the
legs and part of his body. He was taken
lone. and will recover. The two last
named men were badly scalded as well as
burned. The boiler is OF 125-horse power
and Of Babcock e. Wilcox make. IL was
inspected in October last and pronounced
in good condition.
~ can't understand how an experienced
man like Simpson could have been so rash
as to attempt to fix the boiler with steam
up" said General Superinte 1dent c. j.
Cheshire last night. 81 have warned all
the men to keep away from the boiler when
anything goes wrong. The other night
cap blew out and the men wisely stayed
away and allowed the steam to blow of.
The damage to the works won't exceed five
cents" The Belmont works are owned by
the Atlantic OIL Company.