New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-30
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MANY FATAL EXPLOSIONS.
A MIDNIGHT CASUALLY IN MOBILE.
FOUR MEN KILLED AND SIX BADLY INJURED Al
THE GULF CITY OIL MILLS.
lBY TELEGkAPm 10 THE rRIBUN8.I


MOBILE, Dec pa fearful explosion oc-
midnight last night in the Gulf city OIL Mills.
The boilers in number rested parallel with the nam
building and at great distance from It, The mid-
night whistle had Just sounded and the night being cold
number OF the wO.kmen standing around wa'ipiHs
themselves. All OF the boilers blew up win
terrific The plates out and thrown Tor
ward aud upward. Tie steam drum was thrown over
the building and landed o freight standing on
COmmereest. The largest pieces OF this poher vera
found to the east. The mill is not 'ar
from The river front. 1he second boiler WAS thr'"h
ify feet. portion OF the east wall OF the MIL was
blown down.
The loss OF lfc is serious. number OF the Injured
men were at once rescued but it not till this morn
ing daybreak that three missing men were aug roia
dead Another dug out later In tue day
All four were crushed death besides being terrioy
scalled The following the names OF the victns'
Daniel Jackson, Wills Black Morris warren ana feer
ChsstanC, all colored, were killed
J. stanton White foreman and engineer of tue MILL
WAS severely hurt. He is a young man about twenty
four and came the mill started bis nome
is in Social Circle Georgia He was crushed by the fall
ne timbrrs and injured about the head oy nyins
bricks, and Is injured internally
Archie Pckens, cOlored the fireman. is said 10 Dc
in dyiug condition. He had great hole in the taeR
OF his head aud his leg Is broken besides being tady
scalded.
Purdy Jones. colored was cut by flying bricks and
scadod over upper part OF his boay SO that tue s
peeled Oft. The scalp Of his head caue entirely on
Israel Brady colored, badly ana perhap' fatally
scalded
William Borden, coored, cut i5 tine head and body
aud s htly scaded and had s right leg broken above
the ankle.
Richard Hunter colored cut in the head and CON-
petes tho 5I Of uufOrtuuafes
The ell mill newly established Industry ana mas
been doing a fine business. Work Will be resumed In
thirty days Tue noise OF the explosion was heard all
city and houses and shutters were shaken Inc
.i,nry loss ,.Oes not exceed $4,000
KurASNING, Penn, Dec. 29.-At gas well
being drilled for the Kitanning Iron Com ,any hr
miles from Kittannng, explosion occurred aroie
noon to-day, which ten men were burned The c""se
of the explosion IL yet unknown. Detective Stevenson
who few rods OFF extInglished the hre hhuet
the boiler, wlich but fifteen feet away from the
derrick He thinks the fire under the boiler lghten tue
gas The owners at the well testing 1t, and the
pressure strong that it forced oil the gauge.
sheet of fame at once eDveoped everything III 'h'
vicinity md burned the derrick aud rigging. Ihos'
burned were Charles I. Nealcr Henry Colwel. Geo ge
Myler, Andrew Stofer, George KNAPP Frank hlsAauoeh
John C. Doty. two boys named LambinS and an nm
known boy The attending physicians think some VIII
not
LANCASTER PENN Dec. 29.-The boiler OF a
tlre>hng machine IN "a barn near Ne~-Providencer
tais county, exploded thi, morning, Killing 'hriSual
HIdebraud aud Edward He IN. both young me'. Iht
barn WAS set on aud destroyed. The two Nictlha
were engaged in grinding seed when the boiler exploded
Hlliebrand was hurled thirty feet and was instantly
killed as was also Helm. Frank Edwards was seriously
scalded The barn, which consumed with It's con-
tents contained head OF young cattle. eight head
Of steers mules, two horses, seven colts' three
cows hogs, I,sO0 bushels OF corn 200 Dus eis m
wheat, and large amount OF hay The toss Is S',oOoi
partially nsured
MI CARMEL Penn, Dec a9.-At the Locust
G Coery operated by the Philadelphia and Readi x
coal and from Company terrific boiler explosion oc-
CURED to-ay, blowing atoms one OF the nests anu
dspacing all the others. Fortunately the empoyes nAu
not yet arrived place OF empoymrnt ana loss
OF life aveIIed. The cONeTy gives employ
meut four hundred hands, ana VIII oc lhIo"u ioo
Tor an iudeiuite period.