Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-10-26

Of the Grand Trunk Railway who was
prssen, at the time. and the engineer Al
the mill were instantly killed. The
body Of one Of the Portland men vas
found ., . distance Of some three CO foar
hundred fee, where Il bad been throsn
by the force Of the explosion, the body OF
aso,hsr VAS found beside the road some
ki,esn feet distant. and the bodies Of the
remaining two among the dsbr, The
boiler vas blown into atoms, the engine,
standing .hor, distance away. was pa,
italy destroyed. the boiler house u,,sfl!
wrecked. the dry house broken in upon
one side. the whole mill thrOsn several
inches from it, foundation. the maehin-
cry more OF les injured, ard large
amount Of stock. Manufactured and IN
manufactured. destroyed OF damaged
The plaintiff also introduced the tesii.
mony Of experts from Portland aud Bos.
too relative TO the method OF rive,ing
and cAlking under pressure and deter
miniug the tishiness Of work Of this
kind.
The defendant offered In evidence the
coue,pondenoe between the company
ard the plaintiff TO shos the work they
claimed 20 have contracted % DO. and
claimed ,hA, they were simply required
70 furnish the dome head. aud send men
% n,st ia the same. TO eAlk and seam
AID make the work tight.
The defendant also claimed that the msu
~ho we're sent to do the work were IN.
.,rueisd simply to DO this. ard ihs, the,
did no, Ia any manner assume oontrol
over Sling the boiler with water. The
getting up Of steam. the fixing OF the
pressure for testing the work. OF that
they had anything whatever 20 do with
the regulating Of the safety valve, and
claimed that the work bal been CON-
ple,sd few minutes before the explosion
occurred. and iha, the explo.i1a ws'
wholly due 20 structural defects in the
boiler. The deicndsn; also ia,ndueed
the testimony Of rsn in this State and
Massachusetts,. sngased in the manu-
iac,urins and repairing Of boiler. /. 70
the thickness and quality Of the iron and
steel used IN their construction, and The
practice 81 boiler.maksrs a. 20 making
repairs and ealking their ~Ofk unds'
steam pressure. snd denied that the
calking doas upoa the dome bead ia Any
wsy eon,rbaisd 70 the cause Of the en-
plosioa. aal offered evidence TO show thai
The plate. Of the boiler bad been ,hssret
80 close to the edge o, the rive,s that
they ~sre ia.sfhcisn,ly secured ; tia, ,h'
plate. lad suffered from oorrO.ioa by
reason Of the use Of poor water that the
boiler "a. made Of iroa too lish, ZOE the
service required o. IL iha, the hole IN
The she'll undsf the dome VAS made To-
large. thereby reducing the strength o.
The boiler: and that the braeins VAS Ia
suaieisn, aud detective.
Eminent counsel we're employed by
both sides. The locke, 'ho-s the eoan'
eel on thi. case 70 BE- Holmes s. Psyson
Hsuick. sn1 Swasey Cor the plainiif
Symond, Il Libby snd Bi.bee & Hsr.ey
Cor defsnoe. The counsel actively en-.
gagged Ia The case were Hoa. George =
Holme. Of Portland Addison T. Her
rich. E.q. Of Bethel and Hoa. John Y
S-assy. Of C.n;on. for the plaintiff
Hon. ChArl,. r. Libby. Of Portland. and
Hoa. Georse ID. Bsbee. Of Baekhsli. fo'
The defence.
The case wAs one Of rare in,efes, Anc
importance. A great amount Of expert
testimony wAs introduced and ever
point vas sharply contested. objections
and exceptions " being used quite
freely.
Models Of the boiler and parts. tools
With Which the repairing ~as done. pho
tosraph. Of the wrecked mill after The
explosion aad other parPhanaliA wer'
pu, in evidence. .ni a person in,srs'ieC
10 the .Ibjss, nigh, by listening TO thu
case have gained vslable information
relative 70 the building repairing. care
use and abuse Of steam boilers In fact
the Information drswn oli by The exam
nation was the r,.n!i Of years Of sHPer
ienoe and study on the part Of the eH
per, witnesses who were upon the stand
A special session vas held Friday
evening AZ which time Mr.. Libby com
ple,sd bis argument for the defence
saturday forenoon ~As occupied by lh'
argument Of Mr.. Ssssey for the plain
ua and Judge Hs.kslrs charge TO III
Jury. The case VAS given 10 the JurI
=, The sdjoarnmsn, Of Cour; =, ! o'eloel
saturday afternoon and With very It'll
delay. they returned = verdict fOr ih'
defendant.
10 the case Of Dearborn W. Tsbbetia
Capt. Dearborn failed TO appear Monday
forenoon and non-suii was catered
Exceptions taken and allowed. The
case goes % the Law Court.
AZ We 20 10 pres. the case Of Bartlett
". Goddard and Wormsll u on trial.
INDICTMENTS.