Telegram-herald., 1888-06-02
A FEARFUL EXPLOSION
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WFssporrz. Mica, J1ns I-At e'to tbs
morning tns boiler IN ths plate mil Of the
Eus.ks iraa sass steel works exploded Win
1.rsiae isrcs. srsekins ths entire euildlnz
The allied ara
Gsosss 6zzss. thirty-dvs years eid. mar
sisd. snd s4d one cbild-
TxzzT kccl0r. about sixty years old.
nixhs satcAnl2ns be IsaFss a widow and
GFs cnildrsn.
Plrzlcx EIss, II. twsnty-ons years Of
ass.
Had shs explosion occurred half an hoar
Later there would h2ss been al least one
Hundred msn Al ~oFk. besides many woman
snd Children sho are always thsre At thaE
hour Elfh breakfasts Tor tns lasn-
s0Ens Of tia injured are. Lett Curtis.
hslIsr. barnsd ABOUT the face and hands
Hsnry Poe0ck. hslpsr. oarnsa by escaping
ss.m. \. 3Aomey. hsller. buTned about the
face, Joseph Weiss. lsDorsr. deep sash cut
la ths toD Of MS head Several Others we're
more or lsas hufE 5y missiles dying about
Toe mill
Ths explosion was terrible. TIE great
plate mil. % by lo0 fest In size. with a
roof sixty feet from ths ioor, va blown to
frazmsnls. Il sas al oat miraculous that
aus loss of lie va not greater. The battery
eonsisssd of tso boilerss Only one exploded.
IL weighed about tssnty toas- OF the arch
OF the one ~hlch exploded, only small part
1eighlnx sbooI three tons, rsnaAins shsre
TIE anil stood.
Fraxments we're blown all over the
n~izhboraood. A pisce OF shsL weighing
neArly slx tons va blown across Eureka
ave. distance Of 200 fsst, striking
Hrsnnsn's large brick store and pcst0fice,
sexring Gas = large hole N tas wall
Had il been ten iest higher. Brennan and
wife. Who we're Ia bed. would have been
killed..
Brick and pieces Of iron were blown in all
directions. and such q cloud OF dust and
slsaui hlled TIE mill and vicinity thai the
men Who Escaped unfn iursd could not see
their hands before their faces.
The entire town was aroused In Al in
stsnt. almost, and before the dust from the
explosions settled every body vas hastsning
q ths place. The women whose husbands
vsrs in the night shift dsught sisters,
brothers and frisnds rushed down ths quiet
street with olancned faces. When the
steam and smoke sad dust drilted away on
the cool morning bi isezs the result a. 70
human life rss sscertslnet.
IN. second boiler had been lifted by the
explosion, sluaost intaet. and carried nfty
feet. On one end OF tns Dol ier rsslcd grcal
section OF ths iron root. from under this and
behind a mas OF spliatsred wood twisted
iron and shattered bricks came most pitifnl
moaning and cries hat part OF the ruin:
was ia flames A hose was brought cut and
water turned on for . minute or two before
sny attempt could Be made 10 secure the
imprisoned msn.
Then Firms oody was found with ths
t0p Of his head blown 0d and the timoers
al about spaftered with blood. He died
before ne could De taken from the ruins.
McCisy wss found half way between the
body u Finn and the spot where the boiler
lad stood. with a section Of the smokestsck
covering the upper portion of his body
Ills bead vas crushed and portions Of hi'
brains spstfersd the rustin< iron. Hi
limbs were yet twitchlng when he wa
take. up, but bis life was Just hickerins
out. Both these men were badly scslded.
Green vas uneonsi0us and frightfulll
mntiisfsd- The back OF his skull va
fractured so that . finger could De laid II
shs opening. His iav was broken. hi
shoulder snssh sd. snd be was otheruis
bruised on al parts Of the body. II wa
surprising that be lived AZ all. but h
Hngsred for quite half an hour. he va
found thirty feet away from the place Of th'
explosion.
superintendent Evans can assign NJ
cause for the explosion. The boilers wsr'
fnspsc I'D about two months ago and ver
pronounced ali right. The ioss Is about
81. 600 insurance unknown.