The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-03-21

BOILERS EXPLODE
Large Boiler Works DESTROYED at
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
FIVE TAKEN OUT DEAD /
A Dozen Others Seriously and Some
Fatally Wounded.
A BIG PILE OF RUBBISH!
The Building and Works Complete
Wreck.
FIVE TAKEN OUT DEAD
A BIG PILE OF RUBBISH

PIrrsBURe, March IA battery OF
boilers at the West Point boiler works
of Monroe & Son on the corner Of
Twenty-third and Smallman streets
exploded this afternoon shortly after
twelve o'clock, completely wrecking
the plant and burying a number of
men in the ruins. Four men have been
taken out dead and three badly in
jured and there are still a number in
the ruins. A dozen others were quite
seriously injured, many of them, it is
thought. fatally. The names of the
dead already removed from this wreck
are:
frlghtfully mutilated; resided on How
ard street. Allegheny.
Chas. Allenach, laborer; head and
body boiled.
Daniel Clark, boiler maker; mangled
and scalded.
John Reinheimer. boiler maker; bad
ly scalded.
Martin Corners and one other were
taken from the ruins alive, but it is
thought Corners will die before he
reaches the hospital. The names of
the others injured are not known. The
explosion occurred just after the noon
whistle had sounded, and many of the
| workmen had left the works to get
their dinners. The conclusion shook
buildings for several squares. In a
| few minutes large crowd had gath
cred around the wreck and the scene
was most agoniZing. Wives, mothers
and children ran about wringing their
hands and crying. eagerly searching
| for their loved ones The first body re-
| covered was that of the engineer. He
was almost unrecogniZable. Allenach s
remains were next taken out, and in a
| few minutes the mangled body of Clark
was found. Reinheimer, Corners and
an unknown were next removed. Up
| to O'Clock no more bodies had been
recovered, but many more are still be-
lieved to have been caught in the
| wreck The cause of the explosion has
not been learned. OF the large brick
building nothing remains but mass
of brick, mortar and timDerS. The
loss will be about $40, 900. 1t is Won
der that more people were not killed OF
injured.
At two o'clock the body of James
Corton helper aged about % years
and unmarried was taken out, making
five dead recovered from the ruins
Martin Corners who was SO terribly
scalded that he will die, is "A years OF
age and unmarried. He came to thi:
city short time ago from Baltimore
The names of the most seriously in
jured are. John Forest helper, ageC
20 years; Harvey Barr helper, ageC
% years; William Kelly, John Barber
and James Cartney boiler makers
Cartney was recently married. Tit
others are single. The boilers wert
inspected six months ago and were
J thought to be in first class condition
The real cause of the explosion vii
probably never be known as the engin
eer was killed outright and no one els
: has been found who was in the engin
: room at the time the disaster tool
/ place.
The work of rescue was concluded lat
this afternoon but no more bodies wer
fonnd. All the employees have beer
, accounted for. OF the sixty-five work
men i've were killed and eleven injured
"a number of them quite seriously an
tStephen Carter, however. is the Onl
q one in dangerous condition; he wi
e probably die.
e The cause of the explosion IS still
: mystery. No investigation has bee
S made as yet. Some of the men sal
Q they heard IA gauge tried IA few minute
- before the explosion and everythin
seemed all right. Everyone spoken
on the subject expressed confidence
the engineer and agreed that he was
y careful and competent man and on
= who was unusually careful in his worl
y The boiler had been in use eight years
Z The loss will reach $50, 900.