Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-03-20
SYEAM'S DEADLYfOWER
A Pipe Factory Wrecked by a
Boiler Explosion.
MANY MEN KILLED AT PITTSBURG.
Four Bodies Taken From the Ruins
Several Others known to be Under
the Debris - Heartrending
Scenes Around the
Fatal Spot.

P1TTsBURG, Pa, March IA battery
of boilers at the West Point Boiler
Works, Of r. Monroe & Sons, on the
corner of Twenty-third and Smallman
Streets, exploded shortly after 70
O'Clock this afternoon, completely
wrecking the plant, and burying num-
Der of men in the ruins. Four have
been taken out dead and three badly
injured, and there are still 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 the wreck
are:
August Lindebaugh, engineer; fright
fully mutilated; single; resided on How
ard Street. Allegheny.
Charles Allenbacke, laborer, head and
body boiled.
Daniel Clark, boiler-maker, mangled
and scalded.
John Remheimer, boiler maker, bad
ly scalded.
Martin Connors and one other were
taken from the ruins alive. Howard.
however, it is thought will die before
he reaches the hospital. The names of
the other injured are not yet 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
ewA minutes large crowd had
gathered about the wreck, and the
scene was most agonizing. Wives,
mothers and children ran about wiring
ing their hands and crying, eagerly
searching for their loved ones.
The first body removed was that of
the engineer Limbaugh. He was al
most unrecognizable. Allenbacke's re-
mains were next taken out, and in a few
minutes the mangled body of Clark was
found. Remheimer, Howard and an
unknown were next removed. The
work OF rescue Is going on vigorously,
but at o. clock no more bodies had been
recovered. Four are believed to be
still buried beneath the debris, and it is
feared many more were caught in the
wreck.
The cause of the explosion has not
been learned. The building was a
large one story brick structure, and was
formerly occupied by VIM. Smith &
CouS, pipo IuduulaCLurerS. Inc plant
was valuable one, and will prove a
complete loss. Nothing remains but
mass of brick, mortar and timbers.
The firm was unable to approximate
the loss, but it is safe to say that it will
reach $4,000.
The conclusion shattered windows,
and damaged houses for three blocks,
and it is miracle that more people
were not killed or injured.
AT 2 O'Clock the body of James Car
ton, helper, aged about % years, and
unmarried, was taken out, making five
dead bodies removed from the ruins.
Martin Connors, who was so terribly
scalded that he will die, is "A years of
age. and unmarried. He came to this
city short time ago from Baltimore.
The names of the most seriously in
jured are: John Forest, helper, aged
rs years; Harvey Barr, helper, aged Is
years; William Kelly, John Barber, and
James Cartney, boiler makers. Cartney
was recently married. The others are
single men.
The boilers were inspected six months
ago, and were thought to be in first
class condition. The real cause of the
explosion will probably never be
known, as the engineer was killed out
right, and no one else has been found
who was in the engine room at the time
the disaster took place.