Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-03
FINDING The CAUSE.
WATER PROBABLY IN THE LADLE,
BOSSES wERa PREVIOUSLY HOrIrIED

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and John Lewis, VINO were killed BY an ex-
plosion Of molten steel from ladle in Car
neeie's open hearth department at Home
stead last week.
fatrick raeeps pfo'hel oh one OF tne
victims and ladleman, testified that on the
day Of the accident he was sitting outside
and saw the steel flying out of the ladle.
He ran into the mill and saw Nicholas
p.n.- ,.,;,o down soma AZ tbs r,.,
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picked up nose anu ne askeo snem IN
Gods name not to turn on water and XIII
the men outright de thought the iadls
had tilted over. The ladies are supposed to
be lined once week. The ladle which
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oaus.u VIC s.S'sA' "Ae S,-.
lore tne acciusn. oceerieu Ane ,.e'sS 80
not put In use rignt aiIer tney arc liheo ous
are given chance to dry. Isaac Lane was
1adleman at M Q furnace
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ne saw .ne s,eei Do,i ose. anu .ea'. - ss,
In tne pit. ne neiped 70 take ane iauie
away from the pit and put the hose on 70
cool the place. but by the time tbey reached
the pit the man in it was dead. He saw
the metal put in the ladle and it looked all
right. There was very heavy pressure Of
gas on that day.
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Mco9nne,l eh Ie,,evsa s mere muss Ial, nave gesn
tbouabt n 1ot @ tns,s | bsc.nss ~ % ths E isdis d bad
NOT bsen tboroncbIv dried after Sa v;nc bssn ear,
cooled off The v.tsr ~ he thorcht ms nm
der the bottom 81 the ioam and siag that m Il
put in. and when the hot steel was mt in
the ladle it eat through and got onto the
mes Ds.:A: xatoa an csussu ~ 70 ooli oveI ne
S was sasisneI .La' sao sseel ieacnins inc "es
Di,9H W;,,;a Iauseo Ensu sne saplos,on. NJ
rh.-a ian ,lsa .aa;dsus uson was no. pl.man ian
oniv % ona e vho - ssoansS vS' Wa s.;d anu was .hs
y no1n;n1 inc that sSs So..or, o uvsos ~ she .he
iaJla naw hot.on, ,ras a nHt ;a' ~. ~ o !.
Jrv;no !, hi;s,srsd sor,a % a. -. ~, ~, Dus -
c;ons Of n He aIso noticed tbs hos,ou, usp,t -
the Iadle sweat;nc and tbouaht Il ,was rot
drv He told soms of ths n,sn ~ v.toh =
as ba NOS atso;d ~. .toaI 'r ..;.s. - ""'sn y
t5ron,b nv vac M IT, Ians .hs T IaaioI s 'OMS ;J
snr.a.s;. -. ~. VIC iauleuan. . c saiu
bssn nut D ths ioJ,a uJ I. mae. s,naS;n naSns
within two foot of tha ,adi. s and ' Lao-d
,ho;i;na sonnd ;ns;Js I'D 49, 10 - aa Id I "a,I.S
~ s .ha n,o. .OaIa =. .a1 anu Ie ran anu 'eiieu
~, I.a VIC mGn ~ saw sIel1selYes' sI,
oames .. Doeeey was iauieman Oh .1e nlgns
Sd Su,n a. 'ru r. 'a.asoe "nei1 .ne acci1ens oc-
. ~ qSis WIZ soou' c'ocA VI
sne IIIs moinns u 'rre me acSiusn', oeing reiieVeu
Ny Isaac Aale. Ine lauie was In a very
pad snape. Inere was no bottom, 1t being
out clear TO the brick he put the ladle IN
the ladie-pit and put on 1t Just enough
water 70 cool 1t on. he had
SPOKEN TO THE MANAGERS
,ht .h
aoUd; aOUd;.;o ;ou yn ie'aUus nus aocus 'ae pau
n So-tom w. ~ VIZ ~woi1sn % ort ~ ioA n ,LSe - .Ie
,Not.r - ~ - H. ou1, aIu snouns ~ =
,sdIa % ,ssa dasso.;so [ ~ Ia nnajoJ - h pin,on VIC
'"o 'pIasLeiSs %ao ue,So'I anu neeueu rspaIrs.