The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-03-03
r. MEN SCALDED.
80 Of = Pile-Driver
Boiler Yesterday.
FeuloINE CABIN DEMOLISHED.



Z . LIN Of . pile-driying engine. be-
s I. A. Jones q Son. lying 1t
$50. near Commercial street. en-
I = &c minutes past 2 O'Clock yes.
~ ollarnoon, severely scaIding and
- injuriag four men, TIRES Of them
Oven and Joseph Ryan wers very
x6Dded about the face and Iegs,
IN Brennan, luckily for him, e.
nffh only : scAided hand. Alex
friend Of Brennan's, who hap-
8 - on the boat II the time OF the
80, rscsived the severest Injuries Of
- Ia addition 10 being friehtfulIy
~. oustained fracture OF the Iex. By
~ NTH . fragment of the boiler
~ - lime OF the explosion the men
r - cabin OF the piic-driyer. This
- IN about i0xi4 In size. open at one
,easd the derrick. lifted up with
- ID used as kitchen and living
Ihe men, except Brennan, had
5kS dinner and were standing around
- Nth each other. Suddenly, and
- warning, the explosion occurred,
7h u Instant the air WAS filed with
xflngments Of boiler iron, pieces OF
md escaping steam. which fIled
ffoW space where the men hsd been
re They were knocked down by
- Il the explosion and enyeioped
,o<sffln1 steam.
r. Abstraction Of the cabin was COM
ne roof. with the exception Of
IS bur feet. was blown of and the
= scattsred in every direction. The
- 0hfch had stood perhaps eight or ten
1pm the engine. was lifted bodily and
IN On it, side, and dishes, kitchen
80 and other small articles were
~ nbout In great confusion.
- wers several people about the
~ q The time. among ihem Council
M Jen@ and his three little children.
M NeGfegcr, engineer. and Henry
tutsman. The two latter had left
fllyW but short time before to 70 no
n md had proceeded but . short dis
0 vhen the noise OF the explosion
- them quickly hack 70 the spot,
- hey found Mr.. Jones engaged in
- What be could to alleviate the suffer-
I'D ~ unfortunate men.
ipwm 1t once summoned, and very
ID 0ncsr Won Rhein arrived with :
l1nes. and Owen. who was least injured,
- HID IL and taken to Providence hos
~ N ~ oficer. ConIey and Ryan were
~ aboard the towboat Mascot and
- around TO Yaslcr wharf, where .
IaiaN was procured. and they were ai.o
80 = ~ hospital DR.. Goodspeed had
- sunmoned. and a. soon ~ the In
nd M epuld b placed In bed and their
lothins Nmoved their wounds were
|1ssod.
y ~ band necessary. owing to the
nd , completely cover the face Of
- m. having places only for the eyes.
- I'd mouth. Their sufferings we're
Nmh bnt they bore them without
elhg They we're made - comfor table
nable. and last night were resting
1t viii b u least three weeks be-
y - will BE- able to get ont again.
nctlmAn Jones Was seen shortly after
1e1rfdent occurred and asked the cause
lAe1plosion. He could account for IL
- vsy. and said that he had not the
y Hes how 1t happened. He stated
- piledrivcr had not been ct work
~ \ The morning. although there were
pounds Of steam registered on the
II regard that ~ small pressure.
\. "as We have had ~ high - 125
III cf steam on. II was very strange.
j can assign no reason for II. g
Apl cost from 1890 to 81 500 TO re-
"a Re wreck. and work viii be resumed
- smother engine can b procured.
Asnall number OF pieces Of the boiler
. - smoke-stack we're left on the boat.
a,hs former being badly twisted and
- Judging from the appearance Of the
~ TIE boiler had been in use for . long
- md was not over strong in resistant
-. IL vas stated by one Of the injured
- Nat the engine was an old affair. and
~leFmore. that the steam guage did not
MY register the pressure. This. of
-, cannot be properly verified. neither
i mown whether or not the engineer Is
fknt
q Jones stated that both he and his
= children, whom he had taken down
~ ple-driver with him. had q most
nov escape. They had been on the
~ lsst Z few minutes before the expto-
and when IL occurred were luckily
= distance up the whsrf. Pete Nc
"a, the engineer, also fortunately es-
scaiding. He had been In the
g With his landlady. and followed soon
NJ. Jones and his children. They
ven away less than ten minutes.
~ Affair created considerable excite
Tor time around town. ~ il was
saoFed that several men had been
~ and large number OF men visited