Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-12-15
A NARROW ESCAPE.
HE Blatchly and wife have a Mar
row Escape from Severe Injury,
A Centrifugal Extractor at the Steam
Laundry Bursts into Fifty Pieces.


HE. Blatchly, proprietor Of the steam
laundry, and his wife had miraculous
escape from serious and perhaps fatal
injury at the laundry last Wednesday
morning. They were at work at the
centrifugal extractor, the huge steam
"vringer" located in the engine room,
when Mr.. Blatchly heard a peculiar
sound in the interior OF the machine,
and believing that something was wrong
turned off the steam power, and was
inst in the act OF putting on the brake
when the revolving mass OF cast-iron
broke into fifty pieces which were hurled
in every direction about the building.
One large piece passed within few in
ches OF Mrs. Blatchly, but the only dam
ace it wrought was to the walls OF the
room. Another piece passed uncomlor-
tablv close to Mr.. BIS ear and struck
the engine, and so great was its velocity
that it crashed through the cast-iron
head OF the engine. The marks made
nv the hying pieces are seen in every
part OF tht room, and the wonder is that
neither OF the occupants OF the room
were injured.
The extractor was a machine made of
cast-iron and brass, and weighed about
400 pounds, and was commonly run at
sneed OF 2OOO revolutions per minute, al
though at the time i, burst speed was
not over 1900 revolutions. The machine
was an entire loss, and to replace it, and
TO repair the other machinery damaged
by the accident, will take $50, but Mr..
B. can congratulate himself that it re-
suited in nothing more serious.
Prof. Snyder, of the public school,
believes, and rightly, too, that every boy
and girl should read the news OF the day
and should cultivate taste for reading
NEWSPAPERS. With this end in view he
decided to have his pupils read from a
newspaper occasionally at the times OF
the regular exerciae-in- reading at the
school. Then he set about to find out
what newspaper could be brought to
school ~ the greatest number in order
that all could be supplied with copy
at the time OF reading. a vote showed
that nearly every pupil in school could
bring a HERALD while only three or four
hands went up to the name OF any
other paper. As a consequence the
class in reading used the HERALD in the
place OF the regular text book last Tues
day.
-Rcv. L. W. Gowen, who lett Pull
man several weeks ago to 20 to Boise
City, Idaho, attempting to make the
trip by wagon, got as far as Asotin, on
Snake river where he had to stop for
the winter. He is now preaching at
Asotin and in the surrounding districts
and with his family is well located.
DR.. Essig, OF Spokane, is expected to
come to Pullman to-day to investigate
the case Of young Williams who is sui
fering from a tumor in the brain. The
young man is partially paralyzed from
the effect Of the tumor, and it is prob
able that an attempt will be made to re-
move the cause.
The articles presented to the a8rl-
cultural college by the state words tar
Commission have arrived, and are now
being placed in the college labratory,
where they will remain till the hail is
completed. The hall will contain rooms
for the museum.
Make merry during the coming hol-
iday season by attending every attrac-
tion possible, as it will goa great way
toward making things look brighter, ana
will drive away the blues, and aid youl
digestion.
AS commissioners to the state road
convention, to be held in Olympia De-
cember 10th, the county commissioners
have appointed II. H. Spaulding, 1. H.
Logsdon and j. q. Gibson,
The 81. Q, O. f. F. r. c., society
composed OF girls, will entertain then
gentlemen friends OF the b. II. I. ;. q
at the Muncy residence Saturday even
Ing. The alphabet will all be there.
The county commissioners have de-
lcd to purchase 100 acres OF land Tor
county poor farm. Bids for the same
will be opened by the board at its meet
ing IN January 4th, 1894.
The auditorium dramatic club ha'
postponed its minstrel show indefinitely
but will appear in "Muldoon's Plcnic'
side-splitting comedy, on Friday even
ing, December 22d.
Three inchess of snow fell Thursda!