New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-12
A HUGE FLYWHEEL BURSTS.
GREAT FRAGMENTS OF IRON TiIROwh
THROUGH THE AIR.
PIECES CRASH THROUGH HOUSEHOLDS DAMAGE
BUILDINGS AND INJURE SEVERAL PEOPLE
NARROW ESCAPE OF Waterman

NARROW ESCAPE OF A Waterman
TROLLEY CARS STOPPED FOR HOURS.
The huge fywheel of the great Corliss engine
used to operate the dynamos which supply
the mower for electrical traction the half-dozen
lines of the Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company
Brooklyn burst last evening. Thousand nyihs
fragments did much damage to the power-house
at Third-aye and Second-st and to ADJOINING
buildings and hurt several persons. Serious In
iury was received by no one but the Waterman II
the building had a narrow escape Inc engineer
escaped with a slight scalp wound
The engine was Of 5000 horse power and had
fywheel IS feet in diameter. run by p-inch oeis
at the rate of 500 revolutions a minute ABOUT Nv
o'clock lust after the heaviest traffic OF the DAY
was over without any warning, the great "hee'
flew into pieces The centrifugal force had over
come the cohesion of the particles OF iron In the
wheel weighing twenty tons. and In fragments
from a few ounces to two tons the "heei he" ior
a block or more around. The roof OF the west emu
of the building destroyed, and hVe houses
near by with coal office. were more or less
damaged The brick walls of the building In the
rear and on one side were broken down. Inc
noise was something terrific, and caused great
excitement in the neighborhood Of the power-nouse
The side of this is along n branch OF the "o"anuS
Canal and pieces of the wheel flew across 'his
and struck the houses in Carroll-st, on the OPP
posite side .
save the engineer were at the other end from the
dywheel John Caplin the engineer, had just oieo
M the engine and was not far from 1t when the
wheel burst He received only a scalp wouho.
Mrs Ann Keegan. of No. Az Carrol-st, was ths
most seriously hurt receiving a severe scalp "ou"o
and a probable fracture of the skull. She WAS
taken to the Brooklyn Hospital Her house. a. Two
story frame structure, damaged to the extent
of 800 Joseph Dooso. of No. AS Carroii-st ma"
his right arm broken The house OF MIS- JONAH"
Rober at No. 46s Carroll-st., was badly shaken ny
a large piece of the wheel. which struck It's founda.
ton The arm Of the wheel nearly deinom ,iS
the coal office OF Schroeder & Hortsman az tm H..
ave and Thrd-st. The house OF Herman scnu,itSS
at No 463 Carrol-st, and the rear nouSs are
nv John Miller, were also damaged. i"ese
al within the radius of block. a ly.-pounno
niece came down the house OF Dennis Murpny'
at Third-ave and Presdent-st, TWO plocns a""'
and era shed through to the second moor. $3.50. %
S,,nerjntendent Newkirk estimated the danaee -
give no reason for the bursting OF the wheel unless
Il was due to defect in the iron IL had Dsen ~ " a
ing about a year. The power-house is :" ny
feet and was built last year. 5000 ,u IN.
The bursting of the big wheel stopper a" 80
dvnamos and there was no power LOT .,le ..,as
in Atlantic Fifth, Seventh and WASHINGTON 49, -,
nd the other lines OF the company opsratei, ~
electricity for an hour and half AZ me emu n.
,hot lime connection was made with the supply
lie 81 rho Brooklyn City Railroad Company ~
Third ave and the cars were put IN operaau
is nrobabe that power will have 10 De ootIow 49,
for several days, until new hywheei ca" NC pu'
in MIA