The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-18
BURSTING OF The BOILERS.
FOTty-SiX Of Those Aboard the Bran
deRbuTs Dead.

The Accident Caused by the Breaking
of the Connecting Rod Used for
Turning On and OF the Steam From
the starboard Engine-All the Ste IA
Sent Rushing Into One Pipe-Tele-
grams from the Emperor.
Kiel. Feb. 17.-Six of the men injured
bv the explosion on the cruiser Branden-
burg died this morning, making forty-six
deaths from the accident.
TowED INTO THE HARBoR.
(Copvright, 1894 by the Associated Press.)
Berlin. Feb. 17.-The war-ship Brand
enburg has been towed into the harbor
and this morning her chief engineer was
found dead on board
The,Reichsanzeiger publishes the official
account Of the explosion. 1t says
that the warship was outside the harbor
and that all her twelve boilers were
being used The engines indicator
showed that about Z, 300 horse power was
being used; therefore, it is claimed that
there was no forced draught, as under
forced draught over 10000 horse power
would have been developed. The accident
happened through the breaking of the
connecting rod for turning on and off the
steam from the starboard engine.
The full head from all the boilers was
thus confined in the main steam pipe,
which was blown to pieces, and the
super-heated vapor found free ingress
into the engine room, which was filed
with people. The steam spread instanta-
neOusly throughout the rooms, scald-
ing every occupant, and penetrating
through the door leading to the
port engine room and thence through the
stairways into the upper rooms, where
the electrical machinery, distilling appa-
ratus and stores were situated. Almost
every person busily at work in these
rooms must have met with instant death.
APT TO HAPPEN IN EVERY NAVY.
Such accidents happen in every navy,
as every one knows who follows the pub
ished intelligence on such subjects
Since such high steam pressure, lin this
case II atmospheres) is used there is al
ways certain amount of danger for the
engineers, especially on the trial trip,
when it is necessary to ascertain whether
the machinery and the boiler meet
the requirements. 1t can never
be seen from the outside
whether the internal parts of the ma
chinery possess sufficient strength they,
therefore, must be tested, and all posi-
ble precautions are taken. But such an
accident could not have been averted and
it is gratifying to learn that in spite of
the magnitude of the disaster, the ad-
miral in command of the squadron was
able to report that the behavior of the
engine room staff must be described as
'most exemplary"
TELEGRAM FROM THE EMPEROR.
The emperor, accordingly, has taken
the opportunity to send a telegram to
Capt, Bondenmann, as follows: 1.-THE
heroic death which the victims met in
the faithful performance of their duty,
1nsures them forever place of honor in
the memory of their sovereign and in the
annals Of the German navy"
The emperor's message concludes:
with firm trust in God, we must sub
NIT to the workings of his inscruta BILE
VIII and look to the future to be consoled
and confident. I will cause tablet to be
placed in the garrison church at Kiel in
memory of the killed. For the rest
Full steam ahead"