Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-18
THE RUSTY BOILER
DEToNATED AT NEwORLEANs YESTERDAY
MT. C. B. Penrose, Manager of the Union Cot ton Compress, Instantly Killed.
 Several Injured.

New Orleans, June 17.-A frightful ae- cident occurred about 10 o'clock this forenoon at the Union Cotton Press, on South Peters street.
 For several months past the press has been idle This morning at 8 o'clock steam was gotten up for the purpose of trying the machinery. About 10 o'clock several gentlemen from Mississippi, who desired to purchase the machinery, came to the press and the compress gang be- gan work in their presence. Four bales were pressed and fifth one was about to be made into a smaller bale, when one of the boilers exploded with ter rife detonation. The building was to- tally wrecked and bricks went flying Tn all directions. portion of the boiler was thrown some distance across the yard. Another piece passed through the wall and was thrown across South Peters street where it struck the wall of the Independent press and knocked hole through it about 10 feet square.
 There were fifteen men in the com press gang at the time the accident oc- cured. Besides these there were mum Der of others, including MT. Clement E. Penrose, one of the owners of the com press, and the prospective purchasers, MT. Penrose, s. J. Johnson and N. B. Shelby of Ellisville, Miss, and MT. M. H. Turner of Kosciusko Miss, who were standing near the machinery, midway between the boiler and the compress MT. Penrose was leaning against the wall while the other gentlemen were standing in an arch. To this fact they owe their lives. While MT. Penrose was almost instantly killed, the others were blown some distance and then crawled out of the debris. MT. Turner was slightly hurt on the leg. while MT Shelby received a slight scratch on the left arm Several of the compress gang were also hurt, but their injuries, with one or two exceptions, are not serious The compress is some distance from the boiler.
 The following is list of the killed and wounded:
 CLEM B. PENROsE, manager of the press.
 Wounded.
 Albert Frankenbush, seriously.
 Preston Kaya, seriously.
 Henry Schnider. internally.
 George Hynoh, in the back
 John Schultze in the arm.
 George Shomeyer, about the head
 Willie Ellis, in the back.
 George Lynn, arm and head,
 John Lynn, eye and head.
 M. H. Turner. about the leg.
 Henry Hefiier, about the left shoulder
 Laura Jones. in the head and shoulder
 The cause of the accident is a mystery The boiler which exploded was not an old one and was considered in good or der, and, as usual, there is said to have been plenty of water in 1t at the time it burst. MT. Penrose was well known here, and was a member of the firm of Penrose Brothers, press owners. He was also a school director of this city. He leaves widow and two children.
 Illustrating the old story of narrow escapes, while MT. Penrose was instantly killed where he stood at the moment of the explosion, boy, whose duty it was to perform some slight work With each bale of cotton after it was pressed and who was right at the side of the unfor- tunate man, Penrose, escaped literally without a scratch, although he had a thrilling experience in being actually car ried off his feet by the velocity of the wreck and flung clean through a gap in the wall on to South Peters street. How the boy came out of the wreck with his life will always remain a mystery.