The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-12-07
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l. PERSONS Killed and Twelve In
jured, Some Fatally.
4 the Latter u n Daushs-r nj
seaIthy Milwaukee BREWER
Who Had Just Completed
Her wedding Trip.

Aiaro. Dec. Five men and one
III mre instantly killed and ~ per-
SoG afurcd by the explosion OF a
boherm the power house of the Chi
caA Northwestern road Monday
eyhv Several of the injured are
hui D badly that they may die.
n dead: August Clemman. sec
id brennan. crushed by falling walls
wlkesanding near power house. An
toll rrause. fireman at power house.
n, rally injured; died on way TO
hoknl. August Weiss. section
hst struck by boiler. Joseph
spks section hand. caught under
hot,r Henry Schnur. Is years old,
eli, IN auditing Office of the North
W. an road. neck broken by flying
deSs while walking past power
N injured; John Buticrworth.
Oh II electrician Of the power house.
Ak IA fractured. internal Injuries.
wi spobahly die. August Beck,
Of Milwaukee. injured by part
OF roof OF a parlor car falling on
hi4 Mrs. August Beck, Of Milwau-
kct drown against seat. internally
in L.. may die: William Becker. of
Wis. severely bruised;
Nh Ethel Becker. of sheboygan.
WI slightly bruised. Michael Nc
Crt b.. severely burned. may die;
Jo&h Koyelski. Severely burned;
Gct ellis. severely burned; John
BrSa severely burned: Carl Peters.
ord hroken; August IIoltz. side and
ord riised: Eugene Gingrich. blown
th gh door OF power house. slightly
ord
power housc was a two-story
strt are which stood west Of the
pa< ager station and north Of the
traks leading into il. On the first
fo& sas the boiler room. containing
a rry Of four boilers. and the dy-
mad room. which held nine dyna-
mo Twelve men were employed
arth the building. and. In addition
10 IN of these a. were present at
I'D inc. 81 number Of str0ngers were
std g around watching the dy-
not known what caused the
ex son. a. everything In the boiler
rod seemed in excellent condition.
acdt ning To the injured men who
- in the place. A. q few min
uth ash 3 o'clock one Of the boilers
in center @. the row Of four burst
via dctonation that was plainly
he a. points a mile distant The
en the boiler house nearest the
trl4 was the weak part of the
stXDss and e few toward the de-
r3i tracks and landed fully 20 feet
iway from its starting point. The
roller itself. which weighed ten tons.
les a distance OF 60 feet from the
'oier house.
just rs the explosion occurred the
Ashland limited train was pulling GU.
y he station. and all the cars except
he Pullman sleeper and q drawing
Dom car had passed. The boiler
truck the car in the rear. while the
,oiler head plowed through the one
Immediately in front. Fortunately
,o.h few high rnd struck the ears
hove the windows, carrying away
,ortions Of the roof and vesiibule.
But few Of the passengers happened
Il the time to be i'm the ends OF the
wo cars hit by the flying metal, and
rch Of them as were hurt were struck
w flying splinters OF suffered from
,eing thrown violently TO the floor of
ne car.
Milwaukee, Wis. Dec. Mrs. Au-
.rst Beck. who was injured in the
,ower house explosion la Chicago, Is
daughter of Charles Uihlein. a
scalthy brewer OF this city. Mrs
Beck was recently married, and. with
ier husband. was just completing
heir wedding trip