The age-herald., 1900-12-04
AWFUL RESULT OF
 BOILER EXPLOSION Five Persons Killed and Thirteen
 Injured at Chicago THE BUILDING IS WRECKED  Accident Occurred in the Power House of the Chicago G Northwestern
 Railroad-Passenger Train
 Struck bv Eluind nabriS
THE BUILDING IS WRECKED

Chicago December 3.-Four men and one boy were instantly killed, and thirteen people injured by the explosion of a boiler in the power house of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad this evening. Sev- eral of the injured are hurt so badly that they may die. The dead are:
 AUGUST CLAMAN, section foreman.
 Unidentified man about 10 years of age blown through roof of building and fearful ly managled.
 Unidentified man about 20 years of age, blown through roof of building one leg torn off and otherwise mangled.
 Unidentified man, name supposed to be Schriner covered by falling debris.
 Unidentified boy, F years of age, willed by flying debis.
 The injured are:
 John Butterworth chief electrician of the power house; skull fractured, internal in- juries, will probably die. Anthony Kraus badly scalded, chest crushed, both elbows dslocated, will probably die. August Beck of Milwaukee, injured by part of the roof of parlor car falling on him. Mrs. Au- gust Beck, of Milwaukee,, thrown against the seat, internally injured, may die. Will jam Becker, of Sheboygan, Wiss., severely bruised Mrs Ethel Becker, of Sheboygan Wis., severely bruised. Michael McGreg or severely burned, may die. Joseph Ko- NSiohlJ SSN6iSly G6OTBe NIllllS, Se- verely burned. John Brown, severely burned. Carl Peters, arm broken. August aoltz, side and arm bruised Eugene Gin grich, blown through door of power house, slightly bruised.
 TWo-Story Structure.
 The power-house was a two-story struc- ture which stood west of the passenger sta tion and north of the tracks leading to it. On the first floor was the boiler-room, con- f0I mi hat low nf INNs1- Al,. dynamo room, which held nine dynamo9. Twelve men were employed around the building, and in addition to such of these as were present at the time, number of strangers were standing around watching the dynamos. Four of those killed were people not employed by the road, and all four bodies were taken to the morgue un- identified.
 At a few minutes past o'clock one of the boilers in the center of the row of four burst with>a detonation that was plainly heard at points mile away. The boiler nearest the tracks was the weak part, and it flew toward the depot tracks and landed fully seventy feet away from its starting point. The boiler itself which weighed ten tons, lies tonight sixty feet from the boiler-house.
 Just the explosion occurred the Ash land limited train was pulling out, and the boiler head and the boiler caught the last two cars, Pullman and a drawing-room car.
 Struck a Train. The boiler struck the train in the rear, while the boiler plowed through the one immediately in front Fortunately both flew high and struck the cars above the windows, carrying away portions of the roof and vestibule. But few of the passen- gers happened at the time to be in the end of the two cars hit by the flying metal, and such of them as were hurt were struck by flying splinters or suffered from being thrown violently to the floor
 On the train were MT. and Mrs. August Beck of Milwaukee and MT. and Mrs. Will liam Becker of Sheboygan, Wis. Both couples were returning from their bridal tour and all four were injured. Mrs. Beck was dashed against a seat in the car and sustained injuries which may prove fatal Neither of the cars was thrown from the track, and the engine drew them quite distance before coming to a stop The de- struction of the electric lighting plant plunged the depot into darkness and the pile of debris which was thrown across the tracks temporarily blocked the suburban traffic of the road.
 The property loss to the road will be $100,- O0O The boiler house was practically re- duced to a ruin, two sides being blown com pletely out and the costly electric plant was nearly torn to pieces. -~ The cause of the explosion Is mystery, the boilers having been inspected by the insurance companies on September 1 and November 1, and being reported in perfect condition.