The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1901-11-28
BoTNEAU COUNTY d. THURSDAY NOV ga 1901
]! FOURTEEN 0 DEAD
8 TERR'1LE RESULT OF a soILEr.
EXPLOSION * in a De.
TRoIr FACTORY. N
BUILDING A TOTAL WRECK

BUILDING A TOTAL WRECK
Scores Of Employees Buried ii the
Ruins, Few Escaping Without In
Jury Thirty-eight Of the Dangerous
" Hurt Taken to Various Hospitals
Ruins Burning Fiercely Before the
Work of Rescue Is Completed. MS
Detroit, Nov. 27.-At least half q
hundred men who began their days
work in the factory Of the Penberthy
injector company are victims OF an ex.
plosdon OF the large boiler situated ID
one end Of the structures in which they
were at work. OF these IA are known
TO be dead and the bodies or several
others are believed to be beneath the
debris. E s.
The boiler was located In one end ot
three-story brick building. 81 by $50
xeet In size. The structure was in.
stantly and completely reduced to a
mass Of burning ruins. The only men
on the first floor. which was largely
utilized as storeroom, were the en-.
gineers, firemen and some workmen
who were making alterations. All OF
these were either killed or badly
manned. On the second floor were Is
dnishers; on the third were Is brass
moulders. Just how many escaped
from this building is not yet determin.
ed, but up to o'clock 38 injured had
been taken to hospitals and 12 dead
bodies had been gotten out of the
ruins.
The ruined building was separated
from the other portion of the factory
by an alley way. A portion OF the
wall of the second building was blown
in but none Of the inmates were Sc.
riously hurt. Samuel Riley. the enr
gineer, was taken from the ruins an
hour after the explosion. He had been
pinned under heavy shaft and his
face was cooked by the flames and he
was badly injured. He was, however,
still alive, though unable to explain
the cause of the disaster. AS soon as
news Of the explosion spread anxious
relatives Of the employees crowded to
the scene and struggled to enter the
ruins in search OF the missing.
Work Of Rescue Begun.
SO A gang Of city employees worked at
removing the hot debris as rapidly as
possible and ropes were hastily
stretched across the intersection Of
Abbott and Seventh streets to keep
back the excited crowds. Most OF the
injured were hurried to Emergency
hospital, four blocks distant.
Hugh Guy, city boiler inspector, says
that his deputies inspected the boil
ers in the Penberthy plant on July 5
and IL last. There were four boilers
in the plant, two horizontals and two
uprights. They were in use on alter
nate days and supposedly were well
cared for.
While the number OF missing has
narrowed somewhat during the after
noon, it is certain that several bod
les are still undiscovered.
President Johnson of the Penberthy
company is making q systematic
search for the employees by sending
messenger boys to their homes. He
said to the Associated Press that there
were two testing boilers In the plant,
also one 100-horse power upright and
one 100-horse power tubular.
IT am satisfied, he said, that 1t was
the latter which exploded. The boil
ers were tested regularly and it-Was
only a week ago that the boiler test
er complimented us on our careful enc
gineer.
The property loss amounts to $780,
900.
The flrst words OF Engineer Samuel
Riley, who Hes In Grace hospital IN g
dying condition. on returning TO con-
6ciousness, were: S1
How did 1t happen? EVERYTHING
was all right with the boiler and en-
CINE as far as knew. 8 =
The 14th body was taken from the
ruins during the afternoon.
Enter tWo more bodies were recov-
cred from the ruins, They were lying
side by side under section OF the roof
which had lallen III. They were SO
badly burned as to be unreeogntzable.
Regulatins Use of \ Rays.
4 The cure Of cancer ard other diseases
due to bacteria by the X rays, says
Chicago dlspatch, will result In legisla- !
tive action to prohibit any one but phy-i
sicians and surgeons operating with !.
the powerful rays upon patients, Dr..
Gilman's case Of Mrs. Orrin W. Pot-f
ter, who has suffered for years with |
cancer, has greatly interested medicalh [
men. The Chicago Medical society VIII !
ask legislati i've action.
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