The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-12-04


in the various hospitals Of the city SUI
fesing from terrible cuts and bu21s
ard other injuries, all results OF the
explosion Of oDe Of the boilers in the
Penberihy Injector comaaoy's large
plant at tie cocner Of ABBOTT s|reea
and B.ookiyn averue, Detroit, Mich,
at $50 o'clock Tu=s5sy Of last week.
Following are the oeaa:
4, BIyenr, rporitoy hard
4. Z 6LfmaG, isIhe hand.
Joseph City, ls:he hand,
4 Z M;l!sr, ls'&e ksad.
Eugene E~r;Esm. ia'he hatd.
Edward Burlsch, !stae 3so3.
Charles MeIyin, la;5o hsr3.
Patrick Ms;lcy, ca-psn.er.
j, Fsye, ssea p, tester.
len uriGept;Sed tcdjes
10 addition 10 the q ioju:ed in hos.
pitsls, dczsn or uoye Of sae enployes
who slfsrea c. parasively slight i ju
ries, ASIDE fIom the shock, were tsken
to their homes.
Taenty I'VE len ard teys have ros
IS yet Teen l5>a!el eitaer at their
homes CT ST lhe ncsp!tsls. The ter
uridenEifeo bodies acc,uns for ten ct
these, ano the officers Ct he company
say that they feel positive thss the ms
jor portion Of tie remsin!ng 10 ars b.
tonight as their homes. IoniS rs 6
great force Of men is ss&icAirg the
ruins By electric light ard the work
will rot be stopped until every foo: has
been examined.
THE FACTORY.
The Pe1herthy I1jIc:or conpaD9's
plant occupied half 3 squs1e at the
coc1er of Abbott street ard Brooklyn
a7enue. Ii Tss composed tf tTo brick
buildings, separated b. q Is foot alley.
Tbs rear bui,ding, in which the boiler
ess located sad which ass completely
dest.oye6, vas lhree stories in height,
81 feet IN depth and 100 feet vide.
The boiler room vas lccsteG at the
northwest corner Of the building On
the FIRST f9or. 1t was in this building
that most Of the naEufacturi & was
Gene. The first fooE vas unl!zsd as
the engine aH6 boiler rosn ano Io2m
for testing the output CT Ghe T:&nt.
The finishing snd brass naru.ao; urins
department was located OF the seccDd
floor, and the third floor Eas devoted to
The foundry. 1t is impossible to :e!l
exactly how mary men we're 81 Itrk IN
the various derartmer,s Of this rear
building wheD the explosion occurred
but the Cfice-s insist shst TIE number
vas not over IS. TGsre geTs ftur
boilers in tie plant, two ho!izontsl ones
which furnished steam for the engines
and two vertical boilers which were
used soisly to test iDjecaors. It Hls
the nor.zonts boiler which was ID use
this morning which let 60 and caused
the awful loss Of life.
WITHOUT WARNING
The awful crash came without the
slightest warning. Those in tie front
building said it seemed like the coz
.cussion Of sn inneREe csnnon. Tne
roof and floors OF the resr building
bulget upward scd then crashed doWr
with their hesvy loads Of machinery
s. d foundry spparAtus. Wsl!s, roof
aoc all dropped into q ehapeIess mass
Of debris. Windows il houses for a
block around we're broken BY the con
cussIon, and 6ging bricks 6tied the
nelghborirg yards. A dense cloud Of
dust arose, a1d as 1t settled, AID was
succeeded by denser clouds Of smoSe
and steam, sgonlzs6 cries began 10
come fIom the hesp Of tangled wood,
metal and b:icks. These VINO were
OILY partly buried franticaily cus
themselves out, and thea as energesI-
cal!y turned to digging for their en-
rsdes who seIe turied dsepsr.
FLAMES BROKE OUT
almost Immediately a:3 ,he hoTTcc CT
fire wss s6ceG to the suffering Ct the
imprisoned oDes.
4 fife s.asm was turnso II a1G Qc:ck
" rsspsnaeo 70. Calls we're sels CUT
toc s!l Tie aucu,snce5 n tie ci!y &rc
they Eele buc.ie0 10 tee goene. PerG.
iEg their arrival, Eelg3boriDg houses
were iu;Cea into teng, Tacy hospIssAs,
AID those pnyslcians wac we're n tic
YlcInlty ea-ea tie uS-rsI5 aS much =
they wcr. able. Tie 6.2. sInou.&roes
On the scene we're to;ai:y icaQt Qaste TO
carIy those who had already Deen ex
.rscted, ard express Eagcns and similar
yshieieS Se!e pressed in:o service.
As soon ss ,be s,aViLy Of tie sccl
DEN. Was resuz.d calls IOr scdisioua:
arenen were ssne in, and the apEs1a:us
came flying to the scene from ali parts
of The c.sy. While part Of the 6Eenen
turned taeir forts At the ire, HLloh
wss burning ie2o5ly II the centre Of
the wreck, ne greater nu0ae- CT than
seized AXIS and eroHbsss and began
prying out the victims who could be
seen or whose faint cries EaEe audible.
TIE department Of public 1orks Hss
notified OF the horror AID Immediately
sent all It's aVailshle De1 and horses to
the scene.
In comparatively shc-: tine, sll tie
lsbcrer. who could work to advantage
we're fsyerishiy throwing and puillDg
tbe debris out into Brooklyn avenue,
where it was loaded into wagons and
Carried IF.
The aocrs snd rocf hsd fallen at an
angle and formed SCI: Of huge :OorRer.
under which the hIe CURED
he,ceIy. Not until the 6renen had
chopped through this, did their streams
begin 10 have an sppTecla5le tn7ot o.
the fsnes.
TIE suffering Of those who were
buried beneath were lsteT mute!y testL,,
fed to by their chsrred and ciaoke1ea
bodies.
''How DID IT HAPPEN!
Engineer Riley was snong tie first
to be taken cut cf tie wreck. His es-
cspe vas little short Of miracn!ous?y.