The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-09
Part of a Brick Plant is
 Wrecked. MCINTYRE BROS. LOSERS Body of Negro Fireman Torn
 to Pieces. Property Loss Will be S7,000 With sS,00O Insurance-Will Re Re-
 built When Settlement Is Made.

By an explosion of the boiler of an eighty-horse power stationary engine at e:20 o'clock yesterday morn 'ng portion of the brick plant of Mcintyre Bros. on the-o1d Shell Road nearly two miles from the heart of Montgomery was wrecked and Tom King, negro fireman, was killed instantly
 The loss to the brick plant IS ap- proximated at s7,00O and the firm car rfed $5,000 casualty insurance. The wrecked portion of the plant will be rebuilt as soon as the insurance is adjusted.
 The shock of the explosion was dis tinctly felt throughout, the city, per sons residing at least three mil@s from the scene having said that they heard the report and felt the coucussi9n.
 The body of King, the negro fire man, was literally torn to pieces. Rem nants of the negro's body were scas- tered over an area of forty square rect and bits of his flesh in the wreckag9 afforded a grewsome spectacle to those who visited the brick plant yesterday afternoon. rs.,-
 The Hour Was Fortunate.
 If the terrible accident had net oc- cured early In the morning great loss of life might have resulted. About forty men are employed at the plant but they had not begun their days la bor. Only King, the negro hreman' and Edgar Knowlton, the white fore man. who had q marvellous escape from death were at the plant yester- day morning when preparations Tor the days work were commenced ana when the explosion occurred.
 Kings body was severed near the trunk. The trunk was found lying on the engine bed only few feet frola the side of the exploded boiler ana was mangled terribly.
 MT. Knowlton, the foreman, had just gone from the boiler room to well some yards from the brick engine house when the explosion occurred and he had a narrow escape from be- ing killed by the flying debris. King had fired up the boiler and had gotten up steam in it by 6:30 o'clock IL IS said that MT. Knowlton spoke to nm about getting up so much steam hall an hour before the plant began oper- ation.
 Living next to the boiler that explod- ed in the mass of masonry was llo horse power engine and boiler ana tnls was blown by the force of the explo- sion through a brick wall that formed one side of the engine room. Ihe tre- mendous mass of steel was fitted out of its socket and thrown hlteeh leeI out of the room as if a mighty derrick had picked it up and swung it out to It's present position on the ground Everything within q radius of forty feet of the explosion was demolished which Included the entire boiler house with all of its valuable machinery for making brick One brick cutter, valued at 5000 was about the only machine that was not reduced to scrap iron by the impact of the flying mass of steel and masonry.
 Boiler House Wrecked.
 The entire boiler house was wrecked and the east end of an adjoining shed was blown out and a portion of the north side of the roof was caved in.
 The property was insured against boiler explosions in the Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York for S5. 900 and an agent of the insurance company had inspected the boilers last Wednesday, w. A. Saffold, the local agent of the insurance company, wis tied the scene of the explosion with John Mcintyre and James Mcintyre. members of the firm. and made an in- vestigation as to the amount Of the damage It was placed at S4,925, but this will not completely cover the loss sustained by the firm.