The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-25
EXPLOSION KILLS TWO
[ t.oroNoTIVE BOILER BLOW" NEAR RIDERSVIILE.
Fireman Lose Their Lives SnsS TN,z1o Unknown Negroes are Iniured--No Explanation or
 Occurrence.
Aarertiser Bureau.

Advertiser
 Selma, June 24:
 4to,Iers of h disastrous boiler a~niosfon which occurred last l5 ns s,Apr R,dersville between any 1,,e n'cIock were learned here of tbe
 i'c. of the one of the engines or the pot.1, road of the Jackson Lumper toss.nS ls,v exnlodad from some unknown ,se and resulted in the death or t"o sean and the injuring Of two othels'
 The dead are:
 D p Moore, white, engineer.
 Grant Peoples, negro, fireman
 The injured are two s neg and who rames could not be learned ana . Wno .a nei riding on the engine at the time of the explosion. Thelr !nyu while serious will not prove tatal;
 The engine when it exploded had Just left a logging camp of the Jacksoh Iumber Company on Sano Mouner,il' .,, aho,t eight miles from RidersVllle' I,so. the engine with the logging train .uIIad ont from the camp the engine Seemed to be in perfect condltlon' as st is stated that just before the tram Ieft the camp Engineer Moore naoe thorourh examination and found that it was all right and that there was p1enty of water in the boiler
 S,,SdonIv when about a mile had been sone from the logging camp the boiler of inc engine exploded and scattered Inc engine in every direction ana tnre" Soos from the train. instantly kllIlhs inc engineer. whose remains were afterwards picked up in sections, DlI : saront narts of his body were founo 1t,i..s heside the track at the point -.hape the explosion took place and ms N"aad had been blown entirely from the
 Tba negro fireman. Grant Peoples. uas terribly scalded by the steam ana water from the boiler and early tnls he off tniurIes that he had received AL the t,-,a the explosion occurred there were tr,o negroes also riding on the engine from the logging camp to RidersVille. One of these negroes was on the cawcatcher or pilot of the engine and WAS only slightly injured by the ex- nIoaion His injuries consists or a ,,n,her of burns which he received err'v, tbe escaping steam. The other saoro at the time of the explosion was rtSino on the tender of the engine and ! aIao escaped with a few burns. Dr. > cz Cav of this went to the scene or the explosion last night and did all thai
 medical science could do 10 relleVe tnt suffering of the injured. but at an early bour this morning the negro Peoples died from the effects of the burns thai he had received logging road as No. 5, was blown al to pieces by the explosion anu iS total wreck While a number ol negroes were scattered about on th' train among the logs none of then received the slightest injuries from thu explosion although the force of the ex ploding engine was terrific and wal Il heard for several miles. Some year ago the same engine while pulling [ logging train over the same road turned over and killed the engineer. Norman Cunningham.
 What caused the explosion of tn boiler on the engine seems to be mystery to the officials of the lumbe
 mill and no cause can be assigned. MT Moore leaves a wife and several chil dren to mourn his death. and his re mains were inferred at Ridersville thu afternoon.
 Cumberland PresbyterIans to Meet. Beginning on the 11th and lastin until the 14th of July there will b held at Green Pond a big meeting c the Cumberland Presbyterian Churc at that place. Delegates from nearl every Gun berland Presbyterian Chucc in the State will be present A larg
 number of the members of the CumbeI land Presbyterian Church of this cit will attend the meeting and the meet ing will no doubt result in much goo
 tO that 6Froun5u