Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19
MANY HURT IN EXP! CSI0N
MOLTEN IRON l.i BAYLEY FOUN
DRY RAINS DOWN ON HEADS
CT WORKMEN.
NINE BADLY INJURED.
Thirty-Ton Casting Was Being Poured
When Explosion Occurred from
Unknown Cause

MILWAUKEE, Wis. Oct. 10
Thirty tons of molten iron exploded III
Il mold 1T the foundry Of William Bay
ley * Sons company. I3+-1G6 Green
bush street, Friday afternoon, seriously
injur.ng four men. painfully burning
FIVE. and damaging the building to the
extent of 500. The casting Itself had
been seventeen days i'll the making, and
was worth 5000
Iron rlias to Roof.
The explosion, which took place about
) 0 o'clock. was heard for several blocks.
Tons of red hot iron shot up into the
ratterS OF the foundry from the mold
III which 1t Was being cast, and fell like
rain about the shop. The foreman, II.
). Paulus, Boil Orchard street, escaped
serious INJURY, but nine men were
burned SO that ambulances We're sum-
moned to take them home.
Paul POczek and Robert Quittschrei-
Der were so badly burned that they will
be dlS1gured 1Or lite. John IeuGtfS and
john Smith were next in order of in
Juries sustained. All of the burned men
We're taken to their homes, where they
are being treated The foundry is run
ming today, and that part where the eX-
plosion occurred will be made ready for
use during next week.
Following is list of the injured given
out by the company:
Paul Poczek, crane operator. 50 years
of age, residing at 1861 Second avenue;
seriously burned about the body and legs;
taken home In critical condition.
John Leugers, molder, 361 Orchard street;
burned about the body and head; recovery
doubtful.
John Smith, moder's helper % years of
age. residing at 351 Bellevue place; burned
about the body and bruised by being thrown
against pile of steel; condition serious
Robert Quittschreibcr. modcr, 50 years o
ago, residing at 343 Maple street; burned
about the arms and body and head bruised;
<hances fer recovery slight.
Edward Daehn, corCmaker, 40 years OF
age, residing at 400 Twenty-first stree,
hands and feet burned; not serious.
~; AG$HSt Engel. molder, llving at 9f3
ruised; painful, but not serious.
Henry Mueller. molder. rcs.dng at 5)1
Gf@hard street; hurled into Il pie OF sand
!'y force Of metal; escaped with slight
burns and bruises
Louis Schumacher, $50 Green street; pain
fbJ burned.
Midland Avenue, burned about body.
Henry Yungbluth, 231 Becher street;
slightly burned.
julius kInkee GIL Fifth avenue; slightly
burned.
I,rman Schultz, Go5 Eleventh avenue;
slightly burned
Villain Priescl, 522 Grove street; sight
Max, Hoefer Hayes avenue; slightly
burned.
Harry Marsdcn, 3G2 Florida street; slight
y burned.
Forty-Ton Casting Destroyed.
No one knew the cause Of the accident
Metal was being poured into 4 mold
from two sides. and the casting was
nearly completed. 1t was TO be Il huge
wheel Of tWcntv-four foot diameter
weighing forty tons before dressing, and
having ii siX-foot face or width. Only
q part of the meal which had been
poured i'll exploded, but the entire cast
ing must be rcmadc The work Of pour
ing in forty tons Of liquid metal had be-
gun at , O'Clock. When metal eighteen
inches deep i'll the north end of the mold
exploded it struck the roof sixty feet
above and set fire to it. The fire de,
2&rtment quickly put this out.