Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-12-09
EXPLOSION TEARS up THINGS.
Boiler Goes to Pieces Suddenly and Con-
siderable Damage is Done.

At l2:5O O'Clock today boiler
exploded at the ginnery and saw
mill Of Ed. Goodman, located just
beyond Cold Water Greek at the
Dan Cook place, when Lloyd
Haynes, the young son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Haynes. of No. 5 town.
shlw, was fatally injured and the
engine, boiler and shed under
which it was placed were blown
into atoms.
Mr.. Goodman and young
Haynes were at the engine prepar-
ing to start up after taking their
nosnday lunch, and while Mr..
Goodman was under the gin plac-
Ing belt, young Haynes was at
the engine turning the driving
wheel with his hands, in order to
assist in getting the belts regulat-
ed. A leak sprung in the front
end of the boiler, and before eth
er of the men realized the situa-
tlon, the big steam, death-dealing
machine rosa up from its bed and
with an explosion that was heard
for mile distant, leaped through
space a distance of one hundred
and fifty feet, totally wrecking
the shed under which it had been
placed and scattering the brick
foundation for several hundred
yards to the east and south of the
site, covering the hillside with de-
bris and steam pipes, fixtures, etc.,
and at the same time imbedding
the young man Haynes in the
brick wall with his head pinioned
against the driving wheel at which
he was at work.
The boy was taken from the
wreck aud it was found that his
left leg, from just below the knee
down vas broken and mashed in
to pulp, his right leg broken just
below the thigh and his left arm
had been splintered and broken in
one or more places. He was con-
veyed to the home of Mr.. Luther
Nellser, where he is now lying in
dying condition, bleeding inter-
nally and threatened with conges-
tive chills. 1t is said that the
young man cannot live many
hours, if he is not dead before the
paper goes to press.
The shed in which the boiler
had been placed is a complete and
total wreck, and the pine grove
thirty to one hundred feet north
of the site is blackened with the
steam that spouted from the
broken pipes as the big mass of
iron took it's flight through the
air.
Mr.. Goodman has been operat-
ing the ginnery for several months
and Haynes was retained there as
a helper. Brown Bostian and
Henry Barnhardt were at the gi0
at the time Of the explosion, but
were on the upper side of the gin
and did not come in contact with
any of the flying mass of timber
and fixtures that were scattered
broadcast over the field. Had not
Haynes been between the engine
and boiler, he would have been
blown into eternity instantly.
A force of hands who had been
operating wood saw at the lower
end and directly in the path of
the big boiler, had knocked off
for dinner and had not returned
to work when the explosion occur
red. There were five of them at
work there this morning and all
were to have returned after the
dinner hour to resume work.
The boiler was an old one aud
had been in use for probably &C
years, having been used by the
late Joe Misenheimer. who died
from the effects Of steam escaping
from the same boiler in 1898.
Mr., Goodman stated to Trl
bune man that there was not &
heavy head of steam on at the
time, only about ninety pound,
being registered, and the accident
+! was due almost entirely to tht
giving away of the front parts
which had been burnt out Con
cord Tribune, Dec. 3rd.