The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-18
BURSTING BOILERS KILL MANY
AuiRtiN SHEET STEEL PLANT
ttNTON HRECKED.
Ivr,e Bodles M MoTEue- Others scat.
tered over the TOWn m Bus Huge
piece, oT Narhlnery Carried MANY
Nards and Dropped lpoa Houses

llrrfN 81 WA'nuherg NorfleN WAn1
Wards and Dropped lpOa Houses
.,ra> Ohio MAY Many men
woe ei and injured in a boiler OK.
20 the plant Of the American Shee,
... .n Plate Company here this after
ua.
H.ari Rex, assistant superintendent,
. . American Sheet and Tin Plate
l.mHlr said that twenty-five or thirty
r- u-.- dead
W.. than no men we're In the mill
a. ,. time of the explosion. and IL il not
..- "a that more than a dozen escaped
.r.
~r.an boilers exploded simultaneously
900. Z shaped addition near tho middle
o,t.. main mill All employees connected
49, that department. were torn 10 pierps
injured were carried 10 the porches
c. r1rhy residences by the first res.
,.ar. and later were hurried to the hos
rp.. n amhulances and automobiles.
Many are thou ght to he buried in the
ra.n- which caught fire Immediately
after the explosion. hut was exunguishel
.y mo ir- department
ur" hody was thrown through the side
of 're home of Henry Ruke. a block and
hall away from the wrecked plan,
Inc holy PASSED through the mouse.
came out on the other side. struck a
isur. and Knocked Il down N
Another body was picked up az the plant
rho limken Roller Bearing Axle Com
ra1y hall a m'!s away from the scene Of
'Es explosion. mans hand crashed
through the window ot tho otice. seventy
ryr feet away
The cause of the explosion is unknown
and 'h" boilers we're supposed 20 ~ sound
The whole sida II the plant was blown
on by tha explosion. Windows were
broken IN all houses within ? radius II a
quarter n a mile.
l.ouis Hughes fireman. and 4. ".
kaufman. stor"keeDer. were standing in
'H- -torehou-s .O fert away from tho
main plant The storehouse was damol-
shed, hut both men escaped death kauf-
man had only a few cuts and bruises. while
Hughes sustained a broken leg.
Patients a. the lnglesiie Hospital who
werr sbia gave up their rooms az lngleslce
% that the injured could b" cared for
One man whose Identity could not be
earned died d. the hosptsl snon after h.
was operated upon. Neither doctors nor
nurses knew his name and her, wa,
rIthihg in his clothes by which he could
he Identified Another MAJ. nlu,s I'M
known. who was operated upon Tor IN in
jury 10 his heal will die. % - thought
The mill II practically = wreck The
shell Of the boiler was thrown 6o feet
north Of the plant A boiler tube was
found upright in the ground IN Bridge
street, a long distance from the mil
p ' Mclean. construction engineer
FOR the Canton Sheet Steel COMPANY.
vas among ths first on the scene 1 Per
sonally saw eleven dead woramen. said
Nr Mclean I helped 70 dig on, the
.odiss and succeeded IN fndiag two.
On" u an Americas and the other II
i"reigner The American was about %
wears OF age
The windows Of the ONCE Of the Canton
sheet Steel Company were broken ~ the
.,p.o,son.
Walter True douhler a. the mill Who
vas removed 60 Inre-ide Hospital slightly .
injured. sad Z don't know wha' ha7- +.
tened I went outside the mall - o. Gus
'0mary after completing heat ana
reard loud report thought the engine
ryIinder head had blown out. but = hail Of
rleces u iron and brick sOon began % fal .
started 70 run 10 place Of safety sew
eral who ran with me said that some Of
the men were blown through the roof
n the plant was HE On the head and .
shoulder with missiles but kept on run :
ming
Despite a cold rain groups of grief /
stricken women stand about the wreck !
ir suspense a. 10 the safety Of their rela- I
tfvez
niinittls Rommgn vas - hs home
--p.ng when a lump % steel weighing
: I'd" pounds came through tho roof and .
vent on 10 the cellar In front 81 the
tHIse foot Wa found. 4 little further
say vas a fore arm end tho trunk 81 a
wan
\ piece ~ iron was driven through
'.a rsrber shop Of George Brain a quar-
Pop n mile away The directors ~ the
HrIn Stumping aad EnEmeling Com
r.rv were In session % the time - the
'lr.J-ion end immedis tely voted p gen h
o., subscription 10 the relief fund
NIs' Jessie Griss. stenogra pher - the
rocked works. was sitting ~ her desk
DO Office when the explosion occurred
Ns- Gr.ss escaped injury She sgid =
f.r a bright light and heard IN awful