Bisbee daily review., 1913-06-22
FR|GHTFUL ACCIDENT
 TWO DEAD
Mrs. Beadle, Bride of Two Months, and Mrs. Ben Cable Expire from Terrible Burns At C. Q. Hospital.
ENGINEER HOWARD IS
 BELIEVED TO BE DYING
Let Stationary Boiler Go Dry Cold Water Turned In at Fairbank Brought Terrific Exposion-Sad Story.

From burns and steam in- haled, Mrs. Robert Beadle died shortly before 9 o'clock last night, and from the same causes Mrs. Ben F. Gable died at Il:l0.
 Lamoura Howard, held re- sponsible for the accident which caused the deaths, at an early hour this morning was barely alive. with the chances against his recovery. He is terribly burned.
 Mrs. Beadle was bride of just two months to day. and almost the exact hour, of the foreman of the E. P. & 5. w. accident which terminated in in her death. Her husband is foreman of the E. P & s. W. construction outfit with which the exploded boiler was employed at Fairbank. where it let go at o'clocl, yesterday afternoon.
 The boiler lifted fully 30 feet in the air with the explosion. It burned it self to the ground 50 feet from where it had been stationed. The force of the explosion was terrible. The two dead women and the engineer were hurled to the ground, enveloped in the escaping steam. which they caught full force.
 Mrs. Beadle and Mrs. Cable stopped at the boiler a minute before the ex- plosion for exchange of 8 passing word with Howard. The latter had been with the outfit some time and was supposedly a competent engineer. Opinion at Fairbank last night was that he had let his boiler go dry and turned on the cold water in a moment of destruction as the ladies stopped to speak to him. z
 The construction force visited by the shocking calamity has been tray cling from one job to another on the Southwestern. The three victims of yesterday had their homes with the construction train. Mrs. Beadle was about 24 years of age. Mrs. Cable was some years older. She considered Tucson her home. Mrs. Beadle for, merly lived a; Fl Paso.
 The summary Of the news as it stood upon the arrival of the injured at the copper Queen hospital last evening a: [ o'clock was as follows:
 MRS. ROBERT BEADLE, badiy burned, condition not considered ser ious.
 MRS. BEN F. CABLE. burned and scaldrd about face and body. condition serious.
 LAMoURA HOWARD. sealded, con dition rot considered serious.
 An three were uIconcious when brought to the hospital last evening from Fairbanks
 The boiler which exploded was To- CHfcG near the GGNhs aN T AiA De-AiA- A- was brought there some time ago 10 srpuly steam for riveting big water tank that is being erected. Al the ume of the explosion nearly all the men were working at the tank but How ard who was the engineeh Mrs. RsadIe and Mrs. Cable are the Vlves of two men employed in the water service.
 The cause of the explosion is not known Ii is presumed that the water ;n inc boiler was allowed to become exhausted and that the gauge was ci,hs- ont of order or unnotieed.
 Mrs Beadle and Mrs. Cable, besides 1Iov-ard. were all close to the ooilss vben without warning 1t let go The scaldipg steam shot out and burned oesb ike fire. The clothes of the VIC ,Sns were nearly torn off by the force Inf the explosion and all were thrown to tine ground where they lay uhcch cious. .,.-,o-
 Imnnediately following the explosion ,eIeohone messages were sent here and to Naco for physicians, urgent cal heinz made. The railroad ofhces were notifed and from that of the tran dispatcher at Douglas ar order was cent out to hold the main line tran at Naco until physicians should arrive