The Locomotive - Lighthouse Survival Blog

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Hurshman, Cyrus Myers, Thomas "Woods, and three unidentified men were killed. R.
W. Carew was fatally wounded, aud W. II. Dickey, Aaron B. Johnson, ('. J. Pellman,
Jolni Hal|)li, I). H. Handolj)h, Edward Ross, Gilbert Childrcs, Evans Freeman, William
Henry, James Howard, Charles Jackson, AVilliam Jackson, Fred Neil, Albert Robinson,
Holden Tate, Charles Thomas, and George Wasliington were bad?y scalded, and the
physicians said that ten of them will die. When the flue collapsed, the rear head of
the boiler also blew out, and the contents of the boiler were discharged among the in-
jured persons. The Ohio had headway enough to carry her to the river i)ank, and she
was made fast and attention was given to the wounded men. Two hours after the explo-
sion the ^Egeiis reached the scene of the disaster, and was at once placed at the disposal
of the Ohio, and the passengers were taken up the river to Cairo, where the wounded were
cared for in the Marine Hospital.
(124.) — On May 8th a boiler exploded in O'Brien's feather renovating establishment,
in New Bremen, Ohio. Franklin Huencke, an employe, was severely scalded, and nar-
rowly escaped death.
(125.) — A boiler exploded in Kansas City, Mo., on May 8th, killing Edward C. Kel-
leher, the fireman.
(126.) — On May 8th a boiler exploded near the town of Mitchell, in Martin County,
Ind. Francis Baker was fatally wounded, and three others, whose names we have not
learned, were injured seriously but not fatally.
(127.) — The boiler belonging to Erskine & Co., in Carbon, near Youngstown, Ohio,
exploded on May 9th. William Holliday and Lawrence Ripple, who were in the boiler
room at the time, were fearfully injured, and Holliday died shortly after the explosion.
At last accounts Ripple was living, but it was thought that there was very little
chance of his recovery. After the explosion the ruins took fire, aad the entire property
would have been destroyed but for the prompt action of Foreman Geddes, under whose
direction the fire was soon controlled.
(128.) — On May 10th the electric light station in La Junta, Col., was utterly de-
stroyed by the explosion of one of the boilers. Not a vestige of the large building was left
standing. It was valued at $20,000. Charles Shepard, the night engineer, was blown
100 feet away, striking against a large flouring mill. He was terribly injured, and died
in about ten minutes. Lester Edmunds was struck by flying debris, and may die. One
of the boilers was hurled entirely through the La Junta planing mill, 100 feet away,
destroying a heavy planer in its course. The damage to this mill is estimated at $3,000.
(129.)— By the explosion of a boiler in a factory in Sheboygan, Mich., on May 11th,
Herman Schultz, the fireman, was badly scalded about the face and hands.
(130.)— On May 12th two Ijoilers exploded at Lawrence Sz Moore's colliery, Mahanoy
Plane, Pa. The explosion displaced five other boilers, and wrecked the boiler-house
completely. The less was estimated at $3,000.
(131.) — Four persons were killed and several injured on May 13th by the explosion of
the boiler of engine No. 948 of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad, at Lebanon, Pa.
The killed are Levi Yocum, John Yocum, George SoUiday, and Willie Loudon. Wil-
liam Anspach was fatally injured, and his daughter Annie, who had just brought her
father's dinner, was also seriously and perhaps fatally injured. George Seller and Isaac
Beard were seriously hurt, and several persons who were half a block away received
minor injuries.