The Locomotive - Lighthouse Survival Blog

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by iiilialiMt,^ stoain. At lust acCDiuits lit; was sulTcring great pain, but was expected to
live.
(185.) — On Auuf. 14thBartlett Brotlicrs' null in Nortli Adams, Mass., was destroyed
Ity file. Durin*,' the progress of the fire a GO-horse-power boiler exploded, and two firemen
hud a narrow escape from being killed by it. The employes were at dinner. The
loss is variously estimated at from $10,000 to $20,000.
(186.) — The Union Pacific steamer ^'l?j«/6' Faxon was blown up on Aug. 14th by the
•explosion of her boiler, while oil* Waite's bar, four miles west of Almota landing,
twenty miles from Colfax, on the Snake river, in the State of Washington. The decks
were ripped asunder, and the cabins whirled up in the air and fell piecemeal into the
Avater. The passengers and crew were also blown high into the air, and the survivors,
nearly all of whom were injured, struggled for life in the swift water till picked up by
rescuing boats. The killed are William Kidd, George Farrell, Paul Allen, 11. E. Bush,
John ^Iclntosh, Thomas Mcintosh, Mrs. Patrick Poi)pincll, and one unknown person.
Some of the bodies were frightfully mangled by being blown through the decks of the
steamer. The seriously injured are Sage Aiken, Jake Moritz, William Mohl, C. Law-
ton, Eoger Morris, Captain Baughman, an unknown passenger, and three Chinese
employes. The Faxon sank after the explosion.
(187.) — A freight train on the Ferry branch of the S., F. & W. railroad was piled
\ip into a terrible mass of wreckage, near Lakeland, Fla., on Aug. 15tb, by the explosion
of the boiler of the locomotive. Strange to say, the engineer and fireman were the only
persons hurt; they were badly scalded.
(188.) — A boiler exploded on Aug. 16th in the Wellington Mills, in Wellington,
near Lexington, Mo. Richard Johnson and Frank Albin were in.stantly killed. The
Jjoiler house was wrecked.
(189.) — On August 17th, a boiler exploded in the tow^n of Nord, near Chico, Cal.,
killing William Vettel, and injuring Robert Withrow and Alva Cook.
(190.) — A boiler explosion occurred on August 18th, at Roxabell, near Chillicothe,
Ohio. The killed are Robert Basson, Harry Roberts, and Benjamin Quinn.
(191.) — A slight boiler explosion took place at C. H. Sharpe's ice cream manu-
factory in Middletown, N. Y., on August 19th. The damage was not great, but Mr.
Sharpe, who was near the boiler at the time, was badly scalded about the face, hands,
and body.
(192.) — On August 19th, the head of a mud-drum blew out in Lambert & Bishop's
•mill, in Joliet, 111. George Parkins, Corey Robinson, and John Wightman were badly
hurt. Parkins was fearfully injured internally by inhaling steam. He died the next
day. Robinson, who was general manager of the mill, was terribly scalded on the
throat, breast, abdomen, legs, and arms. His physician thought he would recover, how-
ever. Wightman, who was superintendent, was scalded all over the front part of his
body, from his face to his knees ; and he was also struck by flying timbers. He will
probably recover. The property loss was estimated at about $2,000.
Jackson.
(193.) — A boiler exploded in Morton, Miss., on August 20th, killing a man named
(194.) — On August 21st, a boiler exploded in McNutt's mill, in Plymouth, Ohio.
The mill was not running at the time, but the boiler had been fired up for testing a new
jiiece o-f machinery. There were but three men in the mill at the time, one of whom,