The Locomotive - Lighthouse Survival Blog

24 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [Februart
Paper Mill (219). James H. McClintock and Charles A. Flonis were badly injured
and scalded, on Dec. 6th, by the explosion of a boiler in a paper mill in Lock Haven,
Pa. Although their injuries were serious and painful, they will recover. The damage
to property was not great.
Saw-Mill (220). At Black Hawk, a small lumbering town nine miles south of
Rapid City, S. D., a boiler exploded on Dec. 7th, in J. W. Wilcoxsen's saw mill. Ben
Richardson, the engineer, and two other employes named Stewart and Hart, were buried
in the ruins of the demolished building. Richardson was killed, but it is thoughtlirob-
able that Hart and Stewart will recover, though they were badly crushed.
Cotton Gin (221). A sad accident occurred twelve miles north of Russellville, Ark.,
on Dec. 7th. at the gin of Mr. Lewis Brashears. John Howard was assisting in rolling
some cotton bales away from the gin, when the boiler exploded, killing him instantly.
Mr. Brashears was scalded badly but not fatally.
Brick-yard (222). On Dec. 8th a boiler exploded in the brick-yard of Gillespy &
Jacob, near Wheeling, "W. Va. The building in which it stood was badly wrecked, but
nobody was injured. The boiler had been leaking, and was recently patched.
Planing Mill (223). Williams & Brothers' saw and planing-mills, at Red Springs,
near Fayetteville, N. C, were blown up on Dec. 10th by an explosion of the boiler. Twa
men were killed instantly and a number of others were wounded, some of whom are
expected to die. The entire building is a complete wreck.
Jail (224). A section of the heating boiler in the basement of the county jail in
Pekin, 111., exploded on Dec. 11th, flooding the floor with hot water. Nobody was hurt.
Car Heating Boiler (225).
On Dec. 11th a heater exploded in a C, H. & D. pas-
senger car in Wapakoneta, near Cincinnati, O. The top of the car was blown oflf and
the windows were all broken, but, so far as we could learn, there was nobody injured.
Locomotive (226). The boiler of locomotive Xo. 17, of the Montana Central Railroad,
exploded on Dec. 11 at Mitchell, near Great Falls, Montana. Engineer Bell and
his flreman were severely scalded. The track was badly torn up and travel was seriously
interfered with for a few days.
Paper Mill (227). A boiler exploded on Dec. 12th at the lower mill of the Ticonderoga
Pulp and Paper Company, Ticonderoga, N. Y. The mill was partially wrecked
and engineer Provincier was killed. Fireman Pelkey was painfully but not fatally hurt.
The boiler-house is a mass of ruins. One-half of the exploded boiler crashed through
the mill and lauded on a bleacher, and the other half was blown into a neighboring
creek. The property loss was estimated by some to be as high as $25,000.
Rolling Mills (228). On Dec. 13th two boilers exploded at the Newport Iron
and Steelworks, Newport, Ky., completely wrecking the lower half of the establishment.
The mill is situated on the Licking river, about half a mile from its mouth, and
was built of corrugated iron. Two of the firemen, Herman Wessling and George Reed,
were removed from the ruins, but they were so badly hurt that they died. Henry
Maoke was burned, but not fatally so. Two unknown tramps, who had been loitering
about the place, were at first supposed to be buried in the ruins, but their bodies could
not be found. The property loss is estimated at $10,000. Portions of the boiler were
found 1,200 feet away, and the explosion was heard in Cincinnati. There was an ex-
plosion at this mill six years ago, in which two men were killed.