The Locomotive - Lighthouse Survival Blog

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Slaitgiiter IIorsE (229). A boiler exploded in Lewis Frederick's slaughter house
in Heading, Pa., on Dee. VMh, blowing the loof oil the building.
Tank IIotsk (230).
The boiler in the New York Central tank house at Churehville,
near Rochester, N. Y., exploded on Dec. 14th, with terrific force. Tlie building, which
was about twentj' feet s(|uare, wa.s completely demolished, and the boiler was liurled
over telegrai)h poles and across Black Creek into Samuel Kichniond's orchard, twenty
rods away. Thomas Mooney, who was in charge of the pumping station, was sitting
about six feet from the boiler, but he escaped with oidy sligiit bruises. He is said to
have been " blown into the ash i)it."
Saw-^Iili, (331). The boiler in Swansey's steam saw-mill, situated a few miles
north of Columbus, Miss., burst on Dec. 15th, killing ^Ir. Ehvard Swansey and his negro
fireman, and destroying the mill.
Planing Mill (233). The boiler in the Marshall Lumber Company's planing mill,
one-half mile south of Brookhaveu, Miss., exploded on Dec. 16th. Henry Webb, the
fireman, was blown seventy-five feet, and died in half an hour from his injuries. No
one else was near the boiler at the time, all the other hands having just gone to work in
the mill. The boiler-house was completely demolished. A portion of the boiler was
blown across the Illinois Central railroad track, tearing down the telegraph wires on
both sides and falling in an old field 100 yards away. The force of the explosion was
terrific. Every house in town was jarred by the concussion and windows rattled. The
loss is estimated at $1,000.
Cotton Gin (333). On Dec. 17th a boiler exploded in the Gin house of Joseph H.
Lee, Fort White, Fla. Frank Smith was killed, and Mr. Lee and half a dozen others
were seriously injured. The building and contents were destroyed.
Pump House (334). At Venedito, Mexico, on Dec. 18th, the boiler in a pump house
belonging to the International Mexican railroad, exploded, killing one man instantly
and badly scalding two others. Epimania Garza, who was running the pump, had some
section hands wheeling in coal at the time the explosion occurred, and one of these men,
who was standing by the boiler, was killed. Garza, and another Mexican, were blown
sixty feet into the yard and badly scalded. The pump house was completely wrecked.
Heating Boiler (335). A small boiler exploded on Dec. 18th in the basement of
the South Hall in St. .Johnsbury, Vt. It wrecked the partitions and ceilings in its im-
mediate neighborhood, but the damage was not great, and nobody was hurt.
Locomotive (336). A locomotive exploded in the roundhouse of the Grand Trunk
railroad in London, Ont., on Dec. 19th, doing considerable damage to the building and
surrounding property. The concussion was felt in almost every part of the city. Wil-
liam Connor and William Campbell, Grand Trunk employes, were seriously injured.
The loss is estimated at $15,000. One account says, that "the whole city was shaken
like a reed in the wind by the shock."
HoRSE-SHOE Works (337). Three boilers in the large manufactory of the Perkins
Horse-shoe Company, at Valley Falls, near Providence, R. I., blew up on Dec. 19th, and
Nelson Judson, acting as night fireman, was instantly killed, and another man slightly
injured. One of the boilers was blown 300 feet into the Blackstone river. The build-
ing was badly wrecked.
Colliery (338). One of the large boilers in the Victoria colliery. Cape Breton
Island, Can., exploded on Dec. 34th, killing George Long, and injuring Daniel McDonald,
Cyril McAdam, John McSween, John McPherson, and Murdock Mclntyre. The