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scalded that they cannot recover. The liot coals from tlio furnace were scattered in alF
directions, and a numljer of neij^hhorinj; bviildinjLTS tooi< tire and were destroyed.
Ainonfj those were the residence of James O'Connor and tl»c warcliouses of M. O'lirieii
and William Kopfsky. Other buildings were badly shattered by the concussion.
(80.) — James Duncan and Engineer Legctt were killed on IVfarch 14th by a boiler
explosion in Marthaville, Out. A workman named McKenzie was also seriously injured.
(81.) — A boiler exploded in Butte, Mont., on March 18th, and IT. J. Winkerwoerder
and John Kane were instantly killed. Paul Fethcrkylc was fatally hurt, and James
Mulligan received injuries which, though serious, may not prove fatal. Kane was
blown 315 feet.
(82.) — On March 18th a boiler exploded in a mill situated three miles north of
Lockbridge, la. The building was blown to pieces, and John Adams. Eugene Gates,
Townsley Baldozier, and a boy named Eshelman were killed. Theodore Lillyblade and
the owner of the mill, Michael Ilovern, were probably fatally hurt.
(83.) — Bear Ridge colliery, near Mahanoy Plane, Pa., was the scene of a boiler explosion
on March 19th. As the firemen, John and Michael Donnelly, brothers, were
cleaning the tires, two of a nest of boilers exploded, killing John instantly, and scald-
ing Michael so badly that he cannot recover. The exploded boilers displaced two others,
and demolished the buildings.
(84.) — A boiler exploded in Roanoke, Va., on March 23d, killing Engineer Joseph
Marsh, and severely injuring Fireman Jacob Owens, and James Ferguson, an employe.
(85.) —H. E. Lance & Son's mill at Leatherwood, Ky., was destroyed by a boiler
explosion on March 26th. Ed. Ilensly, the engineer, was instantly killed, and T. A.
Bancroft and Eddie Lance, the six-year-old son of the owner of the mill, were fatally
injured. George Wicks and Henry Madden also received dangerous injuries. Fireman
Pack had started for home, and so escaped.
(86.) — On March 27th a boiler exploded on Tioga Street, Philadelphia, Pa. George
Fouster was terribly burned about the face.
(87.) — A boiler exploded on March 27th in Mr. John Pharr's mill, two miles from
Docula, Ga. Mr. Pharr Avas injured so badly that he probably cannot recover, and his
son Claude was killed outright. No other person was seriously hurt.
(88.) — A boiler explosion occurred on March 28th near Russellville, Ala. John
Burfield was killed instantly, and James Ferguson died a few minutes afterward.
Crockett Gray was struck by flying fragments, and at last accounts was dying.
(89.) — McCarthy's mill, situated near Pueblo, Col., was totally wrecked by a boiler
explosion on March 29th. The engineer, Charles Langreame, was blown 200 feet and
killed. J. M. Hardin was badly injured, and Louis Murphy slightly so. Scarcely a
vestige of the plant was left in place.
(90.) — H. R. Knapp's mill, in Snowville, near Pomeroy, O., was the scene of a
boiler explosion on March 30th. The damage was not great, and nobody was hurt.
(91.) — Some friend sends us an account of the explosion of a boiler in a butter
dish factory, which resulted in the death of Mr. John Holliday, and in serious injuries
to John Wachael and George Brown. Unfortunately, our friend gives neither the^
date nor the place of the explosion.