The Locomotive - Lighthouse Survival Blog

118 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [August,
(147.) — A boiler exploded on June 12th at the basket factory in Peru, Ind. The
boiler room was demolished and the main building was badly wrecked. Samuel Pratt,
the night watchman, was killed, together with his eight-year-old son, Samuel Pratt, Jr.
The explosion took place at about eight o'clock in the evening, and the boy had just
brought his father's supper from home, and was standing by him, conversing. The
boiler, it is said, was blown high in the air, falling some 1,500 feet away. At last rrc-
counts the body of the elder Pratt had not been found.
(148.) — On June 14th, shortly after the steamer Ellis left Harrington's dock, in
Seattle, Wash., the loud report of an explosion was heard by those on the water front,
Fig. 7.
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Diagram Illustrating the Direct
Connection op a Stack to aw
Overhanging Front.
and immediately it was seen that something
was wrong with the steamer. She turned
from the direction in which she was pointed,
and put in at the Ocean dock, where it was
found that the main steam pipe had burst,
near the boiler. Fortunately, nobody was
hurt.
(149.) — A boiler exploded in a factory
at Lock Haven, Pa., on June 15th, tearing
off part of the roof of the building, and
throwing bricks and hot water in all direc-
tions. Subsequent examination showed that
the rear head of the boiler had blown out.
(150.) — On June 15th a boiler exploded
in G. J. Tinsley's machine shop, at 138tli
street and Third avenue. New York city.
Walter Henkel, a lad ten years old, was
struck by a piece of the boiler and seriously
injured about the head. Timothy Callahan
also received serious injuries about the
head and body, and William Foulks was
badly shaken up. Foulks, after being at-
tended by a physician, was removed to his
home. The others were cared for at the
Harlem Hospital.
(151.) — A boiler exploded in Ridgewood,
N. J., on June 20th. Superintendent
John J. Bogert was instantly killed, and his body was blown some distance. Engineer
John Harrington was seriously injured, and may die. Mr. Bogert was one of the leading
citizens of Ridgewood, and was a police justice, and president of the Ridgewood
Protective Association. The explosion demolished the engine house, and the property
loss, though not yet known with precision, will amount to thousands of dollars.
(152.) —On June 21st a boiler exploded in G. W. Donart's flouring mill in Mendon,
near Celina, Ohio. The building and machinery were totally wrecked, and the loss is
estimated at $6,000. Pieces of the machinery were found an eighth of a mile away. No
one was injured except the fireman, who received a severe shock.
(153.) —A boiler exploded on June 27th at Logan Davis's mill in the towm of Yale,
on the Atlantic & Danville Railroad, near Petersburg, Ya. There was a large force of