The Locomotive - Lighthouse Survival Blog

52 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [April,
(This is the second within a month.) The boiler was owned by the Vicksburg Cottoit
Press Association, and was situated on tlie corner of Henry and Water streets. James.
Calder, the engineer, was instantly killed. Joe Finichi was also killed outright, his
head being blown off. William Clifton had his skull fractured and died a few hours
later. In addition to these, tlie following men received jiainful injuries, and two of
them may not recover : George Phillips, Burrell Franklin, Gloster Bruin, Moses
Mitchell, Henry Campbell, William Brackett, Thomas Robinson, James Edgar, William
Miller, Fred. Bodley, Ben. Brown, and Nathan Woods. The property loss was estimated
at $7,000 or $8,000.
(41.) — By the explosion of a small boiler on West Ottawa street, Leavenworth,
Kan., on February 2d, property estimated as worth $2,000 was destroyed. The boiler
belonged to W. H. Rose. Nobody was hurt.
(42.) — Two boilers in a battery of six exploded on February 3d in Girardville,
near Ashland, Pa. The explosion occurred in the morning, before the employes had
arrived, so that no personal injuries resulted. None of the men employed in the boiler-
house were near by. The boiler-house was badly damaged, and the remaining four
boilers were dismantled.
(43.) — On February 3d a boiler exploded in the Granger mill in Somerset, Pa. The
boiler was blown up through the second floor of the mill, killing Samuel Houpt in its
passage. Mr. Frank B. Granger, who was near Houpt, was not hurt, though timbers
fell all about him and he was enveloped in steam. He managed to crawl to a window
for air, and fell through a hole to the first floor. The mill is a total wreck, and the
machinery was blown in all directions. William Stoddard, an employe, was slightly
injured.
(44.) — On February 4th a boiler exploded at the Waugh Steel Works, in Belleville,
111. Three men were killed.
(45.) — A boiler exploded in Tyler, Tex., on February 8th, instantly killing Fireman
Julius Raspberry, and seriously and perhajis fatally injuring a ]\Ir. IMcMahan. The-
engineer, Burt Wheeler, was also slightly cut and bruised about the face. The explo-
sion did considerable damage to adjacent property. The boiler itself was hurled 200feet,
and fragments of it carried away 50 feet of awnings. From 200 to 300 window
panes iu the vicinity were broken by the concussion.
(46.) — A slight explosion in C. W. Hayes's factory in Haverhill, Mass., on February
8th, threw 2,000 people out of work temporarily. Nobody was injured and no damage
was done, except to the boiler.
(47.) — A small boiler used by some plumbers in Newark, N. J., exploded on
February 8th. The workmen were hurled against the walls of the building, and oneman,
whose name we could not learn, was badly injured.
(48.) — A boiler exploded in Riverton, near McKeesport, Pa., on February 9th.
Engineer Ross Leonard was badly hurt al)out the back, and Fireman Larry Davidson
had an ankle broken, and was otherwise hurt.
(49.) — On February lOth a boiler exploded in the Isaac Mott residence, occupied
by a Mr. Walker, in Glens Falls, N. Y.
(50.) — xV boiler exjiloded on February 12th in Marshall's mills, in Hickory Grove^
near Dexter, Iowa. The building was considerably damaged, but nobody was hurt.