The Locomotive - Lighthouse Survival Blog

100 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [July,
near Ogdensburg, N. Y. Several men were at work near by. but all escaped injury.
The boiler was thrown about 150 feet in the air, landing on the top of a passing
Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain freight train.
(114.)— A peculiar, compound explosion occurred on April 7th, at Spring City, on
the Cincinnati Southern railroad, near Rockwood, Tenn. A double-header freight
train, loaded with iron ore and southward bound, struck a cow and jumped the track.
The boilers of both locomotives exploded. Fireman James Dugger was fatally scalded,
and Robert Bradshaw, William Williams, Walter Elliot, engineer Miller, and one other
man whose name we have not learned, were injured. One of the injured men may die.
(115.)— On April 8th a boiler exploded in the plate department of the Riverside
Mill, at Benwood, near Wheeling, W. Va. Nobody was injured as the direct result of
the explosion, but Mr. C. E. Davis, in running away, fell and was badly hurt by his
fall.
(116.)— A boiler exploded, on April 9th, at Rebersburg, Center county, Pa. The
mill was blown to atoms, and Henry Wohlfort, Wallace Bierley, and Reuben Messer
were injured.
(117.)— A boiler exploded in the Great Western Elevator, at Hunter, N. D., on
April 10th. A man named Stinso was injured. We do not know the extent of the
property loss.
(118.)— On April 10th a boiler exploded in the Michigan Manufacturing and Lumber
Company's plant, at Rose City, near West Branch, Mich. Fireman Oliver Allen was
killed, and a young man named Arnold was seriously injured. The boiler house was
completely demolished.
(119.)— A boiler exploded, on April 10th, in the Builders' Manufacturing Com-
pany's plant, at Norfolk, Va. W. S. Harrell and Turner Batler were killed, and the
plant was completely wrecked. The property loss was estimated at §12,000.
(120.)— On April 11th a boiler exploded in Lewis M. Marr & Sons' clothes-pin
factory, at West Paris, Maine. Engineer Herbert Emmons was fearfully injured, and
died a few hours later. The entire main building was moved on its foundation, and the
property loss is estimated at from $4,000 to $6,000.
(121.)— Two boilers used to pump oil wells on the Cameron and Smith leases, in
South Strabane township, near Washington, Pa., exploded on April 12th. Fortunately
nobody was injured. The shock of the explosion was felt at Washington, two miles
distant.
(122.)— A boiler exploded, on April 13th, in James Harrison's sawmill, at Derby,
near Tell City, Ind. James Hendershot and the proprietor, James Harrison, each
received severe injuries, but at last accounts it was "believed that they would recover.
(123.)— A boiler exploded, on or about April 13th, in a large lumber mill at
Vintondale, Cambria county, Pa. We have not learned particulars, except that the mill
was destroyed.
(124.)— On April 16th a boiler exploded in Brakeen Brothers' sawmill, at Mt.
Olive, near Gulfport, Miss. Two men were severely injured. The mill was wrecked.
The property loss was probably $10,000.
(125.)— On April 16th a boiler exploded in J. H. Riney's sassafras mill, at Gilbert,