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1901] THE LOCOMOTIVE. 5
(252.) — An appliance connected with a boiler, and forming part of it, exploded.
on September 11th, in the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pa. One man
was instantly killed, four were fatally injured, and four others were seriously burned.
(253) — On September 13th a boiler exploded on the excursion steamer Jacoh
Richtman, while the steamer was on its way from Florence to Omaha, Neb. Caleb
Haley, Edward Smith, Richard Allen, and Mrs. W Gwinn were severely scalded. The
boiler was of the locomotive type, and the accident consisted in the breakage of stay-
bolts and the failure of the crown-sheet.
(254.) —On September 13th a hot-water boiler exploded in the bathing department
of the Metropolitan barber shop, on Sixth and Walnut streets, Des Moines, Iowa.
Nobody was injured, and the damage was small.
(255.) — A boiler exploded at Sparrows Point, near Baltimore, Md., on September
14th. William M. Nelson was burned so badly that he died during the following night.
(256.) — On September 16th the boiler of switch engine No. 2271, on the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, exploded at Chicago, 111. Engineer J. R. Jackson was
thrown from the cab, and was somewhat bruised and scalded. The fireman had gone
ahead to turn a switch, and so escaped injury. Brakeman E. Breckenridge was thrown
from the top of a box car, and was painfully bruised. Conductor John Hayda was also
slightly injured. The forward ring of the barrel of the boiler opened at the bottom,
and was stripped entirely off. It was thrown 200 feet, over the round-house.
(257.) — On September 16th the boilerof Destrampe & Gauthier's threshing-machine
outfit exploded on Mrs. William Johnson's farm, on the Sturgeon river, near Chassell,
Mich. Joseph Gauthier, Peter Destrampe, Sr., Peter Destrampe, Jr., Narcisse Sounds.
and Paul Mertsching were injured. The property damage is estimated at $1,500.
(258.) — On September 17th a boiler exploded in Frank Schmidt's grain elevator, at
Carlyle, Mich. Mr. Schmitt, who was standing near the boiler at the time, was terribly
scalded and bruised, and died from the effects of his injuries some hours later.
(259.) — A slight boiler explosion occurred, on September 17th, at the Lexington
hotel, Chicago, 111. Fire followed the explosion, but we do not know the extent of the
damage.
(260.) — August Seber was killed, on September 18th, by the explosion of a threshing-machine
boiler at Ocheydan, near Worthington, Minn. The fireman was also badly
scalded.
(261.) — The boiler of a threshing-machine exploded, on September 18th, on John
Goat's farm, in Hassan township, near Minneapolis, Minn. John Corcoran was severely
injured, but it is believed that he will recover.
(262.) — A boiler exploded, on September 19th, on the steam yacht Amadis, near
New Castle, Del. The fireman was severely burned.
(263.) — On September 19th several flues failed in the boiler of the tug Valley
Forge, below New Castle, Del. We have not learned of any personal injuries.
(264.) — On September 22d a boiler exploded in Berry's woodyard at Chickasha.
I. T. Mr. Berry, Zaccheus McRay, Ward Stinson, Eugene Stinson, and four others were
seriously injured. Two of the injured may die. The boiler wa,« hrovvn 150 feet, de-
molishing the rear end of Mr. Berry's feed store in its flight.