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(145.)— On May 14th a boiler exploded in Tedder Bros.' saw-mill, at Live Oak,
some nine miles from Luraville, Fla. One man, whose name we do not know was
injured.
(146.)— The boiler of a Lehigh Valley locomotive exploded, on May 15th, at
Bloomsbury, N. J. The locomotive was being used as a pusher at the time of th(
explosion. The front portion of the boiler was blown off, crushing the caboose of the
train. Flagman George Hoodmacher and Brakeman John Meehan were fearfully
scalded, so that Hoodmacher died a day or two later. W. A. Clemmer, fireman of the
pusher, received minor injuries.
(147.)— On May 16th a boiler exploded, in J. H. McMillan's saw-mill, at Elizabeth
Bay, near Little Current, Algoma, Ont. Frederick Eaton, Thomas Bowser, and
Thomas Gaffney were killed.
(148.)— A slight boiler explosion occurred on May 16th, in the East Street School
building, at Chicopee, Mass. Nobody was injured, and the damage was small.
(149.)— A flue failed, on May 17th, in the boiler of the Canajoharie Creamery, at
Canajoharie, N. Y. Irene Maxim, a little girl who was standing near the boiler, was
badly burned, and may not recover. Her father, Frank Maxim, was also slightly
burned. No serious damage was done to property.
(150.)— A boiler exploded, on May 17th, in the Deadwyler-Byers saw-mills, at
Thelma, Clinch county, Ga. We have not learned further particulars.
(151.)—A boiler used for heating water in the Palace barber shop at Piano, Texas,
exploded on May 19th, doing considerable damage to the barber shop and to Hood's
restaurant, adjoining it. Fortunately nobody was injured.
(152.)—A boiler exploded, on May 20th, in the plant of the I. A. Dye Lumber
Company, at Janssen, Ark. Nobody was injured, but the building in which the boiler
stood was wrecked, and the machinery was damaged.
(153.)— A boiler belonging to Mr. Teis Zimmer exploded at Emden, near Peoria,
111., on May 21st. Nobody was injured.
(154.)— On May 21st a 48-inch boiler exploded in the basement of the Mandeville
block, at Lodi, Wis. Nobody was injured. The boiler passed up through two floors.
(155.)— On May 21st a boiler exploded at the Edward Cain oil well, on Middle
Island Creek, some seven miles from West Union, W. Va. Mr. L. P. Dingham was seri-
ously injured, and may not recover.
(150.)— A boiler exploded, on May 22d, at Card & Prosser's Klondike coal mine, sit-
uated in the southwestern suburbs of Lisbon, Ohio. Jefferson Davis was scalded so
badly that he died a day or two later. William Rigam, Hiley Lamborn, and Henry
Lamborn were also severely injured, though it is believed that they will recover. One
fragment of the boiler demolished one end of the brick boiler-house, while another passed
through a similar brick wall and then destroyed a large section of a trestle that was used
for cars that were being hauled from the mine.
(157.)— On May 24th a boiler exploded in Hector McOaskill's shingle mill at Big
Oak, Moore county, N. C. Joel Cagle was instantly killed, and three other men were
injured.
(158.) — On May 24th a flue failed in a boiler at the Union Stockyards, Chicago,
111. John Allen and Philip Othoff were seriously scalded and burned.