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148 THE LOCO MOTIVE [October,
Supt. J. Lauuaer was seriously injured. The exploding boiler was blown through the
roof of the building, and a considerable portion of the building itself fell in.
(197.) — A boiler exploded on July 13th on the steamer Montour, as she was getting
\\\) -team, at Sunbury, Pa., for an excursion on the Susquehanna river. Pilot George
Frymire was killed and his body was blown into the river, from which it wasj-ecovered
next day. A number of boys were fishing near by. and several serious casualties occurred
among them. Allen K. Fetzer and his brother, Arthur M. Fetzer, were killed, and
Charles Keller and Frank Keller were fatally injured. William Pullen, Harry Adams,
and several others were also injured to a lesser extent. The Montour was a modern
boat, and was elegantly fitted up. She was seriously damaged, but we have seen no
estimate of the property loss.
(198.) — On July 17th a boiler exploded in Dunn & Holcomb's sawmill at Magee
Run, Warren county. Pa., two miles up river from Tidioute. The mill was completely
demolished, and fireman John Williams was badly scalded. The boiler was thrown
fifteen rods, wrecking a log train and demolishing several cars.
(199.) — On July 20th a threshing machine boiler exploded on George McKinley's
farm at Hunter, O. T. We did not learn of any personal injuries.
(200.) — A boiler exploded on July 20th in the elevator at Yelma, near Taylorville,
111. Matthias Tex and Eugene White were injured.
(201.) — A tube bursted on July 22d on the steamer Julia, in Jamaica Bay, near New
York city. The four hundred passengers were badly frightened, but nobody was hurt.
The Julia, which was disabled by the accident, was taken in tow by the Sunshine.
(202.) — On July 22d the torpedo boat Stringham went out from Newport, R. I., for
a ^peed run over the measured mile course. When she was just outside the breakwater,
a tube gave out in her after boiler, and the boat returned to the torpedo station. Six
men were scalded by the accident. The cause of the trouble is not clear, as it is said
that the pressure on the boiler was light, compared with the load for which it was
designed.
(203.) — A boiler exploded on July 22d in Betzman & Kerth's creamery at London,
near Cambridge, Wis. The building was considerably damaged.
(204.) — On July 22d a boiler exploded in Lyons, Swift & Co.'s lumber mill at Bon
Secour, Baldwin county, Ala. Engineer S. S. Hatt was killed, and fireman Robert Hayden
was injured. The property loss amounts to several thousand dollars.
(205.) — The boiler of a threshing machine exploded on July 22d on Clinton Boyd's
farm, some three miles north of Ashland, Ohio. Jay Jackson, John Wertman, John
Kissell, and George Beymer were severely injured.
(206.) — A boiler exploded on July 23d, near Abilene, Kans. Otto Krutze was
scalded so badly that he is not expected to recover, and two other men were also burned,
though not so seriously.
(207.) — Herbert Schiffer was fatally scalded on July 23d by the explosion of a
threshing machine boiler at Ridgedale, Iowa. He died a few hours after the accident.
(208.) — On July 23d a boiler exploded at Arthur Robertson's oil wells at Tilson-
burg, Ont. The boiler was thrown 100 feet, and three men who were working around it
at the time had narrow escapes from instant death.