The Locomotive - Lighthouse Survival Blog

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Bernardino, Cal. At the time of the explosion the head brakeman was in the cab with
Engineer McCarty and the fireman. The brakeman and engineer were very badly in-
jured, and the fireman was severely scalded.
(239.)— On August 14th the boiler of a steam threshing outfit, belonging to John
Waite, exploded at Depew, near Emmetsburg, la. Engineer John Reddin was scalded
on the left leg and on both feet, and another employee, named Taylor, was slightly
burned.
(240.)— Owing to an overheated smokestack, fire broke out, on August 14th, at a
temporary water works crib, two miles out in the lake from Cleveland, Ohio; and im-
mediately after the fire broke out, the boiler exploded. As a result of the fire and ex-
plosion, eleven men were killed.
(241.)— On August 15th a boiler exploded in W. G. Jenkins' sawmill, at Mt. Hope,
near Randolph, Mo. Nobody was hurt, and the property loss was small.
(242.)— On August 16th a flue failed in a boiler in the basement of the Hall build-
ing, at Kansas City, Mo. Fireman Frederick Mayfield was badly bruised and scalded,
but will recover.
(243,)— A creosoting boiler exploded, on August 17th, in the Williamsport Wooden
Pipe Company's plant, at Cammal, Pa. Considerable damage was done, but nobody
was injured, as the explosion occurred at 4.30 in the morning, and nobody was in the
building except the night watchman.
(244.)— On August 17th the boiler of a threshing machine outfit exploded on the
Esperanza ranch, three miles from San Ardo, near Salinas, Cal. John A. Crane was
killed almost instantly, and Henry Rutherford and V. Lipkey were seriously injured.
(245.)— On August 18th the steamer Islander, the flagship of the Canadian Pacific
Navigation fleet, and the largest and fastest passenger steamer on the Victoria-Skagway
route, collided with an iceberg off Douglass Island, Alaska, and sank within fifteen
minutes after striking. Captain Foot and about sixty-five other persons, including
passengers and members of the crew, were drowned. To add to the horror of the terrible
disaster the Islander's boilers exploded as she went down, causing the death of many
of those who were struggling in the water.
(246.)— A boiler exploded, on August 21st, in S. P. Quick's sawmill, at Elkdale,
about two miles north of Crystal Lake, near Carbondale, Pa. Lewis Howell and Fireman
James Phillips were seriously injured, and it is doubtful if Phillips recovers. The
mill was completely demolished, hardly a single board of it being left standing.
(247.)— The boiler of a pump boat belonging to Loisel & Israel exploded, on
August 22d, at Rapidan Landing, near Donaldsonville, in St. James parish, La. A man
named Celestin was blown into the water and drowned, and Peter Bernard was fatally
injured. James Hall, Lawrence Reed, Harry Washington, Albert Fletcher, Robert Har-
ris, Gabriel Harris, Peter Gustave, Richard Bracksman, Henry Wells, Monroe Tyler,
Harry Randolph, and Arthur Parker were also injured. The pump boat was damaged
to the extent of about $1,000.
(248.)— On August 23d a threshing machine boiler exploded near Porter, Minn.
Mrs. C. L. Christenson was instantly killed, and Lars Christenson, John Amundson, and
one other man, whose name we have not learned, were injured.