The Locomotive - Lighthouse Survival Blog

1901.] THE LOCOMOTIVE. 25
(311.) — On November 9th a boiler exploded in A. G. Atkins' cotton gin, some live
miles south of Kingston, I. T. Mr. Atkins was badly injured, and may die. The entire
plant was wrecked.
(312.) — A boiler exploded in a machine shop, at Indianapolis, Ind., on November
10th. Benjamin Osborn was struck on the head by a flying fragment, and his skull was
fractured. At last accounts it was said that he would probably recover.
(313.) — A boiler exploded, on November 11th, in the basement of the Southern
Hotel, at Chattanooga. Tenu. Engineer Hodgkins was fearfully scalded about the face
and hands. The hotel was not seriously damaged.
(314.) — Oscar Brown, engineer at the Roane Iron Works, at Rockwood, near
Nashville, Tenn., was fatally injured by a boiler explosion on or about November 12th.
(315.) — A hot-water boiler exploded, on November 12th, in a shop near the
Mechanic Arts High School, Boston, Mass. John Boltz, a cabinet maker, was almost
instantly killed by being struck by a fragment of iron. The damage to property was
probably about $1,000. (We read in one account that the true cause of the explosion,
" according to an engineer,*' was that " the water in the pipes formed a vacuum, which
caused a back pressure into the boiler." We don't know what this means, but if a thing
like that can happen, it sounds as though it might produce an explosion, or almost
anything else.)
(316.) — A boiler exploded, on November 12th, in S. H. Stone's sawmill, at Brown's
Valley, near Oweusboro, Ky. Nobody was injured, and the damage was small.
(317.) — On November 12th a boiler owned by W. A. Gcehring exploded in the
Crow's Run oil field, near Zelienople, Pa. Nobody was injured.
(318.) — A boiler exploded at Metz, near Mannington, W. Va., on November 14th.
John Smith was painfully injured, but it is thought that he will recover. The accident
consisted in the failure of the crown sheet of the boiler.
(319.) — -A boiler exploded, on November 15th, at Clark's Corners, near Girard, Pa.
George Offord was struck by the front head of the boiler and thrown about eight rods.
He was almost instantly killed.
(320.) — On November 18th, a boiler exploded in Van Bergen ifc Company's foundry
and machine shops, at Carbondale, Pa. Engineer David Wilson was thrown 100 yards
and almost instantly killed. Several of the buildings about the plant were badly
damaged.
(321.) — A boiler exploded, on November 19th, in the V. M. C. A. rooms, at Elkhart,
Ind. The boiler was used for heating water for the bath-rooms, and nobody was
injured by the explosion. We do not know the extent of the property damage.
(322.) — On November 19th a boiler exploded in the Clipper feed mill, at El Dorado,
near Wichita, Ivans. Charles Dye received injuries that will probably prove fatal, and
A. N. Crowther and Grant Rogers were also seriously hurt, though it is believed that
both will recover. The south part of the mill was completely wrecked.
(323.) — On November 20th a boiler exploded on the Canadian Pacific steamer
International, at Ogdensburg, N. Y. Four firemen were badly scalded, but it believed
that they will recover.
(324.) — A slight boiler explosion occurred on November 22d, in the Plant shoe