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(14.) — A boiler exploded, on January 10th, iu J. W. Smith's saw-mill, at Bolen,
near Waycross, Ga. Mr. Smith was painfully seal led and bruised.
(15.) — A boiler exploded, on January 11th, in Bedard & Morency's sash, blind,
and door factory, at Oak Park, near Chicago, 111. I. B. Procunier, Herman Beck, and
Charles Foss were severely injured. The boiler house was wrecked, and a sixty-foot
brick smoke stack was thrown down upon the ruins. The property loss is estimated at
$4,000.
(16.) — A heating boiler exploded, on January 12th, in John F. Callahan's grocery
store, at New Haven, Conn. John Leonard. William Keeley, Madeline Tucker, Gertrude
Callahan, and Mollie Callahan were injured. The building was considerably damaged,
and the property loss is estimated at $3,000.
(17.) — A boiler exploded, on January 12th, in Benjamin Jessie's saw-mill, near
Edmonton, Ky. The accident occurred during the dinner hour, and nobody was
injured. The building in which the boiler stood was wrecked, and fragments of the
boiler were thrown to a distance of from four to five hundred feet.
(18.) — A boiler exploded, on January 13th in the Green Ridge Iron "Works, at
Scranton, Pa. Nobody was injured. The property loss was about $2,000.
(19.) — A boiler exploded, on January 16th, in Robert Boggs' flouring mill, at Suterville,
Westmoreland County, Pa. John Boggs, the miller, was seriously injured. The
boiler was thrown one hundred and thirty yards, demolishing Colonel Eli Suter's house,
and considerably damaging the residence of Dr. Pierce.
(20.) — On January 16th. a boiler exploded at Wood ville, near Bowling Green, Ohio.
James Heltebrake was painfully injured, and the boiler house was completely wrecked.
(21.) — A boiler used for drilling an oil well, at Belfast, Allegany County, X. Y.,
exploded, on January 18th. Engineer Ives was badly bruised and scalded.
(22.) — A boiler exploded, on January 19th, at Marion, Ind., during the progress of
a fire at the Marion Pulp Company's plant. Chief Butler, Harry Polling, Frederick
Bennett, Thomas Hamilton, and Burr Hamilton, of the fire department, were badly
injured by the explosion, as was also William Nessler, manager of the mill.
(23.) — A heating boiler exploded, on January 20th, in Mr. II. M. Berrill's resi-
dence, at Portland, Me. Nobody was injured, «and the damage was small.
(24.) — A small boiler exploded, on January 20th, in Dr. John B. Zabriskie's carriage
house, on Church avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Nobody was injured, and the damage
was small.
(25.) — A small hot-water boiler exploded, on January 21st, in J. F. Morin'a bakery,
Lawrence, Mass. No one was hurt.
(26.) — On January 21st, a boiler exploded under the sidewalk in front of Xo. 14
West 29th street. New York. Several pedestrians barely escaped injury, and the whole
neighborhood was thrown into confusion.
(27.) — A heating boiler gave way, on January 22nd, iu C. B. Stow's new green-
houses, at Kingston. X. Y. Xo great damage was done.
(28.) — On January 22nd, a boiler exploded in William Haggard's sawmill, near
Morgantown, Ind. The place was wrecked, but nobody was injured.