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(29.) — On January 22nd, a boiler exploded in R. D. Callaway's mill, near Washington,
Ga. Three men were seriously injured. The boiler was blown to fragments, and
hurled into the air in every direction. One piece damaged Mr. Callaway's house, some
three hundred yards away.
(30.) — Two boilers exploded, on January 22nd, in the Ohio Falls Iron Works, at
New Albany, Ind. Martin Finley was instantly killed, and John Morgan, Peter Wag-
ner, William Stephens, Thomas Jones, and James Stillings were injured. The building
was badly wrecked, and the property loss is estimated at $10,000.
(31.) — A boiler exploded, on January 23rd, in the power house of the North Hudson
County Railway Company, on Palisade avenue, Jersey City, N. J. Nobody was
injured.
(32.) — On January 23rd, a boiler exploded in the Ninth street plant of the Amer-
ican Steel & Wire Company, at Braddock, Pa. The head was blown out of the boiler,
seriously injuring Engineer George McYay.
(33.) — On January 24th a boiler exploded in the power house of the Dayton &
Northern Traction Company, near Brookville, Ohio. Mr. E. B. Eversole, the watchman,
was instantly killed.
(34.) — A boiler exploded, on January 25th, in the steel mill of Moorehead Brothers
& Company, at Pittsburg, Pa. Joseph Russe, Rock Tress, and Michael Koback
were badly scalded.
(35.) — On January 25th a boiler exploded at Green Forest, near Fort Smith, Ark.
John Jones, Stephen Jones, and the engineer were injured.
(36.) — A boiler exploded, on January 27th, in the city hospital, at Augusta, Ga.
The boiler room was wrecked, but nobody was injured.
(37.) — On January 27th a hot-water boiler exploded in the Fernwood Mansion, at
Lansdowne, near Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Sadie Davis was badly injured. The room in
which the boiler stood was wrecked, and the building took fire.
(38.) — On January 2Sth, a boiler exploded in a sawmill, at Ash, near Moberly, Mo.
John Ash and John Patrick were badly scalded.
(39.) — Foreman R. C. Porter and head Fireman Walter O'Malley were burned and
scalded, on January 30th, by a slight boiler explosion in Hammond's packing plant, at
South St. Joseph, Mo.
(40.) — A boiler exploded, on January 30th, at the No. 1 mine, at Burnett, near
Terre Haute, Ind. We have not learned further particulars.
(41.) — On Jauua^ 31st a boiler exploded in William Wicke & Company's cigar
factory, New York City. Fire followed the explosion, and the total property loss is
estimated at $1,500,000. Two men were killed, and twenty-two others were injured so
badly that they were removed to the hospital for treatment.
We desire to acknowledge a copy of Bugle Calls, a neat and attractive little book
on the labor question, written by Mr. Benjamin Wood, and published by Brentano, New
York city. (Price, $1.00.)