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by Charles Desch, at Chickasaw, about twelve miles south of Celina, Ohio. Charles
Desch was seriously injured, and his son John was instantly killed by having his skull
and chest crushed by a flying fragment. His two other sons, Jacob and August, were
also more or less injured. No estimate of the damage to property is given.
(52.) — A boiler exploded in the Belmont brick works, at Bellaire, W. Va., about
February 14th. We have not learned further particulars, except that this explosion
(presumably on account of its violence) was for some time believed to be a dynamite
explosion.
(53.) — On February 14th a boiler exploded in the J. K. Davidson Commission
company's elevator "A," at Parsons, Kaus. Engineer William Olin received injuries
from which he may not recover. The fireman and one other man were also badly
scalded. The boiler room was wrecked.
(54.) — The crown-sheet of a locomotive on the Northern Pacific railroad gave way,
on February 14th, near Winnipeg, Man. Fireman Prendergast was blown out of the
cab, but was not seriously injured.
(55.) — On February 15th a heating boiler exploded in Henry S. Farnum's hardware
store, at Uxbridge, Mass. Nobody was injured, and the damage wT as chiefly confined
to the heating apparatus.
(56.) — On February 15th a boiler exploded in Cheves & Sons' sawmills, at Damas-
cus, Ga. William Green and James Garsi were killed, and W. C. Etler and another
man whose name we have not learned were injured. The boiler and its settings were
scattered all about, over a radius of 300 feet, and the surroundings were completely
wrecked. The boiler was a new one, and had just been put in.
(57.) — An auxiliary boiler, used to keep steam up, ready for emergencies, exploded,
on February 18th, in the basement of the building occupied by fire engine company No.
144, on West Fifteenth street, Coney Island, N.Y. John Bowen, Henry Ericher, and
Charles Wakerman were seriously injured, and the engine house was badly damaged.
(58.) — One of a battery of eight boilers exploded, February 18th, in Greenwood
Colliery No. 4, at Tamaqua, Pa. Fireman Milton was injured so badly that he will
probably not recover. The boiler house was demolished.
(59.) — Fireman George Brittain was instantly killed, on February 19th, by the
explosion of a dry kiln boiler in Kurth's mill, at Lufkin, Tex. The property loss was
about $2,000.
(60.) — On February 22d a boiler exploded in Wiliam Webb's brickyard, at Tuscola,
near Vassar, Mich. Nobody was injured, but considerable damage was done.
(61.) — On February 22d a boiler exploded in D. F. Adams' sawmill, at Baywood,
near Independence, Va. Mr. Adams and Thomas Hutchins were killed, Adams' body
being blown to pieces. Thomas Hightower was injured so badly that it is thought that
he cannot recover, and his son also received painful injuries. We have seen no estimate
of the property loss.
(62.) — On February 23d a heating boiling exploded in the basement of the Far-
mers' bank building, at Princeton, Ind. We have not learned further particulars.
(63.) — A heating boiler exploded, on February 24th, in the Reformed church, at
Albany, N. Y.