The Locomotive - Lighthouse Survival Blog

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loss was therefore not so great as might reasonably be expected, when the disastrous,
character of the explosion is considered. It was thought to be about $15,000.
(85.) — W. O. Tatum's sawmill, at Norway, near Orangeburg, S. C, was destroyed
by fire on March 12th, and during the fire the boiler exploded. All the 'machinery was
ruined.
(86.) — A boiler exploded, on March 12th, in B. Russell's wood yard, Atlanta, Ga.
Nobody was seriously hurt, and the damage was small.
(87.) — On March 12th, a boiler exploded in Albert Douty's sawmill, at Rebersburg,
near Centre Mills, Centre county, Pa. Henry "VVolfort, Warren Bierly, and Reuben Musser
were badly injured. The mill was completely wrecked.
(88.) — The McKeesport Brewing Company's plant, valued at $100,000, was com-
pletely destroyed, on March 12th, by the explosion of a "cooker." The buildings were
crushed like egg shells. William Fierkle and Matthew Marr were buried in the ruins
and instantly killed. The accident occurred at five o'clock in the morning.
(89.) — The boiler of locomotive No. 633, on the Lehigh Valley railroad, exploded
on March 13th, at Mud Run, near White Haven, Pa. Engineer Wilton Albert, Fireman
Morgan Marsh, and Brakeman Robert McMillan were instantly killed.
(90.) — On March 14th, a boiler exploded in the Paxton Electric Company's works,
at Paxton, 111. Engineer Marion Jaynes was instantly killed, and the east end of the
works was almost entirely destroyed. The property loss is said to have been $10,000.
(91.) — A boiler exploded, on March 15th, in J. M. Williamson's sawmill, some six
miles north of Meridian, Miss. William Walker and his son were badly injured. The
building in which the boiler stood was demolished, and the boiler was blown to atoms.
One fragment of the boiler was found a mile away from the site of the mill.
(92.) — On March 16th, a boiler exploded in Hoover's sawmill, some six miles east
of Murfreesboro, Ark. Thomas Snyder was killed, and several other persons were
injured.
(93.) — A nest of six boilers exploded, on March 16th, at the Bear Ridge colliery,
about two miles from Mahanoy City, Pa. The boiler house was completely demolished,
and some of the debris was thrown nearly a mile. Nobody was injured. The colliery
is operated by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron company.
(94.) — Four boilers exploded simultaneously, on March 16th, at the Eppinger &
Russell Company's sawmill, at Olustee, Fla., about ten minutes after the one hundred
or more men had quit work. One man was injured. The plant, which was one of the
largest in the state, was entirely wrecked. The property loss is estimated at $20,000.
(95.) — On March 17th, a boiler exploded at the upper furnace of the Brier Hill
Iron and Coal company's plant, at Youngstown, Ohio. Nobody was injured, and the
damage to property was not great.
(90 — ) A boiler exploded, on March 18th, in the creamery at Williamsburg, near
Iowa City, Iowa. We have not learned particulars.
(97.) — A boiler exploded, on March 19th, in Seward & Thompson's mill, at Bidgely,
near Denton, Md. Harry Dasher, John Turner, George Saulsbury, and Robert Steven-
son were badly injured. George Vincent was also hurt, but not seriously.