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Particulars of .tie Boiler Implosion/ /- .tFrom the Denx* Union.]About ten o’ clock on Tuesday morals ing, the 29th1fnst., the news reached this city that an 'engine connected with a threshing machine,- owned and operated by Disher ‘Willoughby,had whilst under full headway threshing Out the grain on the farm .ojboiler/?arrying death and destruction in its wake. The intelligence created the most intpnSe- excitement in the city,’iiud.-i crowds-teoon collected together all eager to learn the particulars of the sad catastrophe. We dispatched a messenger to the scene oi •the disaster who lias furnished-us with’ a W t . 'the following. jpainful account .of the adcident: ' ! - » •* ■ ‘f'The firm of Gotlied Disher C► • *had planted their threshing machine and engine on the grounds of Georg Hufford, one mile* South-west'of Belle-„ t . - . \ * vernon, on Monday, June the 28thle. engine was pnfc in operation and everything worked well during the afternoon of that day. The en-gine was ^regular .in its. movements,and all who witnessed its runningwere pleased with'-fits .play, • and 'theease with which it did its work. Geo.* •*—Bl 8tevenson was'present overlookingit, and to his practiced eye (every part jyas perfect, pand no indications. given ofjso dreadful an explosion oii ‘the mprrow.. THE FATAL MORNING; ' ; 'r'.-^uesday morning the work progressed, everything appeared -jp he ging forward in perfect order, all unconscious of danger, when suddenly a yeport as of an exploding cannon was heard, and pieces'of iron was hurled with gigantic force through the air, carrying death in its wake.THE EXTENT OF THE CALAMITY.wThe report, soom drew’’together, the neighbors*, who hastened to the sceneof the disaster Those who were pres-, * « • ' ir % * A Sent were so fearfully • shocked by the.repdrt and theL sudden ness of ..the ex1 plosion, that ’ for ,, a time ‘tbfey weremore like dead men than living aetive ageiits. But, soon recovering .they began to take in the extcnt*';of thecalamity, and to understand, that in .tUe-twinkling of an eye one of'their companions had been hurled into eternity,' another, mangled,./lay bleeding ■and chared before them, whilst two others were bruisedjand -mained, and the engine but a few moments before beautiful to -behold,was an entire wreck, pieces of the flying iron being fbimd over a hundred feet from wher it was setting, whilst the boiler was thrown TO-feet from its' posltioiv. The engine was a perfect wreck, and the wonder is that .its. .expansion, and ultimate explosion there .-was not af eater fatality connected, with it.THE ENGINE, i. -.....•was a new, portable engin for thresb-iifg purposes, mpuiifed* upon wheels—was of ten horsewas but recentlypower Capacity!, it1-he.machine works oi Georg^B. Stevenson ■ Co., in this city, and fully -competent to run a threshing machine tc. .its full capacity, with forty*’ pounds osteam. The'machinc was deliveredGotlieb Disher Co., n Friday July 25,1873,'and1 on the same* day It was tested at its work on the farm of Mr.Ensminger, near Bock river church, Before it left the shop it was tested up j tpj llo pounds of steam.. r -•.This will, we presume, remain forever one of the mysteries hidden in thf womb of time. The aceident cannolbe attributed to any defect .in the workmanship, of the engine, it being pierfcc in-all its parts and well adapted in every way to do the work it wae.designee to accomplish. The eDgine in its trialf gave.every satisfaction to its' purchasers, and was fully lip to the standard of what it was to dlt; in the minds of itsbuilders. It was reported that on.thif fatal morning the power had been increased to 12-5 lbs. and the'encrineer being an inexperienced man, permittee the steam to generate too fast, andno watching his water gague, resulted irthe explosion. Be this as it may,, ev ely one who has looked upon the disaster is satisfied that the explo on waindt-caused. by any defect in thlt; - mate rial or construction of the engine. ^ By this explosion Melvin Bush wkilled instantly, a peice of the iroistriking him on the hack of the heac just at the base of the brain, causinj death immediately.Ben Willoughby,* who w* standinj _ Xl | . »*. »«* _ • _ #1 1 't •pear the prigine, is horribly burned anlt; cut. His face is charred with fly in j soot, he has two gashes in his foreheadwhilst his under lip is slit so as to al|o\ the passage of his tongue, through it whilst on other parts of his body hlt; bears the marks of the explosion. Hi; shirt was torn in shreds’.- He is inprecarious condition, and little hopeare entertained-of hip recovery.vrHenry Beery, a boy, deceivedmbof the flying Iron in his. leg below thknee which. made a cut -three inche_ * •: ’ *** ■ long. . * .. lt;Sen Walton is slightly cut ifi th knee and face, i. •Gotleib Disher was standing within an arm’s length of Mr Willoughby, and his escape 'is almost miraculous.A piece of the iron was whirled past him,; Which;-if it had-hit- hint; would| W |have cut him to pieces.When the accident became1 known physicians Were summoned to,minister to the wounded, and the neighbors came in'crowds to do what they couldto alleviate the sufferings of the wound-'*£d: Everything was-done thatWe trust we maynever again be called upon In our jourr alistio'Capacity to record anothersucterrible calamity. , j* Since the above was penned', M B. F. Willoughby has. died, and wtburied on last Thursday, the 31st, ins
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Carey Weekly Times
Carey, Ohio, US
Thu, Aug 07, 1873
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