Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 153, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1910 — 250 Ton Pot of Molten Metal Breaks Loose at Gary. [ARTICLE]

250 Ton Pot of Molten Metal Breaks Loose at Gary.

At Gary Sunday night a pot containing’2so tons of molten pig iron dropped from its supports a distance of 10 feet in the plant of the Indiana Steel Co. at Gary, burning three men one fatal-, ly. The metal flowed in all directions and fifty workmen rushed for their lives. Damage to the extent of $20,000 was done. George McDowell, 23 years of age, was the unfortunate who will lose his life because of the burns sustained. The corporation’s private fire company had difficulty in putting out the fire.