Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1910 — EXPLOSION CAUSES A PANIC [ARTICLE]

EXPLOSION CAUSES A PANIC

Neighborhood Rocked When Boiler Bursts and Two Hurt by Bhock. A large boiler exploded in Chicago in the basement of the residence Ot A. H. Lamm, 4959 Grand boulevard, and caused a panic in the neighborhood. Mrs Lamm, who was telephoning at the time, and Paul Danielson, who has charge of the beating plant, were thrown to the floor by the concussion. Parts of the basement and kitchen were wrecked. Lamm is vice president of Lamm & Co., tailors at West Adams and Jefferson streets. Helen Roth, .the cook, was hanging clothes in* the yard when the explosion took place. She had left the basement only a few minutes before the boiler burst.