People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1893 — TWO KILLED; TWO HURT. [ARTICLE]

TWO KILLED; TWO HURT.

Terrible Beiler Explosion’ at the Elrod Mills, band Mountain, Ala. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 9. The boilers in the Elrod mills, at Sand Mountain, exploded at 9 a. m. with terrific force. Superintendent Richard Elrod and Engineer Charles Dickinson were almost instantly killed. Robert Bullock and Phillip Elrod received injuries which will probably result in their death. The mills were damaged to the extent of 120,000. No reason is known for the explosion, but it is supposed to have been because of lack of w’ater in the boilers.