People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1894 — FATAL EXPLOSION. [ARTICLE]

FATAL EXPLOSION.

Two Men Killed and Four Injured Near Bainbridge. O. Springfield, 0., April 18. —At 1 o’clock Monday afternoon Breece’s sawmill near Bainbridge was wrecked by the boiler exploding. Frank Breece and Nate Weatherby were killed and others were injured. Engineer Weatherby had just started the engine after the noon hour and the meh had lined up along the sawmill track when the boiler suddenly gave way with a crash, and the building was shattered to pieces. Everhart and Martin were probably fatally injured, Everhart being struck in the head with a flying piece of iron and Martin being crushed under the building. Boslin and Houston may recover. It is supposed the water in the boiler had evaporated and this caused the explosion. The mill was one of the largest in the neighborhood. The building was badly damaged, and the loss will amount to $2,000.