523
Cleveland Morning Leader, 20 June 1864
(7 inches)
~ See original
p.4, col.3
~ View at ChronAm
523 - L June 20:4/3 - In the foundry of . Silas Merchant on Meadow st.,
preparations were being made for casting a very large still-head of
cylindrical shape, with a cone top. While a stream of molten iron was
running into the mould it explcded and terribly burned Bernard Plunkett,
the foreman.
The explosion was due to some fault in the construction. (7)
Disasters and Accidents / Industrial