(Newspaper
clipping)
Tuesday afternoon about 3:00 P.M. a terrible accident occurred by a boiler explosion on the farm of William Key of Perry Township in which Norman Key and son William Key, Henry Herring, William Walcott, Harley Mills, Mrs. William Key, Frank Starrett and E. K. Anderson were hurt, some of them very seriously.
Tuesday morning the above
persons went happily to work on the farm of Mr. Key to saw wood, an old engine
belonging to Henry Herring which had done its
best service running a threshing machine was the power used. At the hour
mentioned without a moments notice a terrific explosion occurred spreading
terrible havoc around it. The boiler was thrown a distance of yards stripping
itself of everything except the steam chest and gauge which did not even have
the glass broken. Fragments of iron are scattered in every direction. The boiler
made three bounds and completely turned over. At the first bound the fly wheel
was torn off and thrown a distance of over 100 feet at the same time the hard
frozen ground was torn up for a distance of 25 feet to the depth of two feet.
Norman
Key had his right arm broken above the elbow. He also had a wound on the
head, with a number of bruises and injuries which it is feared are dangerous.
His son William Key also had his arm broken near the shoulder. The injury to the arm is more than an ordinary break. One rib was broken besides the face being burned. His injuries it is feared are fatal.