Show IRON I 1 ftc i ti t i i SACO acom ai tu Cee strul aftem attempt I 1 it to cast gift y sixteen ton gun carriage mass an aug W 30 4 see second unsuccessful attempt was made mada elt at the arsenal to cost cast the big sixteen ton lon gun bvm carriage tor for the government and a dozen narrowly escaped death or spriow injury four months ago orders wei 0 received from froin washington to casttle cast the frain n carriage after the model af the new invention and active preparations to that eaid were by major railey two ago ani attempt was made to make the cast casting ilig which resulted in ill the spoiling OVA mould A new mould hh had been mase made which was ready for tho the casting saturday When the furnace full lace was tapped the bi big avris of molten iron shot in a stream f twenty feet into the air the men ran raa for their lives major riley biley director directo of the operation who was sitting on a windowsill window sill threw himself backward into the building ana anu escaped the flying I 1 drops dropsy 06 metal tho the workmen were equally fortunate the failure of this attempt att emit is attributed to th the dampness ot of the sand which lifted thal th reservoir another attempt will be made weeks |