Show loop TERRIFIC R at 6 last e evening a boiler at the bathing establishment of amri mr ills at north orth beach exploder exploded the engineer john A elliott was so badly inbur injured e d that it is I 1 extremely doubtful if he survives bill till morning ho he W was a S found wits with 11 in in three feet of tile the place where tile the boiler stood baal badly Y scalded an d cut about the head bead and face he was conveyed at once to the county hospital A little gi girl r katie solomon who was in I 1 til the e vici vicinity anity was struck on oil the faco face by a flying splinter which inflict ted quite a severe cut these w were 1 ere tile the only persons injured as the bath bathrooms s were all vacant va can f t a very unusual circum circumstance stancLe particularly ticul arly at the hour when the explosion occurred two little boys were in the house and near the spot where the boiler is located beneath the floor one of the them says nc felt the shiver saive and abd c cited r aed out to his comrade to run I 1 and they both reached the front room before the explosion took place the whole of the i interior of tile the main building is a heap of rubbish tile the windows were all blown out and a small 11 house ause standi standing bg in ih the rear was eilt entirely irely demolished 1 the force of the file explosion was so great that the windows of houses situated on leavenworth street more than a mile distant were shaken as if a 32 gun had been fired in the neighborhood t and pieces 0 of f timber and boards were flying in tile the air nearly dearly a minute after the explosion the cause of tho the explosion could hardly be ascertained as the engineer spoke but once after being taken out ask ina ing iro for r to keep him hymi |