Deseret Evening News | 1908-02-12 | Page 3 | Twelve Men Burned and Two Will Die

TWELVE MEN BURNED AND TWO WILL DIE Pittsburg Pa Feb I eb 11 lA A down men then were vere burned bUrn ll two two of or them fatally In a II terrific explosion of at molten steel til III the Monongahela blast furnace of tho tile National Tubo rube company Ciner Cener street near here early arly today to The hc huso steel plated furnace 3 feet foot In height burst hurst at lit tho the tap Ilp hole holo and 50 GO 0 tons tone of ot liquid metal drop dropped lCd ped to the tho floor accompanied by b an In explosion and was wal thrown over the heads h ads anti bodies of or tho the workmen near neal nearby n al alb by b The rhe fatally Injured arc Thomas burned nil All over the body head h nd and arms arias anti and Alexander Smith burned all nil over the body bod i head anti and arms has hils hu died lied diedA liedA A slip In luthe the furnace caused hun bun hundreds d of ot tons of Jr Iron ore oro coke and ami limestone to 10 drop to tho the bottom forcing the tho heavy hell steel plates apart The men man m n tall ran but hut tho cho metal splashed Into the air nil when It struck the cold oid flour floor and the tile detonations broke nil all the window In the ho plant and amid for tor a radius of two squares causing Intense excitement In the tho town