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Show BOILER EXPLOSION AT STORRS. Two Killed and Five Injured at Sprinj Canyon Coal Company's Power Plant. Storrs. The explosion of a boiler in the Spring Canyon Coal company's power house here Monday killed two men and seriously injured five. A. B. Elliott, Storrs, master me. chanic, scalded by escaping steam; died a few moments after the explosion. explo-sion. A. C. Strong, Storrs, fireman, hurled through the roof; died instantly; instant-ly; body mangled. W. C. Pennington, Kansas City, boilermaker; back injured, in-jured, hip fractured, severely scalded; injuries may prove fatal. Guy Hackney, Hack-ney, Kansas City, boilermaker; scalded scald-ed about the face and body, leg broken. brok-en. L. A. Gooding, Kansas City, boilermaker; boil-ermaker; ankle fractured, bruised by flying debris, scalded about face, arms and back. J. H. Ellen, Storrs, teamster; team-ster; injured hy flying debris, bruised by fall. Carl Limburg, Storrs, tire-man; tire-man; internally injured, back sprained. The boiler was of the marine high-pressure high-pressure type and it is said had Deea recently repaired. According to stories stor-ies of bystanders, the master mechanic mechan-ic and boilermakers were at work caulking a patch on an adjoining boiler when the acident occurred. Live steam filled the boiler room in an instant and w-ith a crash that was heard lor miles, sections of the boiler tors through the roof of the fire room,. carrying car-rying rafters and skylights. |