Courier-Journal newspaper, Louisville, KY
Monday 21 March 1881; Page 3, Column 8
ANOTHER BURST BOILER
Three Men Killed and Five Others Bruised and Scalded
Only One Escapes Unhurt
A LITTLE STEAMER SUNK
Frankfort, March 19 - There was a disastrous boiler explosion at Tyler & Harrod's saw-mill, on the Kentucky River, at the mouth of Elkhorn, twelve miles below Frankfort, at 6 o'clock yesterday evening. The mill was being run by a portable engine, and under a too heavy pressure of steam, it blew all to pieces, scattering debris and destruction in every direction. Of the nine persons in the mill, only one, John Skeggs, escaped uninjured and three were killed. John Harrod was blown forty feet and instantly killed; Lawrence Harrod, his brother and one of the proprietors of the mill, survived his injuries but an hour, and Frank Graham lived but three hours after the catastrophe. William Arnold had his jawbone broken, and James Redding, Wm. Wheeler, Louis Harrod and Hugo Tyler, all suffered serious injuries from the flying timbers and scalding steam. All the persons named are industrious white men, and Lawrence Harrod, especially, was a man highly esteemed.
The little steamer, Hiram Watson, in the upper Kentucky River trade, sunk at the city wharf to-day.
From Another Correspondence
Owenton, March 19 - The boiler in the steam saw-mill of Tyler & Harrod, in Franklin County, near the Owenton line, six miles above Monterey, exploded yesterday evening, killing John Harrod outright, and wounding several others. Lawrence Harrod and Rice(sic) Graham, two of the wounded, have since died, and it is thought that Louis Harrod will also die.
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Cincinnati Daily Gazette (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Monday, March 21, 1881; Page 9
Terrible Explosion of a Sawmill Boiler
Louisville - March 20
The portable boiler of Tyler & Harrod's sawmill, on the Kentucky River, two miles below Frankfort, exploded, killing and wounding all of the nine men in the mill except one.
John Harrod was blown forty feet and instantly killed, his brother, Lawrence Harrod, died in an hour, and Frank Graham died in three hours.
Wm. Arnold's jawbone was broken and Jas. Redding, Wm. Wheeler, Lewis Harrod and Hugh Tyler were badly scalded.
Monday 21 March 1881; Page 3, Column 8
ANOTHER BURST BOILER
Three Men Killed and Five Others Bruised and Scalded
Only One Escapes Unhurt
A LITTLE STEAMER SUNK
Frankfort, March 19 - There was a disastrous boiler explosion at Tyler & Harrod's saw-mill, on the Kentucky River, at the mouth of Elkhorn, twelve miles below Frankfort, at 6 o'clock yesterday evening. The mill was being run by a portable engine, and under a too heavy pressure of steam, it blew all to pieces, scattering debris and destruction in every direction. Of the nine persons in the mill, only one, John Skeggs, escaped uninjured and three were killed. John Harrod was blown forty feet and instantly killed; Lawrence Harrod, his brother and one of the proprietors of the mill, survived his injuries but an hour, and Frank Graham lived but three hours after the catastrophe. William Arnold had his jawbone broken, and James Redding, Wm. Wheeler, Louis Harrod and Hugo Tyler, all suffered serious injuries from the flying timbers and scalding steam. All the persons named are industrious white men, and Lawrence Harrod, especially, was a man highly esteemed.
The little steamer, Hiram Watson, in the upper Kentucky River trade, sunk at the city wharf to-day.
From Another Correspondence
Owenton, March 19 - The boiler in the steam saw-mill of Tyler & Harrod, in Franklin County, near the Owenton line, six miles above Monterey, exploded yesterday evening, killing John Harrod outright, and wounding several others. Lawrence Harrod and Rice(sic) Graham, two of the wounded, have since died, and it is thought that Louis Harrod will also die.
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Cincinnati Daily Gazette (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Monday, March 21, 1881; Page 9
Terrible Explosion of a Sawmill Boiler
Louisville - March 20
The portable boiler of Tyler & Harrod's sawmill, on the Kentucky River, two miles below Frankfort, exploded, killing and wounding all of the nine men in the mill except one.
John Harrod was blown forty feet and instantly killed, his brother, Lawrence Harrod, died in an hour, and Frank Graham died in three hours.
Wm. Arnold's jawbone was broken and Jas. Redding, Wm. Wheeler, Lewis Harrod and Hugh Tyler were badly scalded.
Courier-Journal newspaper, Louisville, KY
Monday 21 March 1881; Page 3, Column 8
ANOTHER BURST BOILER
Three Men Killed and Five Others Bruised and Scalded
Only One Escapes Unhurt
A LITTLE STEAMER SUNK
Frankfort, March 19 - There was a disastrous boiler explosion at Tyler & Harrod's saw-mill, on the Kentucky River, at the mouth of Elkhorn, twelve miles below Frankfort, at 6 o'clock yesterday evening. The mill was being run by a portable engine, and under a too heavy pressure of steam, it blew all to pieces, scattering debris and destruction in every direction. Of the nine persons in the mill, only one, John Skeggs, escaped uninjured and three were killed. John Harrod was blown forty feet and instantly killed; Lawrence Harrod, his brother and one of the proprietors of the mill, survived his injuries but an hour, and Frank Graham lived but three hours after the catastrophe. William Arnold had his jawbone broken, and James Redding, Wm. Wheeler, Louis Harrod and Hugo Tyler, all suffered serious injuries from the flying timbers and scalding steam. All the persons named are industrious white men, and Lawrence Harrod, especially, was a man highly esteemed.
The little steamer, Hiram Watson, in the upper Kentucky River trade, sunk at the city wharf to-day.
From Another Correspondence
Owenton, March 19 - The boiler in the steam saw-mill of Tyler & Harrod, in Franklin County, near the Owenton line, six miles above Monterey, exploded yesterday evening, killing John Harrod outright, and wounding several others. Lawrence Harrod and Rice(sic) Graham, two of the wounded, have since died, and it is thought that Louis Harrod will also die.
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Cincinnati Daily Gazette (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Monday, March 21, 1881; Page 9
Terrible Explosion of a Sawmill Boiler
Louisville - March 20
The portable boiler of Tyler & Harrod's sawmill, on the Kentucky River, two miles below Frankfort, exploded, killing and wounding all of the nine men in the mill except one.
John Harrod was blown forty feet and instantly killed, his brother, Lawrence Harrod, died in an hour, and Frank Graham died in three hours.
Wm. Arnold's jawbone was broken and Jas. Redding, Wm. Wheeler, Lewis Harrod and Hugh Tyler were badly scalded.
Monday 21 March 1881; Page 3, Column 8
ANOTHER BURST BOILER
Three Men Killed and Five Others Bruised and Scalded
Only One Escapes Unhurt
A LITTLE STEAMER SUNK
Frankfort, March 19 - There was a disastrous boiler explosion at Tyler & Harrod's saw-mill, on the Kentucky River, at the mouth of Elkhorn, twelve miles below Frankfort, at 6 o'clock yesterday evening. The mill was being run by a portable engine, and under a too heavy pressure of steam, it blew all to pieces, scattering debris and destruction in every direction. Of the nine persons in the mill, only one, John Skeggs, escaped uninjured and three were killed. John Harrod was blown forty feet and instantly killed; Lawrence Harrod, his brother and one of the proprietors of the mill, survived his injuries but an hour, and Frank Graham lived but three hours after the catastrophe. William Arnold had his jawbone broken, and James Redding, Wm. Wheeler, Louis Harrod and Hugo Tyler, all suffered serious injuries from the flying timbers and scalding steam. All the persons named are industrious white men, and Lawrence Harrod, especially, was a man highly esteemed.
The little steamer, Hiram Watson, in the upper Kentucky River trade, sunk at the city wharf to-day.
From Another Correspondence
Owenton, March 19 - The boiler in the steam saw-mill of Tyler & Harrod, in Franklin County, near the Owenton line, six miles above Monterey, exploded yesterday evening, killing John Harrod outright, and wounding several others. Lawrence Harrod and Rice(sic) Graham, two of the wounded, have since died, and it is thought that Louis Harrod will also die.
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Cincinnati Daily Gazette (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Monday, March 21, 1881; Page 9
Terrible Explosion of a Sawmill Boiler
Louisville - March 20
The portable boiler of Tyler & Harrod's sawmill, on the Kentucky River, two miles below Frankfort, exploded, killing and wounding all of the nine men in the mill except one.
John Harrod was blown forty feet and instantly killed, his brother, Lawrence Harrod, died in an hour, and Frank Graham died in three hours.
Wm. Arnold's jawbone was broken and Jas. Redding, Wm. Wheeler, Lewis Harrod and Hugh Tyler were badly scalded.
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