. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 544 The a me rica n Fl grist. Oct. 5. repining for instead of tliis lie hurried at once to Kansas City and secured new boilers and five carloads of glass, some of which arrived the next day, and an army of workers, glaziei-s, carpenters and fit- ters were hurried to work at once to re- pair the damage, which we sincerely hope will be done before serious damage is caused by frost. Mr. Kellogg fears that the required lumber will be the most dif- ficult proposition, but he is in hopes that quiry was as to whether any
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 544 The a me rica n Fl grist. Oct. 5. repining for instead of tliis lie hurried at once to Kansas City and secured new boilers and five carloads of glass, some of which arrived the next day, and an army of workers, glaziei-s, carpenters and fit- ters were hurried to work at once to re- pair the damage, which we sincerely hope will be done before serious damage is caused by frost. Mr. Kellogg fears that the required lumber will be the most dif- ficult proposition, but he is in hopes that quiry was as to whether anyone was killed and he expressed great relief when told that no one was even hurt. Accept- ing his burden, he has gone straight to work to repair the damage as far as possible, and while the greatest sympathy is felt for him in his loss it is more than a little tinged with admiration for the man who can so calmly face such a dis- aster and without any loss of time start out to repair WRECK CAUSED BY BOILER EXPLOSION AT G. M. KELLOGG'S, PLEASANT HILL, MO. a week of fine weather will put him in shape so that the more important crops can be covered. He has temporary boilers already at work and the new ones are promised practically at once. The boiler which caused the trouble was an SO-inch one and by some unac- countable means both the gauge valve and that controlling the steam supply to the houses were tightly closed. It was tired on the day previous to the disaster for the first time; a second one was un- der steam, but the other three in the battery of five contained in the wrecked boiler room were unused. The fireman who had left the room says that his steam was guaging all night and well within the limit, but the ripping of the H-inch steel boiler plates as if they were made of so much paper, indicates a tremendous pressure. Houses in the vicinity reeled and rocked with the force of the ex- plosion which, it is said, came with a snappish roar that led many to think an ear
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