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Blissfield, MI Hathaways Sawmill Boiler Explosion, Jan 1893

Posted June 16th, 2008 by Linda Horton

Injured by a Boiler Explosion.

ADRIAN, Mich., Jan. 23.---Nine persons were severely injured Saturday night by the explosion of a boiler in the engine room of H. B. Hathaways' sawmill at Blissfield, this county. Engineer Luke Lanew, George Hathaway, and a youth named Malone, who were in the mill at the time, were buried under a mass of debris and were not rescued for nearly an hour. In the first house south, a distance of fifty=feet, G. Josenhans, his wife and three children, were sitting at the supper table, when one end of the boiler, accompanied by brick and coal, came crashing through the side of the house without two feet of the table. All received injuries from flying missiles, which completely demolished the house.

The Daily Review, Decatur, IL 24 Jan 1893
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!

Luke Lanew is my great-great

On September 1st, 2008 Anonymous says:

Luke Lanew is my great-great grandfather. It was interesting to find this article when I searched on his name. Thank you!
Bob Case

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