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Homer City, PA Lumber Mill Boiler Battery Explosion, Jul 1898

Posted November 5th, 2007 by Linda Horton

Boiler Battery Blew Up

Special to The Inquirer.

INDIANA, July 9.---Part of the boiler battery of the Hughes-Guthrie lumber mill, at Homer City, blew up this morning. The boiler house was destroyed. Two of the employes[sic], William T. Neal and Sloan Nelson, were severely but not fatally injured. The loss is $5000.

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA 10 Jul 1898
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!

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