Cumberland Mountain City Times; Cumberland, Allegany Co, Md
Saturday, May 9, 1874 - pg 3, col 3
The Disaster at Westernport - Further Particulars
The two men, Messrs Thomas Hogan(not Mullan as erroneously reported by our Daily)and Thomas Moran, killed by the boiler explosion at Westernport on Tuesday were buried according to the rites of the Catholic Church in the cemetery of that denomination in Westernport Wednesday. At the time of the explosion, the engineer had his hand on the throttle of the engine and was in the act of starting from the yard. The indicator marked 105 pounds according to the dying statement of Mr Hogan who lived in great agony three hours after receiving his injuries. The explosion threw him with sufficient force against the front of Kildow's Hall to damage the framework of the building. Portions of his clothing were afterward found sticking to the front wall and marking the point of contact between his person and the house. He leaves a wife and one child in Piedmont, W Va. The fireman, Thomas Moran, was an unmarried man. He was thrown high in the air and falling downward came in contact with a fence over which his brains were scatted in all directions. Kildow's Hall the building nearest on one side of the railroad was considerably racked. The windows were demolished and the furniture of the Lodge Room badly damaged, the most of it being ruined by water, steam and fragments of the engine and boiler. The charts, pictures and etc of the different orders (we understand that seven different associations and secret societies used the room) were almost utterly ruined while the plaster was knocked down from the ceiling and walls in many places. The first floor which is used as a store was very little injured, the goods only suffering a considerable shaking up from the concussion. The Nesbitt residence, on an eminence about twenty-five yards above the railroad, and opposite Kildow's Hall was much injured by a piece of the exploded boiler which pierced the front wall. Greater damage would have been done but for the porch, which broke the effect of the missle. Among the many narrow escapes recorded is that of two little children in house adjoining Nesbitt property. They had been looking from a window, and were called away a few moments before the explosion by their mother and just in time to escape a heavy fragment ot the boiler which entered the window alluded to and passed through the house. The scene immediately after the disaster was photographed by a Piedmont artist. The wreck has been entirely removed and the injured building are fast undergoing repair.
Saturday, May 9, 1874 - pg 3, col 3
The Disaster at Westernport - Further Particulars
The two men, Messrs Thomas Hogan(not Mullan as erroneously reported by our Daily)and Thomas Moran, killed by the boiler explosion at Westernport on Tuesday were buried according to the rites of the Catholic Church in the cemetery of that denomination in Westernport Wednesday. At the time of the explosion, the engineer had his hand on the throttle of the engine and was in the act of starting from the yard. The indicator marked 105 pounds according to the dying statement of Mr Hogan who lived in great agony three hours after receiving his injuries. The explosion threw him with sufficient force against the front of Kildow's Hall to damage the framework of the building. Portions of his clothing were afterward found sticking to the front wall and marking the point of contact between his person and the house. He leaves a wife and one child in Piedmont, W Va. The fireman, Thomas Moran, was an unmarried man. He was thrown high in the air and falling downward came in contact with a fence over which his brains were scatted in all directions. Kildow's Hall the building nearest on one side of the railroad was considerably racked. The windows were demolished and the furniture of the Lodge Room badly damaged, the most of it being ruined by water, steam and fragments of the engine and boiler. The charts, pictures and etc of the different orders (we understand that seven different associations and secret societies used the room) were almost utterly ruined while the plaster was knocked down from the ceiling and walls in many places. The first floor which is used as a store was very little injured, the goods only suffering a considerable shaking up from the concussion. The Nesbitt residence, on an eminence about twenty-five yards above the railroad, and opposite Kildow's Hall was much injured by a piece of the exploded boiler which pierced the front wall. Greater damage would have been done but for the porch, which broke the effect of the missle. Among the many narrow escapes recorded is that of two little children in house adjoining Nesbitt property. They had been looking from a window, and were called away a few moments before the explosion by their mother and just in time to escape a heavy fragment ot the boiler which entered the window alluded to and passed through the house. The scene immediately after the disaster was photographed by a Piedmont artist. The wreck has been entirely removed and the injured building are fast undergoing repair.
Cumberland Mountain City Times; Cumberland, Allegany Co, Md
Saturday, May 9, 1874 - pg 3, col 3
The Disaster at Westernport - Further Particulars
The two men, Messrs Thomas Hogan(not Mullan as erroneously reported by our Daily)and Thomas Moran, killed by the boiler explosion at Westernport on Tuesday were buried according to the rites of the Catholic Church in the cemetery of that denomination in Westernport Wednesday. At the time of the explosion, the engineer had his hand on the throttle of the engine and was in the act of starting from the yard. The indicator marked 105 pounds according to the dying statement of Mr Hogan who lived in great agony three hours after receiving his injuries. The explosion threw him with sufficient force against the front of Kildow's Hall to damage the framework of the building. Portions of his clothing were afterward found sticking to the front wall and marking the point of contact between his person and the house. He leaves a wife and one child in Piedmont, W Va. The fireman, Thomas Moran, was an unmarried man. He was thrown high in the air and falling downward came in contact with a fence over which his brains were scatted in all directions. Kildow's Hall the building nearest on one side of the railroad was considerably racked. The windows were demolished and the furniture of the Lodge Room badly damaged, the most of it being ruined by water, steam and fragments of the engine and boiler. The charts, pictures and etc of the different orders (we understand that seven different associations and secret societies used the room) were almost utterly ruined while the plaster was knocked down from the ceiling and walls in many places. The first floor which is used as a store was very little injured, the goods only suffering a considerable shaking up from the concussion. The Nesbitt residence, on an eminence about twenty-five yards above the railroad, and opposite Kildow's Hall was much injured by a piece of the exploded boiler which pierced the front wall. Greater damage would have been done but for the porch, which broke the effect of the missle. Among the many narrow escapes recorded is that of two little children in house adjoining Nesbitt property. They had been looking from a window, and were called away a few moments before the explosion by their mother and just in time to escape a heavy fragment ot the boiler which entered the window alluded to and passed through the house. The scene immediately after the disaster was photographed by a Piedmont artist. The wreck has been entirely removed and the injured building are fast undergoing repair.
Saturday, May 9, 1874 - pg 3, col 3
The Disaster at Westernport - Further Particulars
The two men, Messrs Thomas Hogan(not Mullan as erroneously reported by our Daily)and Thomas Moran, killed by the boiler explosion at Westernport on Tuesday were buried according to the rites of the Catholic Church in the cemetery of that denomination in Westernport Wednesday. At the time of the explosion, the engineer had his hand on the throttle of the engine and was in the act of starting from the yard. The indicator marked 105 pounds according to the dying statement of Mr Hogan who lived in great agony three hours after receiving his injuries. The explosion threw him with sufficient force against the front of Kildow's Hall to damage the framework of the building. Portions of his clothing were afterward found sticking to the front wall and marking the point of contact between his person and the house. He leaves a wife and one child in Piedmont, W Va. The fireman, Thomas Moran, was an unmarried man. He was thrown high in the air and falling downward came in contact with a fence over which his brains were scatted in all directions. Kildow's Hall the building nearest on one side of the railroad was considerably racked. The windows were demolished and the furniture of the Lodge Room badly damaged, the most of it being ruined by water, steam and fragments of the engine and boiler. The charts, pictures and etc of the different orders (we understand that seven different associations and secret societies used the room) were almost utterly ruined while the plaster was knocked down from the ceiling and walls in many places. The first floor which is used as a store was very little injured, the goods only suffering a considerable shaking up from the concussion. The Nesbitt residence, on an eminence about twenty-five yards above the railroad, and opposite Kildow's Hall was much injured by a piece of the exploded boiler which pierced the front wall. Greater damage would have been done but for the porch, which broke the effect of the missle. Among the many narrow escapes recorded is that of two little children in house adjoining Nesbitt property. They had been looking from a window, and were called away a few moments before the explosion by their mother and just in time to escape a heavy fragment ot the boiler which entered the window alluded to and passed through the house. The scene immediately after the disaster was photographed by a Piedmont artist. The wreck has been entirely removed and the injured building are fast undergoing repair.
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