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Waterbury Evening Democrat
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
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Boiler explosion at Norwich Silk Company mill in Thamesville, Norwich suburb, on July 24 wrecked the south end of the building, fatally burned engineer Joseph E. Hopkins (65), who died shortly after; two girls slightly injured, 50 others unharmed. Coroner investigating cause; mill operated three months.
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Boiler in a Norwich Mill Went Up This Morning.
Norwich, July 24.—The mill of the Norwich Silk company in Thamesville, a suburb of this place, was wrecked to-day by the explosion of a boiler. Joseph E. Hopkins, sixty-five years of age, the engineer and fireman at the plant, was fatally burned, dying at the Bachus hospital a short time after the explosion. Fifty other employes in the building escaped without any serious injuries, though two girls were slightly burned about the arms.
All the south end of the building where the boiler was situated was wrecked, the end wall and part of the roof blown out, the boiler going straight up in the air for apparently one hundred feet and crashing back again through the roof. Coroner Brown has begun an investigation to determine the cause of the explosion.
The mill has been in operation only three months.
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Norwich
Event Date
July 24
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joseph e. hopkins, sixty-five years of age, the engineer and fireman, was fatally burned and died at the bachus hospital shortly after the explosion. fifty other employees escaped without serious injuries, though two girls were slightly burned about the arms. the south end of the building was wrecked, with the end wall and part of the roof blown out, and the boiler launched one hundred feet into the air before crashing back through the roof. coroner brown has begun an investigation into the cause.
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The mill of the Norwich Silk company in Thamesville, a suburb of Norwich, was wrecked by the explosion of a boiler. The explosion occurred this morning, and the mill has been in operation only three months.