BOILER EXPLOSIONS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 777, 26 May 1881, Page 3

BOILER EXPLOSIONS.

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Daring the year 1880 there were in the United States no- lea 3 than 170 boiler eiplosiqrisj which killed 259 persons and wo'ttaded 655. It is i remarkable fact that while the number of explosions per month varies'slightly, and is father larger, in winter.months, the number of resultant' casualities'was'decidedly' largest in June. Probably that was due'to the exceptional" character of that month's disasters; but it,is only-fair to expect that violent deaths will increase regularly with the return of each excursion season. A classification of the boilers shows that forty-seven were used in wood-working mills. Presumably wood was used for fuel under such boilers, and.-the much less equable temperature produced by the burning of wood us compared with coal would go far to explain the undesirable pre-eminence. The next most numerous class of exploded boilers numbered 16, and were used in paper, flouring,; pulp, and grist mills and •levators'. Eighteen exploded boilers were the motors of locomotives and fire-engines, fifteen were marine boilers, thirteen were "portables," beiDg used in hoisters, thrashers, pile-drivers, cotton gins, etc., aii|l thirteen were, used in iron works, As pdmpared wjl|i lsj% there ia'a large inWW in all these fjgqrea, in 1979 there ff«e,but 122 explosions, were killed 208 and wounded 230. This fact is traced to the revival of trade, which demanded the new use of idle boilers,; and in many cases, the overworking of others,

'Kkmtnjsckki'eb ov .wjUiLUKmut.-nin the year 1845' a worthy citizen pioaded his way with some difficulty through fern and ti-tree to Te Aro Flat baing in nearcli of the surTeyr's opeg which had been driven in at the corner of what, is now Cuba and Dixon Upon tin's spot was.ereoted a small house, in which a very successful drapery business was carried on by two ladies of remarkable talent and energy, who have long since, retired from the scene to the 1 nd of their birth—

: "Land o' the mountain and the flood, Land of brown heat hand shaggy wood, Inthe year 1866 it passed into the hands o! Mb'Jahm Smith, tho present proprietor, who gave to the premises the appropriate Jjojripof TeAro House, and-wider-whose ppage'|nenf, ,bn i sjneßß'-.hgj sfeadily' progressed, wijhjhe rising fortunes of tho city, until'at length it'was found'.' that a considerable enlargement was necessary, aud the. result was, Te Arq House, as at present, one,of ■ the mJst "complete and Extensive Drapery, Establishments in the colony of New ?ealand.' The ■ General .Drapery oe'eufttpply. spffijfent 'for. aP Vapehesier goods, Fancy Dresses," Silks,. Gloves, Hosiery, Rtbbpptf,.Lacps,' .&p.' The Men's, Boy's, and Voutjis' Clpthing Department measures 24 feet by 1$ feet, and, has/attached acomfTt able ftttlpg.rbbiri;. 1 Carpets arid, Household fnrnlahjngsbave : a similar space allotted to them, The Show-room for. tho silo of Mil-. Unefy, Mantles,' Jackets', Costumes, #c, is a very spacious apartment, elegantly fitted up, and'tfdautifully' lighted from the roof, and-measnres-D9 feet by 22 feet, Tho stock of goods s. at "all times-large'and well selected, and patterns are forwarded post free,on, application. A special feature at. T£Aro House jsthe Order Department, and my earefiij'attention 'is 1 paid; to the wantE if Country p&ideMs! AUbr'de'rsare executed hpertheimmetiiafo supervisionofthepropnetor, and securely packed and' forwarded to their destination with'that 'promptness and'despatch which have always dietin' ipbed Te Aiolfouse. Cuba-strept, Welling