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Fatal Boiler Explosion

Quincy, Illinois, Feb 19, 1878

A boiler exploded this morning in the steam saw mill of A. W. Shields, at Palmyra, Mo., by which two men were instantly killed and two fatally scalded. Those killed by the explosion were named Ingraham and Triplett. The mill was almost completely destroyed.