Montgomery County, Ohio
 | The Evening News |
The following article, appeared on the front page of the Evening News two days after the explosion. This is taken in direct quote from the newspaper:VICTIMS BURIED-------
Those Injured in the Explosion at ------- WILL ALL PROBABLY RECOVER. -------
The Repairs on the Building Damaged ------- As a final ceremony today came the burial of Paul Butonhorne, a German inmate, well advanced in years. The body was not interred in the Infirmary cemetery, but was taken quietly and without the slightest display to Calvary cemetery this morning. Only a few of the undertaker's assistants and attaches of the institution witnessed the last sad rites. No parts of the body were mangled and the fate of the unfortunate German was singular as it was shocking. The remains of Pearl Rhodes, the young man who was injured and knocked into a well and drowned, were buried yesterday afternoon in the County Infirmary burial ground with due solemnity, many of the inmates attending. The scene, under the sad conditions, was unusual. It is not known whether or not Rhodes would have lived had he not been hurled into the well and drowned, but his chances for recovery were considered to be barely possible. It is thought he sustained a fracture of the skull. The injuries must have been serious or the victim could have prevented drowning in a few feet of water. Reports from the institution today are to the effect that the injured are improving as rapidly as could be expected. James Hoolan, an inmate, is the most seriously hurt with a deep cut extending over the right hip into the abdomen. Dr. G. O. Myers and County Infirmary Physician Marshall express hopes for his recovery. Frederick Ulmer, a Dayton well driver, who was employed by Contractor William Johnson, received a broken right leg above the knee. He is 55 years old and his age will make the test a severe one. The confinement incident to a broken limb is generally a very continued one. He has a wife and family of grown children residing at 46 Vine street, this city. Mary Miller, the girl who received the full force of the escaping steam, was stunned for the time, but soon recovered and is apparently well today. There were a number of persons who were slightly injured and the escape from serious wounds is one of the remarkable features. Superintendent W. M. Bryant, of the Infirmary, has ordered repairs to the kitchen and insane ward building, which was partly wrecked by the explosion, and the same are in rapid progress. The property loss will amount o probably $200. Coroner Corbin will conduct an investigation later and the condition of the boiler and all circumstances will be definitely determined.
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