A Rusted Boiler

Explodes and Nearly Kills an Ypsilanti Township Boy.

Louis, the 14 year old son of James Moore, living south of Ypsilanti, met with serious injuries Saturday morning which may result in death.
The boy was assisting his father in sawing wood, the motive power being furnished from an old portable engine and boiler.
Something was out of order with the engine when he ran up to close the throttle and there followed an explosion of the boiler.
Young Moore was thrown a distance of 40 feet against a barbed wire fence and when taken up it was found that his leg, arm and jawbone were broken and also that he was badly scalded by the escaping steam.
At last accounts he was still alive with but little hopes of recovery. Four others who were assisting in the work of sawing narrowly escaped death, the boiler and engine being hurled directly over their heads and landing about 30 feet from where it originally stood.
The engine belonged to several farmers in the neighborhood and had stood in the open all summer and it is thought that rust about the rivet heads of the boiler had much to do with the explosion.