New Haven, Connecticut
Dann & Brothers' Coach Factory Boiler
Explosion
November 2, 1860
Affairs in New-Haven
The Late Boiler Explosion - Body Recovered
- Serious Affray.
New-Haven, Saturday, Nov. 3
The boy, HENRY RICE,
who was killed by the steam-boiler explosion at
DANN & BROTHERS'
coach factory, yesterday, was found under the
ruins last night; nearly all his bones crushed.
The boy JOHN KANE
lives, but with no hope of his life.
G. G. BALDWIN
and GEORGE DE WOLF
are very low. JOSEPH
VAN RIPER was badly scalded, but may
live. The cause of the accident was poor
boiler iron. The loss of property is about
$5,000.
New York Times, New York, NY 5 Nov 1860
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