Haverhill, Massachusetts
Bottling Works
Explosion
May
14, 1907
EXPLOSION KILLS TWO.
One Victim of Soda Water Tank Blow-up Is
Decapitated.
Haverhill, Mass., May 14. – By the explosios
[sic] of a soda water tank at the bottling works
of O. A. Smith, here this afternoon, two men
were killed and a third severly injured. The
building was wrecked. The dead:
CYRUS KELLER,
of Exeter, N. H. instantly killed.
JOSEPH SOUCI,
died at Hale Hospital.
O. A. Smith,
proprietor, received severe contusions about the
head and body.
The explosion occurred while one of the
employes [sic] was changing a tank. Smith was
sitting in the building at the time and Keller
had just entered the works. The tank exploded
with terrific force, wrecking the building and
shaking houses in the vicinity. Keller’s head
was blown off, and Souci’s legs and arms were
broken.
The Washington Post, Washington, D. C., 15
May 1907
Transcribed by
Jenni Lanham. Thank you,
Jenni!
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