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The Ludington Record
Vol. XVI, Old Series, No. 45
Vol. 4, New Series, No. 8
Thursday, July 12, 1883

              Cousin & Hoogstrats shingle mill, three miles 
            north from Custer, was the scene of a dire cala-
            mity this morning about 11 o'clock. The boilers
            exploded with a terrific force shattering the
            mill into fragments. The report is that the two
            firemen are fatally injured and three boys who
            were packing shingles severely hurt. No one has
            a correct idea of the cause of the explosion 
            but its force may be judged from the fact that
            scarcely a person about the mill was recognizable,
            by their horror stricken friends, who rushed to
            the scene, immediately after hearing the sound.
            Very few employes escaped some injury. Many had
            their entire clothing torn off, and every one
            in and about the mill were more or less bruised.
            A telegram was promptly sent to Dr. McCONNELL
            who went by the 11:30 train to the scene of
            action.
              Later: JOHN McINTOSH has died. The boiler was
            built in Meadesville, Pa., last April and had
            been well tested before shipping. MR. MALLORY,
            the forman of the mill says that less than one
            minute before the explosion there were two two
            guages of water. When the explosion took place
            he was gumming a saw a few feet distant. His
            escape from death is miraculous. About $1,500
            worth of property is destroyed.
            
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The Ludington Record
Vol. XVI, Old Series, No. 46
Vol. 4, New Series, No. 9
Thursday, July 19, 1883

              Two of the victims of the late boiler explosion
            at Custer, TIMOTHY and PATRICK DOYLE were brothers,
            aged respectively 21 and 15. They died last Friday,
            the day following the accident, and their remains
            were brought to the city and interred in the catho-
            lic cemetery last Sunday. Their father resides in
            the city and has the sympathy of all who know him
            in his now lonely old age.
            
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