The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, June 28, 1889

Disastrous Ingenuity  6/28/1889

Harry and William JESSER, 15 and 17 years old respectively, and possessing
a mechanical turn of mind, were killed at Philadelphia, last Saturday, by
the explosion of an old range boiler with which they were experimenting.
they had connected it by lead pipe with a small engine and were preparing
to turn the crank of the family ice cream freezer by motive power when the
boiler blew up with tremendous power.

Harry was thrown with great force against a fence and instantly killed.
His legs and arms were broken, and one side of his head was horribly
crushed.

William was thrown further under a shed, and a flying brick evidently
struck him in the head, fracturing the skull.  Both his legs were
frightfully crushed.  He was taken to the Pennsylvania Hospital, where he
died in about an hour.

Little henry KNIESS, who was watching the experiment from a shed, was cut
under the eye, and Miss Flora KNIESS was severely scalded about the back.

Transcribed by Ruth Barton
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