Coroner Coakley Causes an Investigation.

Posted Posted in Boiler Explosions, Key City Planning Mills 1878

DUBUQUE, IOWA, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1878 THE BOILER EXPLOSION.  Coroner Coakley Causes an Investigation.  And for That Purpose Takes Testimony of Several Experts.  The Inquest Adjourned Until Thursday, October 10. At 9 o’clock yesterday morning Coroner C. C. Coakley caused an inquest to be held upon the body of the late Mat. Weber, as […]

Further Incidents—Examination Of The Bursted Boiler—Coroner’s Inquest

Posted Posted in Boiler Explosions, Key City Planning Mills 1878

DUBUQUE, IOWA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1878 THE EXPLOSION  Further Incidents—Examination Of The Bursted Boiler—Coroner’s Inquest The explosion of the boiler at the Key City Planing mills, was the all-absorbing topic of conversation yesterday, indoors and out. The ruins at the mill were visited by scores of people—ladies, as well as gentlemen—among them many strangers. […]