Wayne County NcArchives News.....Pipkin, Jesse Mill Explodes Killing Five December 22, 1852
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Weekly Commercial Friday Dec 31, 1852 (Wilmington, NC) December 22, 1852
DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE
                        Goldsboro, Dec 23.
It is with feelings of the deepest sorrow that we have to record
a most melancholy occurrence. The boiler of the Steam Saw
Mill at Waynesboro', the property of Mr. Jesse Pipkin, 
exploded yesterday morning about 7 1-2 o'clock, killing
three white men and two negroes. Mr. Pipkin, the proprietor,
was killed, and a Mr. Thos. Gardner and Wm. Jones. The two
negroes belonged to Mr. Pipkin. Two other negroes were
badly wounded, one a free boy, and the other the property
of Mrs. Churchill of Waynesboro.' Defects of the boiler is
attibuted as the cause of the explosion.
Mr. Pipkin leaves a widow and three children to mourn
their irreparable loss.
Mr. Jones and Mr. Gardner have each left a family in almost
destitute circumstances. A subscription for their relief will
be found at the store of Messrs. Washington & Andrews.
Call and subscribe.

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