OBIT: John DeARMIT, 1860, Blair County, PA

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ANOTHER CALAMITY. - On Monday last, at 4 minutes before 1 o'clock P.
M., the boiler in the marble and machine works of W. W. Wallace, in
Pittsburgh, blew up and knocked the entire works into a heap of ruins,
burying a number beneath it.  Ten dead bodies and 14 persons more or
less injured have been taken from the ruins.  The cause of the
explosion can not be accounted for.  The man who had charge of the
engine says that shortly before the explosion he tried the water gauge
and found the water at the second gauge.  The safety valve was gauged
to 60 pounds, and the boiler seems to have been in good condition.
Some idea of the force of the explosion may be inferred from the fact
that after leaving its bed, it passed through and demolished six stout
brick walls.  The affair has cast quite a gloom over the city and
thousands have visited the scene of the catastrophe.

Among the killed, we regret to notice the name of John DeArmit,
formerly of Hollidaysburg, who was universally respected and esteemed
by all who knew him.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, September 27, 1860, page 2