Foundry Fire
Burlington, VT
January 26, 1882
At 5 o'clock on the afternoon of January 26, 1882, at Wallace H. Brink & Co.'s Burlington, Vermont, foundry, workmen were making a five ton casting when the ladle accidentally overturned, spilling the entire mass of molten metal, setting the building on fire. Some workmen were fatally injured, while others escaped without injury. The foundry was gutted. |
