5 lives lost
John Murray Anderson is remembered for two things: for being the first mayor of the city of London and for lending his name to its first major industrial accident when the boiler at his foundry blew up. Shrapnel from the blast went whipping through the air for several yards, mowing down everything – and everyone – in its path. The badly shattered bodies of five men – one of them Anderson’s own brother – were later pulled from the wreckage of the downtown building.
(Source: Notebook from Yesterday)
