BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1902 Bloomington, Ind., May 28. – A boiler explosion in a sawmill at Mahalasville, Morgan county, at 8 o'clock this morning, resulted in the death of Watson J. Percifield and serious injuries to four other men. The mill was running, and it is supposed that Percifield, who was firing the engine, had let the water get too low in the boiler, which caused the explosion. Percifield was standing near the boiler and was hurled several feet. Both legs were blown off and his body was mangled beyond recognition, parts of it being scattered in all directions. The four men injured are Ed Townsend, Roy Lemon, Harry Lowry and William Wilcox. Wilcox is very dangerously injured and probably will die. Townsend and Lemon are seriously hurt, but may recover. Lowry is only slightly injured. Watson Percifield was about forty years old and leaves a widow and four children. He was a brother of Anderson Percifield, of Nashville. Another of the Lemon boys was in the mill at the time, but escaped without injury. The mill shed was almost demolished by the explosion. Mr. Wilcox formerly lived here. He was the owner of the mill.