"It just broke, that's all. They're all likely to do that."
"They are all supposed to be examined daily, too," answered Rush quickly. "The company's first care is for the safety of its men. Still, it's not the part of my duty to preach to you."
"Then don't!" growled Foley.
"No; I'll do my duty, old chap, though in this case it means some trouble for you."
Two ambulances had arrived by this time and the surgeons were giving first aid to the injured as the men lay stretched out on the still hot cinders on the floor of the dingy mill.
The work of the mill had not ceased. It went on with a rush and a roar, interspersed with reverberating crashes, here and there, that sounded as though the steel roof were caving in.
"Any of them seriously hurt, Doctor?" demanded Steve.
"One is very badly burned. He won't get well. As for the others, I can't promise."
"Should they all go to the hospital?"
"Yes."