, 1866-12-10
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.

OIL kcee1T1nE House Blown Un-rn.
Glne Hon~e Burned-Oue Nan In.
stanuy hil1cn-F1ve Others severrIv
Injured.
From the C1ercland Herald, Dtceubcr7.1
We urc called upon to record one of The
most ;siehtial casualties that las ocesrrcI
n Cleveland M for many years, Involving a
LOSS o. liie anu great destruction of p5opcr
y. At halfpast two O'clock yrstsfdaF The
whole city, Wes startled by aa cxplos;ap. an
and, Immediately aflet, M alarm Of tre +,
Vas found to be the receiving honsc ~ me
ou refinery Il Mcssrs. Clarke, Payue 4: CD
situated on "Wal*orth Run, In The anrle
HlmSa f2nn,Sa. py the cleveland, Columbus s.
railroads. The receiving house. whicS
about flfty feet IN Length and ''esarE; fe1fy;
IN Wldsh, Was blown literally. to atoms.
scarcely one brick being jeff upon another.
n ~ " instant Of time TWAS reduced to
ing took fire immediately, aud deu.e col
umns OF lame Ind smoke tilled the All. The
nfe Communicated to the engine house near
Of, and this was entirely destroyed. The
warehouse aud agltating house, Ia botn Of
eanht Tnlch hefe het large 9uantites Of oil also
e1tions ofthe hrexhen and others, they were
saved. Had the tiames obtained the mastery
In these buildings, the condasratioa wouid
have been feaTfully disastrous. as nothing
eoaio nave prevented the destruction Of ad.
at the earliest possible .momeut, and were
served with the utmost promptness and ef.
6clency. There was a scarcity of water at
hfs1, and 1t WAS only obtained at all bv the
oasty construction of dam ACROSS a small
stream whieh ho"s through the valley.
others were 1Amentable In the extreme. A
man in the employ OF Messss. Hanna, Doher-
y q Co, who happened at the moment OF
the explosion to be passing between the wall
Of the receiving house and high bank. was
Instantly Killed by the debris falling upon
hs the fire was Buodued, a search WAS made,
and the remains Of the unfortunate man
were exhumed from the heap Of btfcks and
earth. His body Was terribly crushed and
burned, We were unable to learn hi. name.
nc ieAsea wife aud several children to
mourn their appalling bereavement.
1homas Lawler, and youn.. man named
b1rton, In the employ Of r. D. Christian,
who were engaged In putting Iusp,pes in the
receiving house at the time of the catasrrp
Pie, we're severely injured, one OF them be-
,nE blown distance Of forty feet. Lawler
tanning othar serious Injuries, and BnTton
had MS clothing and hair entirely burned
or and his body hiehttu1ly burned. It is
thought the latter cannot recover, 4 young
man bamed Clarke-brother Of one Of the
o~ners-and two ehcrs in the employ Of
the firm we're also badly burned and other
wise injured
The explosion was heard In all parts OF
me u, city, aud fora distance OF several miles.
The toll.satc keeper on the Euclid road, be-
yond Wilson avenue, was In. the city las,
eventng. apd stated that It was distinctly
heard in that vicinity. The cause Of the
explosion was the Ignition of the gas which
AIi;es from the oil In the receiving hou-c,
although the manner ofits becoming ispitel
T. unknu~n. This gus Is one o. the most In.
aamab.e '.sa substances known, BET VI posi-
der. 1t permeaies the entire atmosphere IN
ITS vicinity, and the smallest spark Is sn,ll-
clent to Get 1t on fire, 1t Is supposed that
some ofthe Eaa must hare Issued through
apcrturcs In the building, and, coc1Ing Ia
contact With fire, the flames communicated
TO Tire inside, and thus tgnitcd the whole.
The loss By this terrible disaster Is from
eight to twelve thousand dollars, upon which
there Is no insurance.