The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-20
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Partial Destruction or rho on Works 81
aIrrsr-. Ward a. Cs.-T,. Superintendent
mud Two Worixmea Basiy Barn~d- l .oss
About T,vrniv-Gv~ Thousand Dollars.
The densr mass OF smcko that hung like rail over
notokcn Jersey City yesterday morning caused
by tho dos ruction by Gre OF the large rcaing house
~ Tho Paragon Oil Works owned by Messrs. ward 4
Co. Of This CRY, situated rsn Hon cr,ck two miles
hack OF Hudson Cry, N J. Tho loss or the building
and contents was ushappry. attended by tho sorl.
ons n fatal. burning az three OF the empoYts-J
c. Eastman, SUPERINTENDENT, and John Mcbride and
Richard Gibbons, workmsn
The buildings comprising the works fonr IA
Der the discry, tho strcst!ng house." engine house
ana oper shop They occupied isolated positions,
connected required BY pipes Trio disilery con.
taBs -four stills OF wrought Iran IN cyinarcal forms. in
Gra treated, among them narhthA This production.
ihst b. rencd and suitable for market Ia arrt
10 the treating house. where Is p,acca in huge tanks
Tor that pgrposs. Tho process .! rcfnirg II u simuy
eleans ng operation. ssfcrmed y'rv sriky BY the al.
don o. me OF viriol m QUALITIES ~ ono TO tree.
This Is emrtcd from carsoys, and vhls this y bcinv
donc arsior. Ike small propeller SO ARRANGED AZ
the bottom OF tito tanks and IN connection with the
engine. II 10 IA thoroughly mixed This work
In process yesterday when explosion Of
tho ank being used oak place. with the rcsuit Of tho
De tructon OF the building and tae injury OF tic men
noted.
The sgrcatinr house, was brick bu idng forty by
twcoty fect and twenty-five feet high II contained
,wc large sr<s; but enc vas In nsc, hcvever ~ The
rc rhis situate at tho lever end ~ the
baiidrg ard contained afiy barrels " crude pnrh.,.
Al niRc o'c nck MeBrds and Gibbons drcci-d Nv
Mr Va t.Ean vino, as remarkable fact. wal peoa his
car'ov .; vioi into tbs tank, and stool nv
ikca uuu IL quite dsns when. ming u Give d.
rscious tho engineer that the speed Of tho ngnfcr
snead he iucrcas,d re perceived tn his great wonder
mont tan spiral column n smoke ssning from, tho
arons In The rarov 10 drain eat Ers speak on
pssoR cak place that sh~ok the building TO it, eer're
tired tho oil in iarsisg ststs thrcurhout tho room,
ra po cling " tho isirrsd Aen~hosa hands and
iac~s werc In their karnt hlscdne state. sight hor-
rlbl~ look the dark v0uias OF thick smoke
i.su,sE from the windows together with The eSpioor
s6oA brought them "a: From other portions ri
tho wosts "a FROM p.ass 81 Works direct
AVID aincss grouping TIER way and battling the
nsre, carried tho nea 10 nlnce Of safety: sasse-
10 their homes Husscs City. and The
80 his boarding hous~ IN rhs veiRiy. Medical all was
procured ns sonn ~ rcssshs and Al ias hour The IL
-rsr- wrs ~ var ss cs.'d bs expected Fears are
toria nei that Mc8sde should he recover, will lsse
syess0ht
The injured men r-moved Attentions wac i-nm.d,a.s,v
turned 10 the bH,u,pg building IL scsed bat tbs work
Of A. " tan 10 ire every par. Tue burning narhka
shot from end TO The othev ike trails OF
a~sre TIA, tue lover sssry there 500
vcs " OIL and surrounding the budinS the
$50 barrels o. nsphtha len n its fate Tie reef falling
N. the great volume Of smoke wnrnsf tho frcmeu Of
sdson Gay or tho cosessraiion, and after d~sp-rs
efforts IN dragging their apparatus 70 thu seene
eeed~d in prsvcufins-aded by their isoaici oharss
ter-iss Gre exssdnR further althcwsn Il was feared
A. Que iime that tive buildings surrounding Il would 10
Consumed
Explosion upon explosion oecursd IN The brrning
buling barrsl after barrel bursting mad tns seeth,sg
fa,ass SEEMED demsn IKE they sAct up higher
aad higher. Tho bnra NJ oil flowed down the u
The creek and covered ~ scrfaca THIS cass~d great
alarm, rs the creek being b. forty fcct de- and the
edge, they also would take fire. BIT Ua-
tened asong it's hanks ard with the free u snow
itheeed the hurunH rtFean-
The cause " the explosion remains mvssesy: bit
NJ gaStman from his isng experience IN like work can
euy anrm,sS that u frsm an aferier qualify ~
vkrio The srasuieus dzssrltsu tass 70 produced
BY smoking without fouadsoa The workmeu
all Other fsctsgtcs of its charnetev,
vsan' senaels asiass ths apprsach a any cigar
smoking cuemy.
Tho Ices sustained bv NeswR Ward Co. - u amourt
20 s2h 900, whether tie works and ooatcnts
insured, OF not has not. been a,ccrtainsd.