, 1870-12-23

araster poItions of tbs a1tsnsivs works thse
are snploIed every noment o1 inn ys1
keeping up our supply Of artificial n9at
vs. ef NO.. I'd IL 11 squ.ro
ircb, ona hundred md txaneT-sereu feet IN d. |
atpeter and forty feet In heiEht-au imtnense
inverted circular tank that toaa and Se!l elo1y'
according to the &nount Of gsa couhnsdt %
tween tts top md tho su!tsce O. the xAa5 COL
tar sunk thi1ty-dve feet in the ground, and 81 |
sufficient diameter to allow tho "holds1" %
rink down into the Nstar, ~ tho gAa was grad |
ul1Iy exhausted Through pipes, me mouths
Of which lise 2bove tha Watef Nashin taa hoia-
ing up R1aeefu1ls from tho broad stone eaf.
ping Of the masonry were .twelye columns Of
non, torty feet high aud thirty inches m
diameter, placed Ut regular intervals around
tbs circumference OF the big area, Aud
firmly braced md bound tosetna a.
voIk Of wrong ght iron. On the tops
| Of thesa auted colunns ve1c heavy eur-
/ mounts and iumanee elobest supporting
l spread eagles, Ill In Iron. On the inside OF
thaee columns were the lron tods or guides,
might hs, roi1ed The wheels Of tie cylindrical
| hcidez, up = few inohes TO the hous while b.
| Ing flled, md down, slowly but surely. = The
| supply ptst ed out into thesa raains which 1t
wss used to feed.
i
l ten mirutes affez tho expioaiou, the sceno Was
| atiil brilliantiy illuminated BY the big sheet Of
tlaue that Etysd ita blue and red AElnS over
the m4ss Of iron that sho1ed above the dsep
pool of water.
Ttern 6sre shattered walls east and south
I where The erploeion had exerted its greatest
| force. and the calnmrs had crushed eTnr1thinG
I IN their way, and On Front street wero the
faces OF depse crowd. The pecnnia1y loss
around The txnk and holder amounted to more
this time than on tho first occasion, tot nine
out Of twelve columns we're down and destroy
ed-sl 500 each, including the brAcing. hya
must haze fallen into the water. with the t1nk;
one fell oyer On the root south; ono On tbs
roof Of the Office, On the northeast corner OF
the lott snd t*o over into Front street. Only
cls -euaained EJECT and held veil togesher.
In 4 corner Of the base OF tho capital Of
The third Of these. counting from Front
street, the poor victim Of the arst disaster.
buried to pakedneEa snd thep into black and
faces turned toward him, bad breAthed and
died in eyery breath, until taken down to
| braathe bis list from harne-flled luuga. Hsp-
PLY, NO such pitiable sigiu was presented
! nov. .-..
enc watchshere vas of and the other one
j ret to come on. Tha men neAreat TO the
danger we're the engineer and fireman In the
" "exhauat room and clerk In the office.
The former rushed AWAY: In the right direo-
tiou, ere their little building could bury them
The latter b ssd . runhling, as Of ! car In the
street, be thought; In the sans instant hs
saw The fash, felt the heat, and daehed out oi
. | the door into the street, Just a. one OF ths
, columns crushed down upon tho Office roof.
We cannot state positively bow this aoei
dent came about: my more than *e could
. how Tho enc Of 50 hsppaned. The theor!
forced upon us y = reasonable one, howeT
er, IL That the holder vas full 70 ita ut
most cap.citY-hre hundred thousand cubi'
feet-and tllat the pressure was etfll on
TO the east, allowing IN escape OF gas aud !
mixture OF atmospheric air on the west; this
. | the volume Of ges, ascending, was ignltat
> by fiauo from The G1obe Rolling Mill. lead
iIg to fire and explosion. The damage Il
hotasr tank ana iron woEa ..1an9.,t a@ounss +
i the United States, wAs tiniahed by Georg
:; Stacey d Co. about = year since, and cast tt
). saa company s28.oo0. The bniadinga dsu1
! sged are the Office, On the northeast
. the .puEify,rg house, On the @ Mss'
II atout u $40 IN the total. thu Globe Roilin
Mil, on tho west, vas not damaged this time
], | The Workmen were considerably startled
!. however. Very fortunately. tho shosk Va
!. not communicated to Any Of the other holder
explosion there Was much anxiety among th
q officers OF the works to know positively II =
J. tie men were ssfe. Tue gang foremen- ate
= | some trouble. got their -men together ~
). found them Ill safe. The President Of Il
: Gas Company and one Of the Director
i | reached the spot about halt m hour Altar t:
I occurrence, i1ll Of an!iety to knew Z tlel
70 | bad been any loss Of life. They seemed u1us
u relieved to know that nobody had been hurt
30 much 80, In fact, thss tbs loss Of proper
& wat not referred to Is tnything serious.
r This accident happened. unfortunately, 1t
RI / time nf Aha yaar when tha vary CreAtAst c
u. psciiy OF The works ia needed to keep up vi
Al The demand. It is poaaibls thkt, unless 4
nd "e1hauss" apparatus can bs brought In
p. condition for full use this morning, ne may
put on short supply to-night-for street lig
DC l :, least This affair foiloWa very close up
% the heels Of the destruction Of the gas-wor
e e Of Dorchester. Mass. whereby the Super
io tendcnt of the company lost his life: T
w most destructive explosion Of this kind
es rtcosd Is, We believe, that which oosurred
ID Nine Elms, BattersoA Roxd, to tbs Lond
y Gas CouPany'a wotks, Whczeby ten man VI
M l Killed in 1866,