, 1870-04-16

Six I7,ouAnnd Rnrrcla OF Crude Oh
on Eire-Loss from SAC, ,O0o TO soc, 200
-Explo~son OF q Pipc-Threc Fire.
tncn ltnrned.
From he cg1Eeland L2at, AprI14
At half-past o'clock 4. n, men wornnE IN
". H. Doann'e refinery were letting oil run
from car inio largo tank when passenger
train passed by on the Atlantic / Great Teat-
err Railway. Some sparks fell from the loco.
WIS running, Immediately isnited 1t. and
cauEed disastrous condhg1ahon. Four tank
cara, each laden With eighty barrels OF crude
oil, wcre Immediately destroyed The FIRE
6prcA1 Immediately to the two receiving tanks,
which contained each from COO 70 1000 bar
Of our fire steamers were Immediately brought
u tho ground, but thcro wna no eenso in At
tempting to exinEuish tho flames. They
threw water on the surrounding build
ings ard prevented the aamea from
spreading. At half-past. 10 three Of
he nIs 70 ear ne tie budnRs
It Was feared TINT the tanks would melt and
break, and In the event OF such contingency
deep ditches were dug around the fire to
catch the burning oil that might run out, and
prevent it from flowing over the ground Aud
meantime Tho ire raged with undated fury
There vas little or no wind, and one solid,
broad fame shot upward high IN the air, send
ing up dense volume Of Glack smoke, thht
foated Oh in northcasteriy direction like 4
huge cloud It WAS provoking for our fire do
1Aftment, which ia accustomed 10 graphing
with and sub1uing every FIRE they encounter,
10 stand by almost like idle spectators and sec
| tho work Of destruction progress They kept q
very close watch on tie adjoining buildings
there; waited about the ground constantly
and did everything in their power TO lessen the
| loss. ...... ........
1t about u o'clock an accident occurred
| which WIS nearly fatal to one Of the fremen
in which three were badly burned. A part o
tho tank, near tho road, melted BY the coa
timed fane, and piece OF it fell in. !
stream Of oil four feet wide md foot higl
| It covered from three to four acres OF grouns
NJ quickly aa 60 much water would have spEeas
over it, where it sent mp lurid flame for tel
minutes. There is 4 wooden houAo about on
hundred yards from the burning tanks. wher
lsErcls are filed with OF, and Assistant Eugi
neer Bennett with four hremen were in hi
building. In an instant it WAS envclopod /
fame BEFORE the firemen could get out Q
il, an oil riHu bursted, scattering. II
flaming oil in cvcrv direction. Edvar
Delany, Of Company No. 2, wa. badly it
jured. His nose, ears, hair, hands and a5Iu At!
vere burned, and biz clothes all On fire. vii
lam Humphrey, Of the same company, An
Assistant Engineer Bennett, were burned, hr
not seriously. In five minutes time the built
ing was burned to the ground, and the fame
continued to arisa around it for Ave minute
more
During the afternoon, md untn 81 o'cloel
the fire continued, the two companies remain
ing there On duty and Preparations mAdo
Ill the engine houses to start at moment
! notice. During the evening several thousar
perpons stood abont On the neighboring hil
watching the fire, which formed auagniicel
! spectacle Tho loss 10 AIr. DoAne viii not |
loss than e4o,O0o, covered by s20, 900 insu
ance. Tho Atlantic / Great Western Rai1ro:
Company loet four carr, valued at e, 900.