Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-10-13
A Kerosene Horror.
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NEW lOhh, Oot. Z.
THE Bremen packet-ship Europa, en-.
gagged in the kerosene trade between the
United States and Germany, was placed
on the large dock at the foot of Rutger
street, on the EastRiver, Friday, for the
purpose of being overhauled. The ship
twas Chartered and it was necessary to
get her ready as expeditiously as posi-
4 BILE. A large force of calkers, ship
carpenters and blacksmiths were put to
work this morning. These men were
scattered all over the vessel. The ship
carpenters and calkers were in the lower
hold boring the sides to see whether the
\ -planks were sound, and the calkers had
taken their oakum, oil and pitch into
the lower hold so as to have it near at
hand when required.
A ship carpenter, John Casey, who was
in the fore-hold testing the planks, struck
match to light his pipe and carelessly
threw the match on the floor. A large
| pile of oakum was close by, and the
match falling on the hemp set it on fire.
Instantly the entire hold was sheet of
flame. The vessels timbers beng satu-
rated with kerosene accounts for the
suddenness with which the vessel became
enveloped in flames, which spread with
I lightning-like rapidity. Casey, in en-
deavoring to smother the flames, was so
badly burned that his death is hourly ex-
| pected. He was sent to the hospital
John Sever, another workman, was badly
burned, but was rescued.
The numerous other workmen below
deck were as though in a tomb filled
with fire. 1t was impossible TO reach
them until the fire was extlnguished.
Several were working, amidships and
were completely surrounded BY the
flames, and those not in the midst of the
fire were exposed to the deadly fumes
that arose. The firemen were promptly
on hand and succeeded, in half an hour,
In extinguishing the flames. A thorough
search was then commenced for the miss
ing workmen, and the police soon found
in various parts of the bark the bodies
of five men. With the exception of one
all appeared to have been suffocated, and
the fifth man, George Gill, was badly
burned about the head, hands and body
The dead bodies were brought ashore
and sent to the station-house, where they
were Identified as Thomas Graham, VIM.
Furlong, John Mcdonald, George Gill
and Dennis Sullivan. Gill shows signs
Of having met with a hard DEATH and
all the others appear as if they had suf-
fered the terrible agonies of suffocation.
Theireyes were open and their tongues
protruded from their mouths. Those
who lost their lives were all ship carpen-.
ters. I 9Th 2FE84 tTE1 =
The man Casey escaped out of the
hold and through a port-hole in the side
of the vessel. Then he climbed down
the ladder, his clothes being still on fire.
The Manchester Guardian, the lead
ing journal published in the chief manu-
featuring city of England, has awakened
to the almost universal testimony recent
! ly given of the rapid competitive strides
thatare being made by American manu-
facturers, 1t tells its readers that the
uniform testimony of English visitors to
the Centennial Exhibition leavesno room
to doubt that Change has within the
last few years came over the manufact-
uring industries of the United States
the extent and significance of which En-
gland cannot afford to meet indifferently
American industry, it says, has become
lna-POweHin' theuearth' far greater than IT
has ever been before, and, after making
every alloWance. Tor present temporary
depression, hat its recent progress may
well arrest the attention of English
manufacturers. The English newspapers
contain frequent statements of late bear
ing out this view. Some of the intelli-
gent English visitors to the Exhibition
have written home of what they have
seen, and the anxiety among the British
manufacturing classes is becoming gen
eral at the prospect of effective competi-
ton from this side of the ocean
= The Sacramento Tfe c0rd- Union SAYS
Some time since elittle boy i'm thenipper
portion of the city was vaccinated, and
IL proved a success. About two weeks
since, while he was changing his cloth
ing, the scab was knocked from his arm
and fellat0 the hoor. "a small dog, the
pet Of the ,fpmily, discovered and swal-
lowed II, and ii is now so completely
broken out with smallpox or kline pox
that one can scarcely put his finger on a
place on the animals skin that has not
"got it bad"