New-York tribune., 1877-08-23
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
EXPLOSION OF A CYLINDER.
TWO uFS INJURED. ONE SERIOUSLY.

A dull heavy explosion, which made the
ground trembe ard shook furniture and dishes in the
houses for block around the intersection of BANK ni
Beceker-sts was heard at halfPast o'clock yeseruhy
afternoon People rushed from their dwellings, anu
stores and saw dense Volumes Of smoke pouring from
the doors ard windows OF the ground nocr ni NO 'l3
UIcecker-s The first 10 reach the building WIS
Officer Eernap Of the the Ninth Precinct who ran lhto
the from, Office and then tho largo room use' rs
a repairinc shop and factory Before him on the
floor Law two men, one OF whom alH ost NAKED ana
seemed ~ he covered with flames The clothine' '' Inv
other also fire. In an rstant the flames "er'
ont and the room was left in martial darkness ~ WIS
found that one o; tho men. John BoheTy ~ NO. do
Flushine-avc.. Brooklyn. seriously ana p'o"''y
fatally injured HIS RIGHT lee was broken there was
buae gosh in his heod and he had received other IN
ures His clothes were torn into shrrds. and he pre-
sorto, pitiahle anpearance he was raeed into IN
arhnrancr ard tarn N thn F''tr"n'h-'' Hospital Thr
other man. William Pest ~ No. % Goerckst arose rom
the nnor with h'- wrist injured and hsor burned lie
was also vcrv week from thc effects OF tho shock All
orornd the room were evidence that great exnloson
had ocen3d ihe windows being shattered ana the moor
rb y, ~, Now Yorl Calcium rieht COM
RAW II Noe f1f and l1G Beock""t " u i've stores
a. h@'Fr rnm , ), 80 ,So NavYnrr Co,cinm Iiit
c"narauv Mnasrs Nv Cafr"v. T. G. Mnrrav and W.
wilson nccuov several tho ground nGr 'ay-
ine their office on 10" corner R9@k ~ ts fn" oln y
IT is fiileI with macnin~rv ard n ccrHer stands
n rnu,he- - cvlinIers GI"d with oxvron end fvhr"-
-an ~as pnA eN"urossod ar. used for cafun hgh,s
Nv son sfoted that cvnder bod hurst. h'it rlNh
fot eyr Ian low II occurred II GnT ~ MS oihre
WHOM DO hoard erhors 'lu1. TOT n" whole bnit
ing ra Ie and fouud Isef env0loned IN eouh of dS
Tho ryulr- cont qfnod about 'hrivive or 'ortY ffrt
lvfrc~cn ga which cE r-eH rr"ssura ~ ahNnf 100
rnrd4 had previously tested the same cylindeF ~
GOO nouir1s .
wiar Rosf one of the injured m"n. stated mar
Pc,crv aud w. c-e a'n~p che Roh"nv was 'n-
d.r'n, cylinder fch b"''vern them. whom Sn0-
DENLY urqt Dre- v-as vifi'n three e' ~ MN - tnr
tre Roonv v-as hprrlipr down. ana was appvi '" hs
so,darrc-cp fo cylinder whom the sid, towod him
hrrst ~, y o-1 pc thrown under work bench Sn'-
4 MI 80 cec7rod eas ab ~ When thc gas was
consurn~d frc fire won't ont. -, -
c.s u Trvfs. g l.ff"r-cnrrinr. who was among fhe
arsi ~ p .ra srn sa ed that Brhcnv had been IN
~agrd 80 fe r'nmrt - f" 0ri'n in solderin" p1n
ftc cvli der . furU trsse tag. W ich rc"ds =" y y
= ,lei..J / chr c. All Hr~ckcrt y. y" To heat ~
fha iron heirg ar,"t the walls Of the cylinder rN
nanfod and Ire rXDofed.
p y W,lsrn fro owp"r NJ the 'ock Of which the
brl- ?. war. statrd Sat the cXnlosion rndoHhic'v
,q rsed ~ tn" sides ~ the cvlinfHr
rI ar, otiv tnrcr-'xte'Fs rf ~ inch H. thc moss
m aifrn- on q foc lc wcr',moU had ueed cvlcHly
, frt IRON. VI. Wilson said th1t TIE damage 10 the
tildinr would NOT eX,''e-i SO. go
Tho cyiu.r- which exploited Is roo nv SIX icet WIN
diqlrefrr ~ ton nc'es One he'd - corcave and the
c.r- CONVEX Ne thor hnad w"s blow nrt. the eNr'o
sian urrino rerf the cylinder abor four feet long
Tho iniurt man. B'"eHy has been oncage1 W M
lsiucss fr fifteen ye;1s. iIc Is married man Win
f.w Frtiie