The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-18
Flames Feeding Upon OIL.

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fire, and the fire communicated to anoth-
er tank of the same size, owned by the
same company. At one O'Clock the burn
ing oil overfioWed and ran down the hill
side, consuming everything in its course.
The Octave Refinery and Acme Oil
Works are the largest refneries in the
world now. The burning oil ran into
Oil creek and threatened destruction to
large amount of property in the city. |
The people residing in the neighbor-
hood have, without their household |
goods, gone to places of safety, AT 5 |
O'Clock the fire was still raging, having |
reached Franklin and Washington |
streets, and threatened the destruction |
of the railroad bridge. Fire departments |
from Cory, Oil City and Warren are in |
the city in answer TO a telegram from the |
mayor for aid, and are acting witlYthe |
fire department of Titusville. At z |
O'Clock the buildings along both sides
of Broad street were burning, and about
100000 barrels of oil. There is great
excitement in the city. but the business
portion at this hour Is believed to be
safe, being mostly composed of brick
buildings.
TITUsvILLE, Pa, June IA most
disastrous petroleum fire has been rag
ing here all day, and has perhaps not
yet reached its height. 1t started about
z o'clock q. m, one Of the tanks of the
Tideout s. Titusville pipe line company
being struck by lightning. Two other
tanks of the same line also took fire and
exploded, the oil coming down in
streams set fire to Oil creek the location
being on the south side of the hill, at
the head of Perry sheet
The Acme oil company, Refinery No.
2, followed, and has been burning all
dsy. The loss is estimated at 100000
barrels of crude oil, besides the flames
spread over the hill, reducing TO ashes
| all the dwellings of Broad street. The
Roberts hotel, close to the bridge, had
not burned up till z O'Clock, but several
| inferior dwellings below were consumed.
The Franklin street bridge is now on
| fire, and the threatened bridge below
has hitherto been saved by great exer-
ftiOns. Franklin street and Washington
and Perry are full OF drayes and furni-
ture from the houses emptied by the
panic stricken tenements. A south
wind would threaten the East creek rail-
| road depot, and the machine shops and
| the Morning Herald block, but little ap-
prehension is felt of such a cataStrope at
present, unless the wind should take an
unfavorable turn. The fire departments
of Cory, Warren and Oil City are here;
there is plenty OF water and the men are
| WORKING ike HEROES, anu are Te1TeSueu
and relieved from time to time:
The refinery business is the principal
prop of our home industry, offering enl-
ployment 10 thousands, and the calamity
is therefore a severe one and felt by all
the business and labOring classes. Mr..
J. d. Archibald, the president of the
Acme Oil company, is now in New
York The total loss so far in works
and crude and crude equivalent is esti-
mated at 81, 900 900, the principal losers
being the Tidiant and Titusville Oil
company and the Acme Oil company.
The keystone Refining company is
also destroyed, belonging to Pickering,
Chambers s. Co., and the loss is stated
at 10000. The Octave refining COM
pany No. 8, north side of the creek, has
so far escaped. Later estimates place
the loss at $2,0O0,OOO. The fire is still
raging, and will probably last for day
or two longer, but unless winds blow
from the southwest, it will not extend %
the north side of the creek nor attack the
depot Of the P. T. g. B. railroad. An.
other iron tank burst and set fire to the
Franklin street bridge. The Octave re-
finery on the north side is now in flames
and the fire spreading rapidly.
BRADFORD, Pa, June 12.-The fire
was got under control this morning
The buildings destroyed were of the
poorer quality. Some frames ON the out.
skirts are still burning, but no danger
: exists. The burning of the refiner's
still and that of the Acme works will III
vOlve a loss of half u million alone
There has been no estimate placed on
the property destroyed.
TICUsvILLE, Pa, June 12.-The fire
has spent its force, but still RACES with
considerable fury, disturbing and requir
ing the continual efforts of the fire de
partment anG detention Of outside com
panies, but the danger is pact. The
] Emery oil tank on the hill, containing
$4,000 gallons of crude oil, succumDeC
this morning.
The explosion of the distillate anC
benzine tanks ON the Acme No.
grounds lent fearful gloom and excite
ment to the days distress. After dusl
the Titusville Citizens Battery tried thu
: e. iment of shooting holes into thu
" Gus burning oil tanks to let the OF
{ OF. so as to prevent any sudden over
fOw which might DEFY control, as TIT
T creek was rising from the effects of re
{ cent rain storm which has swept owe
: this section during the day. This had I
wholesome effect and there is little doub
: that the ravages of the fire will no
! cross the creek and invade the B. T.
= II. depot and the adjacent hotels ant
: for the railroad bridge.
Our people in the main will sleep to
! night in comparative security, though
i thousands will remain on duty and keel
Z w1pch. The wind is favorable to cOnfin
l g the fire to its present limits. Score
: of families slept in the woods last night
: causing much suffering Bloss street a
+ we'll as Broad street was practically de
/ serted. One mother fled to the wood
- srh Il, Of he
l child in her arms, which had died tn
I day before.
a Titusville generally loses by this acci
: dent about one-third of her refining ca
pacity and works of the most expensive,
+ and substantial kind in the country
: More careful estimates put the loss a
, $1,000, 900, the Acme being the heavies
: losers.
On His Way Home.
: TOLEDO, Ohio, June cit was the in
! tention of the Republicans of this city t
q have met Gen. Garfield at the Union de
), pot en- route to Cleveland at $50 p. m
= with large demonstrations, and to tina
end a battery of artillery was stationed
! on the bluff overlooking the railroad
. grounds, to fire a salute of enc hundred
q guns as the train comes in, and banC
= of music to likewise welcome him at thu
! depot.
E A tremendous crowd congregated a
q the depot for that purpose, when it wa
: announced that his car would be switch
; ed off for Cleveland at the ~" a mill
J up the railroad yard, and carried thence
: to Cleveland by special engine. Severa
! thousand, headed by band, marched
! out and received Gen. Garfield witt
: tremendous cheers. On the arrival o
the car it was switched off, and Genera
Garfield called out, when he was intro
, duced to the crowd by ]. &. Lee, of thii
, city, IN a speech as follows:
I have the'pleasure of introducing Il
you Ohio's senator, James A. Garfield
the next president of the United States
q [Cheers.l Now, if you will be quiet h
will speak to you.
Gen. Garfield stepped to the front o
as it had subsidized, spoke IS follows:
! GENTLEMEN Il am glad to meet my
fellow citizens of Ohio again and
) thank you for this cordial and enthusi
astic welcome, knowing its sincerity.
! cannot make you a speech on this &C
r casiOn, but am glad to see the faces o.
2 Ohio men and to receive such a wei
) come. Permit me again to thank you
: Our friend, Governor Foster, must d.
the talking loud and continued ap
plausep And General Lee, everybody
e knows Calico Charley. daughter anC
5 applause)
! Governor Foster said: Fellow citi
r zens of Toledo IL am asked where b,
halls from, Ia voice, "Ohio, - my sole re
\ ply shall be, he comes from old OHIO
!. and his name is General Garfield
!, daughter and cheers) The great sena
I tor from New York few days ago saiC
that nothing but the act of God would
/ prevent the nomination of Genera
e Grant l accept Senator ConklIng as
3 prophet. The act of God has come, ant
. General Garfield has become your can
r didate. Cheers, and a voice, "and W,