Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-05-11
The Standard oil Works Burned

The St1A02FO VII tsVEAS 0GHACu
New York, May l0-The st .udard
Oil Works in Jersey City were struck
by lightning early this morning.
Seven oil tanks have already e1l l,ded,
and the fire is still raging with terri i
force. Great disaster is feared. The
estimat. ID loss Is $500, 900.
lOA. M-The Ere at the Standard Oh
Works in Jersey City is stlil raging.
and it is now near the tanks Of the Jer
sew Central track, where $50. 900 bar
rels are stored. Thus far 500 600 bar
rels Of oil have been de>t ~oyed, lnc.ud
lug $50, 900 barrels refined, stored in the
store b. use. I, is now thought the
loss will reach S75O,OO0.
A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THk FIRE.
JERSEY Cry, ii A. M-The works
of the STANDARD Oh Go. at Cemmunl-
paw, the most extensive in this country,
are On fire and about One-half OF tue
property is now destroyed. The fire
started during severes t,rm this morn
ing. One OF the large tanks near the
shore was struck and exploded by light
uing. The burning oil poured out like
an angry river aud flowed down
the avenues b. tSeen rows of enormous
tanks toward the river. In short
time the flames communicated with
three huge tanks and they exploded sim
| mn.tan. onsIy with terrific force. Frag-
mel J., of iron were hurled distance Of
half q mile and the burning OF! scat.
| tered in all directions. The entire fire
| department was summoned, but their
I services were almost u-eless, as the
| ourDing stream Of oil poured through
| the yard, firing tank after tank on the
east side, aud licking up bu i iings and
| sore houses. The solid structure
where barreled OF! was kept was at
tackled 10y the flames and succumbed.
The engine-house went next, and the
oil and wat-r pump houses, sunken
! tanks and machine-shop quickly fol
lowed The whole easterly side of the
| works are now q seething mass Of flame.
| Despite the tremendous heat and blind.
ing smoke the tiremen are working val.
! iantly in the hope Of checking t le pro.
gress Of the flames, but 1t appears al
this hour that the vast works will b.
destroyed, and that the flames will
reach ont and consume property in the
neighborhooa.
The people are DESERVING their homo IS
and moving out what is valuable Of
their effects. 1t is e.tlmat d that there
were 5GO.O gations Of oil IN the tanks,
and tt. loss Of property already laid iu
ashes WI reach 81, O00. 600.
Waves of burning oil b ID rolled in
upon ;e eneine-house, carpentsr-shop,
machine ,hor, boiler and pnmp room r,
two warehouses, the cooper-shop and
the II .cksmith-sh and they were a
heap Of rufus in an hour. Tank sitter
tank was canght by the flames until
seven ont Of the twenty-s!x on
the grounds were blazing. The
tanks Of the Pennsylvania railway
also caught fire, and several Of the
rolling taoks on the rails were oDly
saved by having earth piled on the top
Of them. The bay was a sheet Of
filming oil. and the long trest'e-bridg e
on the rail way, about a quarter Of a
mile long, running from the works t.
Black TOMS Island, was also burned.
SIX LIVES Losr-rHE END NOT YET
1880 A. M.-The ire is still raging,
| and the Eagle refinery is in danger. ii
the wind continues sout1 easr the re.
m aiming buildings may be saved. Six
lives have been st. Chief Terrier and
q number Of his men were within ten