New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-28
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
ANOTHER EXPLOSION IN BROADWAY.
CHE ACCIDENT DUE TO THE OPERATIONS or TIE
AurR1cAN gle AM HEATING COMPANY.


AMERICAN STEAM HEATING COMPANY.
violent explosion Of gas occurred at The man
hole of tn American Steam H'ating AMI rover
Company at Maiden Lane and Broadway shortly
before IL o'clock yesterday morning eaulng mus n
alarm among the occupants of the surrounding
buildings and wild excitemont among passing
teams. Besides the destruction OF WINDOWS, 1 W
persons pas ing bv we're severely injured. lie
sound oil the explosion was louder mn me rep9rI
Of cannon and the two man-hole enVers IN"
upper aud lower, shot into tne air IN frag-
ments The pipes Of the American Steam Heating
and Power Company are adjacent tn the plpeS OF
The Mutual Gas Light Company at that point
creosoted blank boxes, the inter<tices being
filed in with lamp black. The Steam
Heating Company stoppe supplying steam
n week ago and that fact caused the pipes to con-
tract and tho breakage or leakage of the Mutual
Gas ComDany's pipes caused mixture OF air ami
gas. explosive at the slightest spark. The present
accident is said 10 have caused IN HIS way.
The American Steam Heating Company had men
employed in digging up a connection box IN front oi
NO Maaehahe. re grodnG oers ,na sst mn
fire the escaping from the trenches, ana running
along the pipes caused an explosion 81 Oh" man hole
where the gas had accumulated. i he covers new
nm In the air aud the sky seemed 10 rain lamp black
Tor q short time. mass OF flame shot up ard, AMI
pedes rams and occupants OF neighborng buildings
hastily sought refuge
Foreman H. j. Madden of the Mutual GasliQht
Comcany descended the man-hOle and eX tingushed
the fire. thereby preventing further disaster. Whrn
the smoke and excitement had subslded 1t was
found that two persons bad been injured. They
were w. NJ. Hunt age fifty three general business
agent living ut No 351 EAST Eighty fifh-st. and
Nathan Simon, age thirty-thror, tailor OF No. so
Essex ST. jeremiah Counsellor OF Newark, ~ J.,w no
was passing ut the time was X Ocked down by the
eoneussiCD, but was a lie to go home upaSslSted.
Mr. Hunt and Mr.. SIMON were taken TO the offices
M the Exchange Fire Insurance Company on the
southeast corner OF Manen-iane aud Broa tway,
where they were. Temporarily atten ed by Dr. Sea
nan, of One-hundred and fifth ST. They werr both
taken TO the Chambers street Hospital MIR Hunt was
subject to tits and the hospital suffered from al
attack brought OF by the slock- he was shortly
afterward taken home ny friends. Mr. Smon's lace
was badly burned. 1t was dressed IN the hospitai
and he went home The damage done 10 the neigh
boring buildings was not great bu; they were COW
cred W tn lampblack. The plate glass windows IN
& Co.. on the third for of No. l Mllden-lane. were
shattered to pIec-s he orce OF me explo ION was
sut1icent TO oveturn the covering OF mtn-nole at
broadway and John-st., a block away.
ANXIOUS FOR CUSTOM HOUSE POSlT ONS
General Williams and Aessrs. Comstoek AMI Law
stOn, the lvll SeIv c. COMMISSIONER con inued
every dav last week the examination OF applicants
Tor positions IN the Gus tom House The rooms pro-
yided for he of the Commissioners IN the fourth
stor, Uf the Federal Building, have ben II It'd u
with desks and tables, that over forty app ioant'
can be examined at once. About 80 plcantS
have been questioned Oh arithmetic, &c 2rdpny III
other subjects The persons were examined last
week for positions clerks at $I,2O0 year, N
spectOIs night inspectors, NeigherS and AS staut
We gheTs. Many of those who applied for appoint
ment as weIgheTs have had experience the dd,I es
of be position, having served as eX Ia" weigh Is
at the pay of abOIcrs The examinations have.
therefore, embraced questions IN reference To the
parIIcullr duties OF the position, About one IN
5uTee of those vino apply for WORK IN the weighing
department has a chance Of apDOln mcnt. The
proportion of probable appOintu- EMS III the other
departments Is less.