Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-19
SHOWER OF BURNING0 OIL
A Tank OF Oh Explodes. Pouring ~ 10.
nitcd Contents Over Force Of
Workmen.
-Four Nicu Die Horrible Dra,b. on,... =.
'u'y prncd- sarani A,,ompt So
Roscue a Con,rnae.
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iiutAnrLrHit. IA. Nov. ls-A1 a.,
niosion occurred as The pillad,lnbis
Lnprlcating works, at the NiitNin s,res,
Whari. The extent Of the DAMAGE !. M
! YET known, but, as icleefam has bcnn
received for all the ainbuances In ~
city TO be sent there. Il is feared bnt
many people have been hurt
rHE PARTICULARS.
fHiiApELnuA, PA, Nov. 18th, az.
| plosion OF tank of Oh al the philodel.
/ phia l-nbricatlng company works m Tho
1901 OF Moore street this morning. no.
suited IN the death of one man, the prob.
able death OF a boy, the serious lniurinp
OF Tour others, and Tie partial destrpr.
ton OF the establishment.
The victims are: AIgX,Npsn R,A,r
burned TO crisp. lie was superin,rnd.
ent OF the workmcn and had recently
come from Pittsburg
CHAs. MARSHALL, hoy, cannot IA,
fmnd
dosErn RoBtNsoN OF Delaware, body
terribly burned, cannot possibly recover
PATRICK BOYLE, head trunk ana ex-
tremihes frighiully burned. win die.
CHAS. MCLEAN, burned about the head
ana eNtremiics, VIII probably die.
ARrnrR GRuErm,, entire body terribly
burned, will die.
harIy thls morning Il gang of fifteen
men were set az work 10 repair a stone
foundation undera large iron sull which
contained 1900 barrels OF crude oil The
repairs had been partially made when the
man-hule of the still was blown OF
setting he OIL on FIRE, fitting over the
sun aud causing the burning oil TO fan on
hn1
followed d few seconds later by second
report. dense volume of smoke arose
and the utmost CONSERVATION cnsuad
among the workmen. Considerable time
elapsed before the fire apparatus reached
the scene, by which time the oil, which
sttil remained IN the tilted tank and the
portion which had flowed to the ground,
was burning licrcely.
TWO more victims Of the explosion this
morning, Joseph Robinson and Arthur
Grueber, died this evening
Alexander Bank was working under
the tank when the explosion took place.
While rcScuiug party was searching for
the victim his body was Observed as the
wind carried the smoke away, living close
to the foundation wall and surrounded
with blazing oil. One OF the men, named
hICUdcl NtNdUhNHU, NulunlCCFcu 70 secure
the body. Notwithstanding the protests
OF his companions he erawlcd after him.
He first saturated his own clothing with
water.
lie then graspcd his right foot, and when
he made an effort TO draw him forth the
mans foot parted from the body. Caya-
naugh dropped It and left the body TO the
flames. Cayanaugh's face and hands
were badly burned. t few minutes after
Cayanangh'S retreat the tank fell and
Banks body was hidden from view
Charles Mclean aud Arthur Grucber
were also found lying close TO the burn
Ing Still, the former being unconscious
Both were terribly burned.
Several other men who were working
close TO the still at the time OF the cN-
ploslon, We're also burned, but their In
iuries Were comparatively slight. The
injured were taken to Pennsylvania hos
pital, where their wounds were dressed.
The loss will reach $1,000; insurance
@l700. The body Of the missing boy was
finally recovered from the rriiis