New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-08
THE FIRE RECORD.
CLEVELAND OIL WORKS ABLAZE.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT UNABLE TO CHECK FLAMES
STARTED BY EXPLODING STILLS.
tBY TELEGRAPH TRIBUNE


CLEVELAND, Sept This morning a fire
started in tho Doan OF Works. causing three stills to
explode. The blazing oil found its way into Kingsbury
Creek and into the Standard oil yards setting fire to
the agitators south of the NewYork Pennsylvania and
Ohio Railroad tracks Theloss to the company Is out OF
magnitude Of the fro. Not moro than 5000 barrels OF
oil lost and their value less than s. 600 The
loss on tho plant IS estimated at from $4,000 TO
$4,000. The eight engines that responded 10 the
alarm powerless 70 extngush the fire, and their
efforts directed to preventing Its spread The en
poslon of fourth stl poured shower Of burning oil
group OF tremen. who miraculousy escaped death
The city engines aided by those of the standard oil
Company. continued the fight in tho lower part OF the
yards all day and lit not probable they will be released
before morning light stills have been more or less
OF shapes. Another explosion occurred at 2. m,
throwing quantity OF the hory liquid Into group o.
burned. About o'clock a leak IN a
still at tho National on and Naphtha Works
OF L. d. Mix, between Commercial and Canal SITS.
caused fire which s stil I'm progress and has already
destroyed large tanks OF oil and three or four
small buildings filled with oil and naphtha In barrels The
proprietor could form estimate OF his loss IL Is
probably over 100000; insured for $1,000 The
two fires demanded the services of the entire fire depart
mont OF the CITY, The dense volumes Of black name seht
cloud.
TuusvLLE Penn, sept "A 7j0barre steel still, Mt
tho American Oh Works IN the eastern portion OF the
city exploded terrible force at 1913 o'clock this
morning The top blown Of houses shaken all over
town and glass broken. One hundred barrels OF oil In
tho tank caught re and burned 1ecey for two hours
The city IRE department by efforts prevented
spread OF the hames which tat one time threatened
the water works. William s0diman was slightly injured
by iying bTlok. The loss will reach - 900; without
any Insurance.
CONDEMNED TENEMENT HOUSES BURNED.
Flames were discovered at p. IN. yesterday
on the second floor OF the unfinished vestory tene-
ment house. No 3i2 East siIty-nrst-st. Waterman
sent out an alarm and about i've minutes later the hre-
men arrived. They found the building on fire from tho
second story 20 tho roof. second alarm was
sounded, but tho flames extended quickly TO tue
adjoining house, No. Jii, and third alarm WAS sent
out The second house To take ro also unfinished
and was OF hoight tho rst Within an hour
both buildings IN ruins. The hremen protected
some adoini the east Close to the west
were the RUNS OF Gardner Holmes Co.'S furniture fac
tory which was destroyed by fire on the morning
of August 30 Fromen and policemen said that
the IRE last evening was most couVenieht
ono for the OF tho tenement houses On the day OF
the factory when the falling walls killed one fireman
aud Injured OF his comrades. the walls or the I'M
finished tenement houses damaged seriously. An
Inspector ~ tho Bureau Of Buildings made report con.
deHuiuR the walls aud recommending that the owner or
the houses directed 10 tear them down Captain Gun
ncr OF the Twenty-eighth Precinct, said the buildings
were owned by Mary o. Sullivan. He had been Informed,
ne said that the houses Insured for $4,000 Mrs.
flames we're discovered last evening and he told Captain
Gunner that he could not account for the IRE Ialck
flor,n the regular watch man was away wneh the hre
bruks out The loss estimated at HlO,OOO