The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-01
NATURAL GAS AGAIN!
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\ AN EXPLOSION IN a BAKERY,
RssuitinE Ia the Serious Burning Of Five
Psrsons-whils Experimenting Around
An oven the Gas Is Suddenly Turned
on, and tho FLAMES Burst Forth. Z
PrrTsnuRaH, PA August 81 The oven
room in s. s. Marvin & 90, 3 large cracker
establishment, on Liberty street, near
Fourth, was the scene Of q trighttul ex.
plosion of natural gas about II o'clock
this morning. Five persons were badly
lburned, and two Of them are thought 10
bs seriously injured. Crowds Of fpeople
COLLECTED about theplace, and within there
Twas the greatest confusion. Areporter
arrived at the place shortly after the ex-
4 plosion occurred. TheiDiured people had
Hast been removed to the West Penn Hos.
pitals The employees about the place
Were recovering from the excitement Of
the e8plosion, and were standing about
talking over the affair. Theparti cllarsef
the explosion were learned from one of
the firm, and from some Of the employees
who had Witnessed It. q +;
The tlrmth had intro oduced natural gas In
TO the ovens about ten days ago, and at
one Of the ovens. q large one at therear Of
the baking rooms the engineer, Samuel
Stafford, and the foreman, j. n Huggins,
were conducting q series OF experiments
in regulating the heat for q certain kind OF
work.
$50 CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT
the machinist, w. b. Krabbs, was assist.
/ ing them. The oven .is'pefillpss tensfest
eachaway in its interior dimensions, and
through It ran anumber Of gas pipes, for
suppl ying the heat. The men had been
lighting and turning OFF the gas, and the
last time they did II, It Is supposed, for
none of the men knew, that some one
OF the number had turned 1t on
laccidsntly sometime before, all.
owing the oven to fill with the
gus. An open lid Of the bottom
OF the oven hung down, leaving an aper-
ture in the front length Of the oven
and about eighteen inches in height.
Stafford and Huggins were standing
directly In front of this opening, and
looking In, when the gas was isnited. AL
sudden fash was the result, and q sheet
| Of flame poured out Of the oven with %
dull roar. Higgins and Stafford were
blown down 70 the floor By the flame.
Back OF them stood Krebbs and ayoung
baker named John Clark. Ali were ina
direct line Of the flame. Stafford and
IHuggins with cries of pain jumped to
their feet and ran towards the door.
HoRRtDtE tEAPPEARAScEo OF THE.yicrrsts.
They presented a horrible appearance.
Their faces aud hands were shockingly
Burned. Tie hair Of their heads had been
completely burned. Alightcap that STAT
tordwore, had nothing left ot It butth
ffost. Krebbs and Clark were burned;ss-
riously, but were further away from the
flame. Standing back fully thirty.fye
feet from the oven was a young girl, Mary
Charles. The flame reached her in lis
course and she was burned about the
face. Her hair was singed, but she
WIS not seriously hurt. Several 3of
the employees of the firms had narrow
escapes. Fortunately none OF them were
in direct line OF the sheet OF flame. The
flash only lasted for q moment and left
behind 1t q dense cloud Of dust. Through
it were seen the injured men, running
about wildly in their pain. The pans
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None OF the men inhaled the flames. The
injured men, so far as can be leaned, are
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No damage was done to tie oven or to The
room by the explosion. The opening in
tae oven saved It from being blown 70