The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-01-27
MARTINS FERRY.
Danger from Natural Gas LSAEaEo-Oth
Notes.

Danger from Natural Gas LOAkAgO-OtheF
Notes.
H. W. Smith, Esq., left yesterday for 9
visit to Cadiz.
Mr.. s. B. Williams is able to be out after
g lengthy illness.
Mr.. BENZ. Exley, IT,, was in 81. ClRirr-
vile yesterday on business.
The funeral OF Mr.. Simon Nelson takes
place this morning at 10 o'clock. Inter-
mentin Riverview cemetery.
Minnie White, aged nine years, died at
her home on Fifth street yesterday morn.
ing. Funeral at two P. n. to-day. Inter
ment at RtvervieW cemetery.
Miss BERTHE Blacktord will entertain the
A. 7. F. F., OF her home on North Fourth
street, this evening, after which the COM.
pAny will be taken to the BAyless House
for supper.
Mrs. ]. Lady, mother OF Mr.. Thomas
Lady, died Wednesday evening ct the
ripe old age Of eighty years. The remains
were taken to Kentucky, her native State,
for interment yesterday.
The Lacardo show last night was the
best that has held tho boards at the La.
fsyette theatre for many weeks. The
house was comfortably filed and the per-
Torrance fully up to the standard.
Secretary B. J. Long, Of the water works
force, has to hustle to keep the people in
fairly good humor in regard to the rules
and regulations Of the Water Works
Board. At times he is taxed TO the ut
most as to what satisfactory answer 10
give the grumbling public. Some are dis
Satisfied with the water tax, others groWl
about the restriction in the uss Of water.
He says they do not seam TO understand
that he merely enforCes the rules laid out,
and that 1t 10 not in his power to change
either rates or rules. In speaking OF the
water tax, this city has the loWest OF any
Of ito surrounding neighbors, and the
TuleB are not go rigidly enforced as In
some places.
On Wednesday morning about o'clock
Mrs. L. B. Harris, living near the old Ex'
celsior rink on Broadway, in the Or.
chard, had very narrow escape from be.
ing severely burned while standing in
front Of the Fireplace in which was burn
ing bright coal fire. The distance from
the house to the middle OF the street Is
fifty feet. For come time gas has been es'
Gaping from the main laid on Broadway,
but owing to the hard frozen ground, 1t
has not been allowed to escape through
the earth's surface, but has made Its way
under the sixteen.inch crust Of frozen
ground distance Of fifty feet around,
Reaching Mr.. Hsrris' cellar, filling 1t COM
pletely. The cellar becoming too full,
the gas worked It's way up through the
bottom Of the chimney to the Fireplace,
and Wednesday morning II worked its
way through the bottom OF the mantle
and ignited suddenly from the hot GOALS
in the CRATE, burst with q loud noise,
cracking the fireplace and blowing out
several bricks, shooting the fame high In
the room. Mrs. Harris, who was stand.
ing directly in front Of the CRATE at the
time, wore heavy wooden dress, which Is
not go easily ignited as cotton material,
but which caught fire. searching 1t badly.
She, however, beat out the blazs, but not
without effort. Rumor soon had 1t
that the lady was badly burned,
which might have been true,
had her clothing been Of lighter,
material or had she not the presence Of
mind to stand still and extinguish the
flames. Agents Of the Wheeling Natural
Gas Company were notified OF the leakage
in the main and the damage done and
came at once to repair 1t. Gas still flows
into the cellar and up into the room,
After the explosion the gas burned for
over three hours, and the FIRE was smoth-
cred with difficulty. Until the gas leak
Is aafely repaired, Mr.. Harris will be com.
PEELED 10 go without fire in his downstairs
CRATES, which is considered uncomfortable
in this present cold weather. The affair
has been kept very quiet, only Waiting
neighbors at the house hearing Of the
explosion.