Evening journal., 1890-07-26
TOO MANY ALARMS.
A slight Tire ae Eoli.ag Hfili-A Coiii-
sion Between rrucI and kBgine.

A slight Tire ae y Eoiisag Mlii-A Colt
sion Between rrncl and kDgln@.
The people in the southeastern and
central part OF the city were startled
last evening about 10 so o'clock by loud
report. A short time aftsx the report
WAS heard an alarm of FIRE was struck
from box No A. ct Hsald ana Lobdell
streets. The sa.irs IA Dspar ment 9
sponded, but its services were not re
quired.
The explosion occurred In the padding
mill Of the Johnson Forge Company. A
puddlsr's helper named Hugh Wallace
pulled his pudding bar too far out OF
the furnace. A ball Of red hot iron weigh.
ing rs pounds which was in the furnace
was pulled out and fell into the 'bosh, "
which is tub of water in
which the tools are cooled. The irsn I'm
mediAtely burst and was thrswn by ths
steam forward In all directions. The
ball In bursting made a terrific report
which was heard in the city, many
people thinking that boiler had ex-
ploded Tha small pieces Of rsd-hot iron
were blown among the men working
around Wallace was slightly burned and
otherwise injured, but no other employees
were hurt.
All the men Immediately left their
work. when the explosion occurred and
ran to the furnace. They saw that the
part of ths mill nearest the furnace was
on gre. They quickly got ont
| the hose, which is kept en- hand
and soon succeeded In sx tinguishinE the
flames. The damage WAS very slight.
City Councilman John E. Curren seeing
that the mill was on Ere, turned In
an alArm from box No. 40 He then
| strMek a second alarm which under
the new rule Of Chief Engineer
| Robinson. calls out the entire depart
ment. Ne then continued ringing the
| alarm, sending 1t in about fifteen times.
Many of the fremen thought that
| this was entirely unneces-
| sary, as two alarms call out the
department.. They also think that II
second alarm Is needed the chief engineer
should ring 1t.
While going to the FIRE the Washing
ton Company had more trouble with tn,
Delaware. The following Is drivsl
Green's story as he gave Ii 10 q reporter
II went down Fourth street back Of thu
Delaware truck They took the tract
and l took the stone street pave
msnt along side OF the tract
and kept about fifty feet back o
,hem. We continued that way until W,
got over the bridge. could have pAsseC
then several times, as they had but two
horses attached to the truck. When Wi
got on Hsald street between Peach snC
| Apple | pulled to the left to pass tht
truck. NhsnE my horses got opposit
the hind wheels of the truck Foulk
the tillerman deliberately turned
the hind wheels int nay horses.
| turned the horses to keep them from
being killed and ran the engine into tn
| gutter. The hind wheels continuing 4
run towards mo, l turned my horses o.
the pavement aad ran the engine towar
an open lot. When | stopped, my horse
and the front wheels of the engine an
tho hind wheels were on the paveme at
When turned my hersss the ladder O
the truck struck me on the forehead
ducked my head and the ladder etruc
. the dome of the engine, denting it.
believe the company intends to kill M
and must have sone kind Of proteC
tion."
Charles Evans, driver Of the Delawal
truck, says: Il saw the Washingto
! engine but once on the way to the Ari
but went straight ahead and obeye
the instructions Of my foremal
who has charge of my driving" A men
Der Of the DelawRrs Company said in Q
feet I'VE were told at the krst stree
to step bat could not do So and wei
on to the nsxt square here '
: we stopped when the Washington Ell
: gins deliberately tried to cut us of. On
: man said: The Morning News wishes
make wrangles and bsd feeling In th
I department, when they could easily
! settled by the chlsf without trouble"