Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-06-27
EXPLOSION OF AN OIL STOVE.

EXPLOSION OF AN Oil SIONE'
Mrs PhIllas Rainvil1e OF Rushton Place
FriRhtfulIy Burned-Drfver Edward
Kane of the Phoenix Supply Wagon
Thrown From His Seat and Seriously
injured.
An oil stove in the house of Philias
Rainville, 10 Rushton place, exploded
at 11:45 this forenoon and Mrs Rain
vile is frightfully, IL not fatally burned,
as the result. Appearances in the room
where the accident occurred would in
dictate that the woman was attempting to
refill lighted kerosene stove. The oil
can was found overturned on the floor
and the stove cap was off. An expIo-
sion must have taken place as articles
on the wall four or five feet away were
singed. The woman's clothes were
ignIted by the blaze and she ran scream
ing into the court and across to shop
where her husband was at work
bottling soda water.
The cries of the woman attracted the
inmates of the house,i in which are sever
al families. Joseph Boucher of Mill street
was at his fathers house No II Rushton
place, in the same block, and looking
out saw at once the danger the woman
was in. He ran to her and tore away
the blazing garments, receiving several
severe burns in SO doing. Others gather
the shed near the end of the court.
Boucher ran to the corner of South
Main and Clay streets and pulled box AZ.
The department. responded in quick
haste, but the fire; which did very little
damage, was extinguished before they
arrived.
Mrs Rainville is "a years old and has
been married about five years. Her
husband is one of the Rainville Brothers,
80 kGa 70 ~ rhovn
ated water.
DIR j. s. Chagnon and DIR Gay were
summoned Immediately and found that
the woman is burned worst on the face,
both arms and hands and the breast.
The doctors are unable to state what the
result will be yet and will have to wait
to see whether or not Inflammation sets
in. They have hopes. of the woman's
recovery in the event of no il flamma-
ton appearing within the next twenty
four hours.
Many wondered why No is supply
wagon did not arrive at the scene of the
fire, but soon a report spread that the
driver Edward Kane had been thrown
from his seat and fatally injured
Driver Kane left the engine house with
the supply wagon before the first alarm
had rung its last beat. On the wagon
with him were John Dow, the hose
man, Chris F. Strobel and William
Scully, firemen. When turning into
Brook street the accident occurred.
Extending from the crosswalk on East
Main street for twenty feet down
Brook street a ridge of cobble stones
forms the gutter, being raised several
| inches above the street. As the team
swung into Brook street the wheels
struck the raised curb, and after careen-
ing for a second, turned completely
| over. Driver Kane was thrown into
the air and landed on the curb his
head striking the sharp edge OF the
stones. The others on the team escaped
uninjured. Chris Strobel had luckily
dropped off at the first crossing.
The horses were seized by the firemen
and then attention was turned to the
unfortunate driver. He was found
lying unconscious in a pool of blood
oozing from deep wound in the bach
of his head. He was carried into M. F.
Days drug store and DR. O'Hara sum
moned. He recovered consciousness ir
a few moments and his first question
was to know if the horses Of
wagon had been injured. On his lef
arm deep cash extending from tn,
wrist to the elbow was bandaged up
On the back of the head was a serioul
cash. 1t is a semi-circular cut and pene
trated almost through the skull. The
wounds were dressed, and accompanied
by Chief Snagg, DIR O'Hara and Fire
men Loughlan and j. w. Mcdonald
Kane was removed to his home, 21t
Baldwin street. DIR O'Hara was unabl,
to say how serious were the wounds o.
whether the man was internally in
jured, but he thought the fall mus
have injured the internal organs tt
some extent.
Driver Kane is one of the popular
men in the department and has beef
driving only since Driver Flynn re
signed, acting as hoseman before tina
time. No blame is attached to him fol
the accident, but the present condition
of the street is condemned.