New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-21
INJURED BY AN EXPLOSION.
EIGHT F1REMEN THE VICTIMS OF NAPllTllA

DITION OF THREE OTHERS CRITICAL

ONE MAN BLOWN ACROSS THE SIDEWALK-CON-
DITION OF THREE OTHERS CRITICAL.
An explosion Of naphtha In the basement OF 'he
building No. 3s7 Ninth-avc., yesterday afternoon
caused serious injuries 10 eight frcmen wh" hau
been called TO the place to put out small hre'
Mrs. Catherine Doellncr, widow, has cleaning
and securing place for clothing OF TIE first noor {"
the building and the basement has been used by her
aS Il place for dycing Clothes Her son Oscar
WAS al work in the basement about IN. yesterday
when the fire started there. He ran out OF III"
basement TO give the alarm. and three companies
Of ficmcn were quickly at the building. They were
Engine Companies Nos. 90 and 81. and Hook and
Ladder Company No. II. The battalion chiefs Camp
bell and Gcqucl also to the fire 10 direct the
work Of the frcmcn. The fire in the roar part
Of the basement and the hrcncn soon got II under
control by scndrg two streams Of water through the
front door Of the basement. Young Docllncr was
standing near the nrcmcn they wcr" ready TO
enter the basement. lie asked by Chief Camp
bell there were any explosive materials near inc
fire
No guess not" said the young man, in a hcsi-
ta,ing manner.
Foreman Farrell and the mon Of Hook and Ladder
Company No. 81 were entering the basement door
when young Do"llner seemed TO remember something
and he called i<crc three gallons Of naphtha
in there
A moment later there was terrific explosion In
the basement. and streams Of fire shot out Of the
door into the faces of Tn" trcmcn. Tie men we're
knocked down like s,rawS by the fore" oi the "N-
po>ion Fireman Kane Of Hook and Ladder Com
pany No. ~ was blown from In" doorway clear
across The sidewalk. He fell into the gutter with
hi, clothes on fire. FsTr other men Of the company.
including the foreman. were burned by the flames
that shot from the basement. Three men belong
ns TO the ongin" companies received similar injuries
Chiefs Campbell and Cicqucl and other frcmcn had
their hair singcd bu escaped serious burns. Young
Ioellncr knocked over by tn" explosion. and
his burned severely
After the injured men dragged away from
the ircnt Of the building The other fremen aS'in
TUNED on the water and put ont the fire. which
had broken ont afrc~h. \ call for ambuanocs
answered from the New-l ork Hospital. The am
bulancc surgeons did what tley could to relieve
the sufcriECS Of the injured men 10y pourin, oil
their burns. Eight frcmon taken to the
hospital i'm the ambulan"cs. They Foreman
George +. Farrell and Fremcn John J. Kane. Pierce
English. William Muller and Henry lIanlcy. OF Hook
and Ladder Company No. 81 Lorenzo ID. Fcrr
and Michael =. Crowley, Of Engine Company so.
81. and Richard German, the engineer Of Engine
Company No. %. All Of them suffered from
buns on the face and hands and it feared
that Farrell. Kane and Crowley also had inhaled
fancs, as their condition NJ the hospital said
N be critical late in the afternoon. The injured
Grcmcn have hcmcs on the west -ide OF the cit,
Yu n Do"lln,r did not = To- llc no~p,al. bat was
atr,u'cd tA a physician at h., holAe after the fire
was Gus.
CMet Gicquel said that he thought
there have been AT least eight
gallons Of naphtha in the basement Of
tn" building violent explosion
Father Gleason. n teacher III -. Mlchael's Roman
Catholic Parochiel School. at Ninth and Thirty
irst-st. the basement and was knocked
down 10y the explosion.