The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-03
TWO wEREBURNEDTODEATH
THREE MoRR or JoBLY's WORTHLESS
ARE IN HOSPITAL.

a Barrel or Reuziss ESpioasa - ths RsseS
seat OF His CIsssi-s shop-A ws=sa
BIewn Tkrsush The wi-sow-E.piorsss
Ru-h rro~ UPPER Floors 20 Escape.
Two OF the twenty EN- ploJees who worked IN
the nve-story securing and cleaning estab-
lishment Of G.. jolly h Son. at OIL East Twelfth
street. we're burned to death. and three others
were very severely burned in q FIRE started By
an explosion OF benzine in the basement yes-
terday afternoon. The explosion set fire to
the structure. and three floors we're wrecked
before the flremen could conquer the flames.
The firm has leased the building for mere
than ten years. and during that time benzins
has been kept In barrels In the basement
where the cleaning IL done
Four workmen were busy pressing and
cleaning clothes just before 2 O'Clock when
the explosion occurred. They were Leopold
Chenrau. aged 40. OF 80 West Third streets
Jean Baptiste Bonlarron. aged 80. Of 20 High
street. Jersey City Heights; Alphonse vsde-
Ionge 40 years. OF 1917 West Ninsty-eiRhth
street, ana Emil Morziere. 81 years. Of 90 Pearl
street. Mira Louise Fleauman, who was =
nnisher. had come to the basement to dry =
lace curtain and was han inR It upon frame.
The benzine was stored in the rear OF the
basement, which IL only twenty feet deep and
Is lighted by a glass vault skyliRht set In the
sidewalk. Two barrels stood beside the tubs
used to baths the goods before securing. In
the front OF the basement was q four-horse
power engine used to work the machinery
for ironing goods
Cne OF the barrels OF benzine blew MP with .
dsafening crash that was followed by two other
explosions OF Iess violence. The first explo-
sion blew the glass OF the skyliRht into frsg-
ments and shattered the iron frame Mrs.
Flsauman was blown bodily through the base-
ment window into the western corner OF the
areavay. The three show windows OF the
store were blown out and the broken glass was
nunR in . crashing shower across the roadway
into an opposite store An instant later the
head were a mass OF flames which leaped In.
sheets across the sidewalk. -
dsshing up the wooden stairs Of the basement
screaming in pain, The fissh was burned
Fourth Avenue. One, q the men fell into the
to him. beat out the flames on his clothes and
led him to the paint store.
we're making their escape They were terror
time me bn sTs we're S,, nfs cas
not be be used Tor the flames we're isspins up Ia
fury through the broken skyl!Eht Of the base.
from as en- all The Of ss Hn s'y gs N
SSSSsy .:a isS.a .h Yard 81 2:
Eayes's work girls ned with them. An leis
flight. The neigh borhood was In an uproar By
this time. The explosions hal been heard for
several blocks. and brought thousands OF spec
Chief brennan arrived with the nremen OF
truck on the first alarm. The flames beat the
nremen back. Through the broken skyitghe
the chief saw Cheneau lying on his back. dead.
at the foot OF the cellar stairs.
His clothing was nearly burned on. The
1remen could not reach him. and they, played
preserving It from entire destruction. It was
nearly ten minutes before tn. hremen could
get into the basement: Then they saw for the
shreds OF clothing remained. Ambulances
were called from st. 'incenfs and Bellevue
b. q s. wbittemore. a surgeon in the First
New Jersey Regiment. who had been attracted
by the engines. found the three work men In
Anderton's store. and poured linseed oil over
bulance surgeon arrived. Bonlarron was re-
moved to Bellevue against his will His hands
| and forearm and neck were burned. and the
flowing moustache was burned to q crisp.
yahelarge and Morziers were removed to st.
'iI IL was said at the hospital last night that it
was unlikely that Morzere. would recover. He
was unconscious. The flesh had been burned
from both arms and lace. and he was very
iarce's forearms and face were burned but
not seriously. Tho dead bodies were removed
to the Morgua. Mrs. Fleauman's was claimed
nue. 4. near Eighth street. She was 40 years
old and childless-
The flames leaped up the elevator shaft past
SIs SSt upon s%" the fa oo The
called m ore engines. and had the IRE under
control quickly when they came; About
$1,000 demsge was done to ne bni , ms JS
belong to customers were not. Everything
OF this sort was either DESTROYED or hopelsssly
damaged By water and smoke