New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-07
YEARLY WRECKED THEHOUSE
THE EXPLOSION OF A BOILER CAUSES
MUCH DAMAGE.
1T WAS IN PRIVATE D"ELLdN" ANp NJ oNh
CAN ACCOUNT FOR The AccIDENT-ThE
.,f-erf ALARMED

1T u,s ~ PRIVATE DWELLING AND 40 ONE
c.x ACCOUNT FOR THE AccIDENT-THE
FAMILY MUCH ALARMED
An explosion of n hot-water furnace at bib a m
Yesterday caused damages to the extent Of $1,000
~. ho,,so and furniture of Mrs Z. c. Homan. at
no 2oS West Seventy y-hfh-st.' besides aoins some
da,nage IN an adjoining house. occupied by Coiohe
yyu,ian, Hamilton Harris United States Army Inc
force Of the explosion was so great '"a' vi. "o,
yas ,el, IN a number OF adjoining houses. while the
report was heard several books away inc i'o,''
mar, ~ the 0rst and second floors directly over 'he
boier and the cellar were cOnpie'e3 "'e'n''
,r,o house ia connected with Colonel HATTIE
ho,o. nv q nartition wall. Mrs. Homan moved INTO
the house last December with her lain,S "'o'
consists OF four daughters ana one SON i"u' 49,
All asleep WHEN the explosion occurred. 10y 'e '''e
Mrs Homan got downstairs she lou"u ' ,,h,
zines had arrived and were putting Out S"s.'
O.. that had started from the escaping gas the
victor having been blown to pieces Dy' 'he ioi0e "
the explosion The entrance is on ieVei WI" Wv
street on the left OF the entrance "''' !" ~
ception- room. This room was dHec'S wv ,,.
boiler The nlald floor was all r'Ppe' 'p' -
,ood carving around the room and the OAK P'l'aiS
Co.,, y, the staircase leading upstairs were
.,,arod while the first flight OF stairs was p'oMh
a,yay and smashed into splinters Nearly al '''e
windows on this floor were smasheu' a" 49,, -.
tho master in the rooms and halls back oi '''e
ception-room was cestroyeo. , ,o . roam
I,he coacbman John Markham. sleeps III ION rom
hack ~ the reception room and was IN pea al '"e
time Nearly all the plaster on the ceinns anu .aa %.
~, .do ~ the room nearest the reception room wa"
blown down much of Il falling on the peu "
ing the coachman. The flooring ana pi"''' -,
the halls were destroyed On the floor above nrand
ly over the reception room. Is me pa nrnose
plano was standing or two stools TOT tne p' ,hrew
OF being repaired The force OF the xpnws and
II several feet away. number OF wlidowts tun an
pictures were smashed and some plaster ''''"'
down. ,,or. q bo
In the cellar below the reception room waeau o ~ ~
explosion occurred there was slrprisihs sotained
wreckagc and ruin. The iron boiler wncn co',a % nd
the water five fee, IN diameter on sne hre .p The
tapered down to three feet II was placed npos ali
furnace II connected by pipes TO raaa,o 'r a. ,n
over the house. There were six inches OF water ~
the cellar last night. The entire cellar IeI, ,ad W.
feet Of the explosion as was shown oy sna''e'eu
partitions and broken plaster. ., -,
There has been no satisfactory explanation n o,
how the explosion took place The boiler mas ,nn hvr
in charge OF the conchman He said to Iiipune
reporter last night: Il can't imagine how the eA-
posion took place. ,,..a -,
Mrs. Homan and her family were 20 shocKeSp ars p
the EXPLOSION that they have left the house anu A'
now staying 1t the Hotel Majestic.