The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-01
EXPLOSION
AVERTED.
Prompt Action Saves a
School Building.
NO WATER in THE BOILER
Committee Looks Into Claims Made
Against the City.
NO WATER in THE BOILER
THE TRAIN SHED COMMITTEE.

A serious accident to TIE new school
building on lower Broad street was mar
rowly averted just before school opened
yesterday afternoon, and the care anu
good judgment Of the engineer prevented
damage if not loss OF life. Shortly before
? clock the engineer went to the base.
ment and just previous TO letting water
into one of the large new boilers he dis
covered that the boiler appeared TO be out
of its natural condition.
ON closer examination he saw that IL
was heated 20 glow and he Immediately
pulled the fire. careful examination
OF the boiler after IL had cooled showed
that IL had not been damaged to any ex-
tent Had the water been let on there
would have been big nole' in the new
building for the boiler would have left
the premises unceremoDiousv and it is
not unlikely that some OF the scholars
who vera in the building would have
been injured i'm the terrific explosion
which would have resulted had tho en-
glneer been TO any extont careless The
trouble was caused by u defe in the
sypbon thruueh which tho water was fed
from one boiler TO the other.
The committee on claims of the city
council met in the committee room OF
the council in the city hall at 2 o'clock
this afternoon The most important casa
| for their consideration was u claim by
| Mrs. Margaret >. Apes, whose ankle WAS
| broken by falling in "A hole in the side
| walk near 277 Cranston street one night
| last September about . o'clock. She ap-
peared before the committee accompanied
| by her attorney. Eugene Il. Warner, and
| related the circumstances Of her fall
The hole in the sidewalk Is supposed to
have been maue 10y dumping heavy SUD-
| stances from teams. Mrs. Apes makes
claim for $1,000 damages ana the case was
| held for advisemenu by the committee.
The special committee on train sheds
| met in the mayors Office in city hall at
| III o'clock this morning and after count
| ing noses IL was ascertained that "a quorum
was not present The plans prepared in
| the city engineers department were in
| spected and they We're thought to be about
| right but as the COMMITTEES did not feel
disposed To continue their deliberations
| pending the arrival of absent members,
the meeting was adjourned to high noon
| Friday in the executive Office. The plans
diiier in no essential from those already
described in The News.
Some wag visited the office OF the super.
intendent of hacks in the city hall this
| afternoon anu left a memento behind in
| cheese. The dog officers are occupants of
the same promises and they began to
| smell something that did not agree with
| their midday lunches. They instituted
| search, but the smell could not be located
| Meanwhile the cheese was vast
| ing its fragrance on obliged To
| be on the premises feel that the
basement air and -making the men
| they were having dogs life My, my,
but the atmosphere was thick
A delegation OF city officials from
Chelsea. Mass. visited Providence today
To inspect the Central police station, with
special reference to the cell arrangements
The delegation comprised members of
several aldermanic committees and the
visit was made 10 get ideas for tho new
police station which Is about To be erected
at Chelsea. The delegation was taken i'm
charge by local officers and escorted
through city hall. incidentally visit
was made TO the battery room on the top
floor ana the new fire alarm was
thoroughly inspected.