New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-25
FILLED IN AN EXPLOSION
ruo MEN LOSE THEIR LIVES IN AN Az
c1pENT IN JERSEY CITY.

ruo MEN LOSE THEIR LIVES IN AN Ac
C1DrNr IN JERSEY CITY.
.,,,s or TIVE UNITED STATES AcEIEL ~
11ouErAcrloN COMPANY DEsTRofhD-'i
rpr. PERSONS INJURED-HousES ~
TIM sr,eHpoRHooD DAMAGED
BY THE CONCLUSION
,os,ons caused the death Oh
seie' des,royed considerable proper"
two me" r,,.,. yesterday. The accident oc'
IN jersey '.o,,. ~ the United States Acet'
,.,.toc,ion Company, two-s'ory Ia
zen. ,rhicb occupied two lots on the H'ea 60,
,or,comery-st.. near Fremont-s'' NV
1..us,no wos demolished What was NV
80 Ivy the force Of the expiosio''
1901 nv the Are which followed
The killed are; ,,o
FoELLER. Theodore scn s burned TO death
,', wav ,or,v years old. of No e'O oSns S,own
"Ni Wss, Hoboken superintendent, o oI
y, n,eces Died the City hosp''a" a.. Mont
somery-''.; slightly hurt iS''''
u.pRIs Robert, years Old taken 9l IN charge by
romery-st.: slightly injured
aS.r, atytvo years old Of No ;y g Hofpai
hi" =, suffering from shock. 1a"en N 544 Mont
MEAD seyeny-f S. and hands BY flying glass
raEen to City Hospital. .,.,.. ,so,ated. In
,ront ~ them was wide stre'ch u " Nv,
oxcent one long frame buiioins' ~. oo.t
.ho Jersey City Chain Works ~ ,N1 ,,s,ur
WINNING parallel with the oes''' pot
,s tho elevated road OF the Nationa' o,d
road Company a stout structure u mo lam
1 lessen
900 nv checking the flight Of the hyins u.
is evident from the mass oi ''''''
,ered iron lying at its base ,,s
49, uo,t thirty feet distant IS 'he o'e
aho, q, Henry Byrne CONTRACTOR "'N
ran" 49, stroot is row Of th-ee-story 'eie
r,o Cat lands at the base OF the h''''
menus ,,rvst are occupied by tene-
-. tho n,ant OF the Jersey CITY Eieo'''0
cnarv the Manhattan Lauhu'E'
naint works and other SHOPS .s y. COX
,,,.o erst ~ the explosions occurEeo ~
-. A, that time the following men We"
=, ~ o,s works: Max Grimm. Iheooo.e
C,.or,ae White the engineer; freuei''
,,-,,u r,,ol and Abram G. Hopper INC
.,.n.ger James Mead was passing tNioue" ~.
vacant lot in the rear GRIMM anu
al work in the rear p. .,oop tho earth
rod,,,s OF a mile in lower Jersey |i'!
80 a. heard in Staten Island Ne"""
""N a., .his citv. A tank containing gas i"u
80. ,o.r the engine Hopper. Burr. Etzoi anu
WIT. escaped into Montgomery-st' "'
-.,nrts nrobably in about half a mihu'e' '
oth.r explosions followed. There "e'e
.o,Is IN the works. After the hrs' SERIES "a
exn,osions there was a lull or TOUR Vi
rtas An alarm had been gwen anu NV
serves OF the Gregory-st ponce staNoh' 'eN ~.
Ca.,o,n Farrier ard Sergeant Noonan' were
anproaching the burning shop' Mne" n,,
.r;os ., the explosions began. The police TOOK
-. aar the railway companys treste
80, r,,ruts there came another explosion,
~. o,hs-s followed at lengthenng intervals.
An exnlosion louder than the others sent up
..ux a. q c,oud OF debris Ave hundred fee.
and landed it In Montgomery-st' eight huno'e.
feet from the works.
IN everv house in the neghborhood windows
were broken. The people fed into the streets
from houses and shops in a panic The ponce
entered the tenements and assisted In protecting
and CARRYING out the weak and sick
In Public School No 9. quarter OF mile
away, sixteen large windows were destroyed
The pupils in the school were conducting Christ
mas exercises when the accident occurred, and II
was only the prompt action Of the principal
Major Joseph H. Brensinger, that prevented a
panic. The school has uniformed cadet corps
that guard duty. The principal prompt
ly commanded the guards to prevent any one
from leaving the building. and then. assuring
the teachers and scholars that there was no
occasion for alarm. ordered that THE Red
White and Blue be sung
When the company began operations in Jersey
City. two years ago. 1t resorted to deception 10
conceal the character Of it's work by putting up
tine sign. THE National Ice Machine Company.
In January last, Grimm was badly injured b.
an explosion at the works. He was quietly and
quickly placed in a coach and conveyed
to hospital. The police learned of the
accident several days later. and endeavored 10
officers OF the company, who were anxious 10
suppress the fact that they were manufacture
ing a dangerous explosive The fact became
known that 1t was acetylene. Despite the warn
ing the officials made effort toward abating
the nuisance. The officials will probably move
now and prohibit the rebuilding of the factory
and will appeal TO the courts 10 exclude the COM
pany II 1t should attempt to secure factory
site within the city limits.
Manager Hopper was reticent about the acct
dent He said that he could not estimate the
damage done, nor advance any opinion to the
Immediate neighborhood Of the acetylene work.
must be met by the owners Of the property
The insurance companies had refused to insure
property near the destroyed works.
The United States Acetylene Liquefactior
Company has office Mt No. 252 Broadway
The president, Henry Coutant last evening
stated that the loss would amount to $4,000
WHAT ACETYLENE is.