The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-14

tbTust tipped i several feet toward twenty. drst
burst SaeE Of the table %faciofy. and d wa:
this and the .wrcekage Of some ~
that damaged that building and presnm-
ably buried It's engineer. Every one con.
ssrsrd Chat thofc WIS nothing in the
acc, dent to the new saS forn nolGeh wh tSn
continued use Of ito rest OF the works, and
yet they also agreed in saying that something
great main which was under the wrcckRge in
Twcnty-tlrst street. What has happened there
's TRG, n SHR'G sas 6 SSAier had never, been con-
nected With the gas %getorts. nor had il any con-
neSttop as yet With the Other holders + l rM r. p9s.
caused b tEo esc:pe through the sol
Of the tank below the street level. which e
probably also torn and FRACTURED. Thts
S SsSEf5 Pa and 9 seSfea f u With %s'er. 'S When @t ihs
roar Of the accident was heard 10 tho works
was not considered safe TO turn on the gas
Htthe works It was said last night that the
full service would be put on again to-day.
barring, possibly. any section whirh might pc
Twenty-drpt street.
WHEN THE COLLAPSE CAME.
Maybe n hundred persons were In the four
streets bounding the tank. some OF, them
we're submergod for a moment. and all were
William stallman. a driver for NJ, Eeisch-
when Just as he passed the gas tank he saw the
"s eBetore '' I could S%i ioT jump" he said last night,
"a wall Of water, picked ms, up and started
< E,' 7 t Ss ior What vi h"f became TiHnt; Of my. team / don't
EnoE. am afraid they were killed. but hope
In tho East Twenty-second street station.
about two blocks from the scene Of the acei>
66s sno.c ' Mpo SsrSe" IN III bis aT Neigh nc 'or HnSSp, Until his
Captain. on his way from lolice Headquarters.
notified him and called out the reserves OF four
There was nothing in the sound. accompany
ing the bursting Of the tank In the nature Of
fearing ana falling Of steel solum Rms, aud of Pill Pill
and broken hollow columns fumbied inward.
IN Avenue A the crest Of the flood demol;
clear across The avenue aga INST the walls OF the
& eSn ssPoSns and dn saT mfedr d dqrfsa 'as on V tseir .' feet
Ten-foot sections OF cylindrical steel three or
more than a block from the site Of the ruined
ta IL had sstS r ru f!Fty % I"s9 a at T9Fkk and in rs }st t9glf
got out safe but the engineer. The moment |
~ ssr sas a assF y wnts Ys az my 70 m ea% to o's get @ oat, to aSe
When W got to the. front door the rush of
Spsn tS Es so So sE5Sn ish i f4sat it d Taf . iRIP9 ns set tS
ayindow and out to the street"
Superintendent Of Buildings Brady bad 200
men at work two hours after the tank collapsed.
The tenants in the two Avenue \ tenements
adjoining Fuldner's factory had 70 yacate their
sSsed in. Inc rear walls OF 'a'n 0"''o'nS nave
ARREST OF ENGINEER AMI CONTRACTOR,
Chief Engineer William II. Bradley Of the
S%HanlIfiS Sm 8. IoE saS of oSS 81 carroll fn street. e3n BrooPr
lyn. head Of the Logan Iron Works at Green
point ghi en- w iorm BUILDING n The ths gas gas tank som INV mere re
oflce at Twenty-frst street and Avenue A.
,, cSRtsactH9 s b aSg sross wss o Se MS from wH 8rd TO the nS
on, q Twenty-third street ferrynoat with a
e, soSSp 3, .S Of if snJias on TS this w si5o E WS.n n Int% a
sEstrsfP eeStraT Al, about the great explo-
Mr.. Logan became interested at once, but the
up Twenty-third street to Avenue A. At
Twenty-second street the police had formed
Pm the contractor who built that tank" he
IL your name LoganP" asked a policemanin
plain clothes standing nearby.
Well, you're, under arrest. =" said the police,
man az he grabbed the contractor and started
him on the way to the police station. 49,
necessary. TO hold them, responsible for the
deaths which, followed the accident until an
Investigation had been made. J
onsrs and they were released: Bail Of $4,000
IA 0uCl CuSc was u y Aluiu "tDtT Vi
2OS Second avenue.
STATEMENT OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER.
Chief. Engineer Bradley said: 1T is really
imposs 81 ,s as yet tGf2 form any bsy opinion anSH as to the +
collapsed tank in, the dark and cannot tell
whe;her tto break real. was I'd due to some exter-
9 no reason Whatever why the tank
This WAS q new, tank which ha,1 never, been
oiled with gas and was not entirely completed.
Weeks we Would have lei in n the gas a The tank
Ssts, done. e1c @ps Tor nom pSi4ting and minor o
being ready to Withstand pressure goes. and
forty,eiGht hours ago it was fIled with the
the telescopic tank rests. The pit in which tho
water is is torty-two feet ,deep, TWENTY-FIVE feet
9tleaa with water. in which the float.
Ing ESo,S gas bo tank aS S69ys sits Cubic The 1set gas tS Mns
{d0 feet when completely filled with gas. Per-
R Was Oiled il sp'V With Hf water !ssS Il last s"T niS sd%A 5 T ff@pe esnE
yy !Sna b t0 be ITO our The largest Msst t. fPd cost; roughly.
feet capacity. 1t was full OF gas. and. as far as
We san see, was uninIured by the breaking
Across the street on Twenty;frst street, are
sstt s' %esPqs sRs Z r ! s.0So.o q Perhaps ees. T z" nf we're
also uninjured.'
WHY WAS THE GAS TURNED OFF IT WAS
NOT TURNED ON.
President Harrison f. Gawtry Of the Con-
solldated Gas Company saw NIL corners at his
office last night. He said that it was absolutely
Impossible to tell the exact cause OF the col
lapse OF the tank until some Of the wreckageh had
been cleared away. The effect on the, gas supply,
he said, was entirely secondary. and he did not
know exactly why the gas had been turned of
below Grand street. but supposed It was for
mains at the tanks and might cause trouble;
within two hours or so we could have made
eonnections with other tanks. especially those
reason we do not do 1t and will not do It until
to-morrow Y that it would not be safe. Gut
ting off the Eas has extinRuished all
the jets. II We turned II on again there would
be many Jets In Office and other A nildinGs de-
serted at night whore the gas would GOOD the
rooms. There would be no one 70 turn 1t Off or
relight 1t IN each room, and escaping gas might
cause explosions. or possibly asphyxiation."
NEWSPAPERS IN TRouBLE
The newspapers which USE the Mergenthaler
linotype machines. In which the tyne metal is
kept hot by gas. found themselves in sudden
and very serious difficulty when the gas nras-