New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-13
EXPLOSION HURTS FIVE
Asphyriation Tank an Dog Pound
BLO1Cs Up.


Five persons were injured one so seriously
that he NAV die. A result Of & gas explosion
in iron tank used for asphyxiating dogs and
cats in the dog pound. at East One-hundred-
and-s econd-st- and the East River. yesterday.
The explosion wrecked the interior of the build
ing and broke every pane of glass in it. About
$50 dogs and cats escap ped. and are at large
about Harlem. The injured are:
GooDENoUGH. Thomas. forty-hve years old. No
right eye, badly burned about face and hands in,
W VIII pro 5bsf5fy1t die '1''S''
LINCK. Joseph, tventy-three years old. No 1000
Thrd-ave. slightly bruised attended and went
home.
FEA sIsha GnP BRUISED h5sd ana SiF vent 2t home
sCHOFIELD. Andrew. tvsntyhvs ears old No , ~
m1stache and hair sineed of. attended and went
eruoENEE1D charles. twenty-five years old.
~ TbirGaT4 cuts shout face hair singed and
Internal injuries: Harlem Hospital
Heroic work was done by PatroIman Baum
bach. of the East One-hundred- Land -fourth-st-
station who dragged several Of the injured
men from the wrecked building. Had he not
done so it is probable that they would have been
asphyxiated The injured men were attended by
Drs Krauskopf and schnepel. of the Harlem
Hospital.
The tank in which the explosion occurred IS
about IL feet long feet wide and feet high.
There is an iron door in the southern end.
through which the animals put into the
tank The ton is covered with glass windows, so
that the attendants may watch the asphyXia-
ton process Goodenough drives one of the
wagons and is the head dog catcher connected
with the pound. Schofteld is his assistant
number of dogs and cats had just been asphyxi-
ated and the men were about to unload the
carcasses from the tank and refill it with the
doomed animals Schoenfeld and Linck had just
gone into the building. looking for dogs they had
lost Read the superintendent. was seated at
his desk writing.
The cause of the explosion is not definitely
known. Superintendent Read advances the
theory that one of the dogs in the tank. suffer
ing from mango might have been washed with
rhospbOrous CfoodenOugh just about to
omen the door of the tank when the explosion
came He was thrown against the partition
with great force and q sheet of flame coming
from the tank burned him about the face ana
hands He was also struck by flying glass Inc
glass windows I'm the tanks were blown out and
every window in the building was shattered
The force of the explosion blew the partition
over AGAINST the west wall Of the building
Schoenfeid was caught by 1t and pinioned
against the wall. Linck and Read were thrown
ON the floor and were slightly bruised. Scho-
field who had been near GOOdenOugh. was
thrown to the floor. He was cut by glass and
his hair and mUstache were singed by the
names
Patrolman Baumbach was about block from
the building when ne heard the explosion He
rushed to the main door and opened it. AS he
did so he was nearly stifed by the gas Linck
and Read were just regaining their feet and
he led them out into the open air. Returning
TO the office again he found SchOenfeld piniOned
against the wall Patrolman Lynch of the
same station had arrived on the scene by that
time. and the two got the man free with much
difficulty. He unconscious. When they
had taken him outside Read told them that
GoOdenough and Schofed were still in the
tankrOom- Although nearly overcome them
selves by the gas. thew staggered back and sue
ceeded in pulling the two men out Buam-
bach then sent In call to the Harlem Hospital
for two ambulanCes
Schoheld. who In the room with Good
enough, had narrow escape He could not
give cause for the explosion. saying that
matches were never used in the darkroom
However. the place Is lighted by gas and he
thought there might possibly have been a leak
In one Of the pipes Leading into the tank.
crowd estimated at two thousand people
gathered about the SCere of the explosion and
several extra policemen were sent there 10 pre-
serve order. The carcasses Of dead cats and
dogs were strewu about the building and few
were outside.