New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-06
Ten HURT IN GARAGE FIRE
FORTY AUTOS DESTROYED.
GasoLene Explosions the Cause
Loss May Be s100,000-

Ten PERSONS were injured sorne sertoIsiy, u
Ere shortly after noon yesterday IN the garage
o. tie STANDARD Automobile COMPANY. at Nos-
1zs and rs West Thlrty-uiuth-st- The fire. which
was caused - the explosion q large quantity
q xzsoIene. ard which destroyed the building
destroyed also nearly forty valuable automobiles
anoug them was the aztosno5Ie q Police
Commissions NcAtoo. Orly two automobiles
were saved U1dzIlags5- One Of them belongs
70 Mayor Mcclellan The other vas about 70
Ieave tie place a. the tine q the FIRE, and the
chauffeur went forward a. 1Eu speed. crashing
through TIE doors. and thus ESCAPED
Those injured were
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Chief Croker. who made thorough invsstiga-
ton aftervard. questioned young man, who
refused his name, who appeared 10 be IN charge
This men said that shortly before the fire
s-zr=ed z gasoiene wagon. Of metal. with
metal tank containing Z large quantity Of gaso-
le-e. vas driven into the garage. The tank vas
brought u repIenlsh the sGuDIv ~ gasoleTe IN
me garages tanks. The tank was equipped with
. hose. through which the gaso!ene Is changed
other tanks
The place II the rear q The garage where the
CoEnFsuv's tanks we're vas dark 4 workman
turned an electric switch. spark Asw of
and caught me EspCF q The EasO!ene- instantly
= fash came. Tbs gaso!eue from the hose began
r. burn ana the driver u the wagon, not walt
ing TO turn OF IRE escaping gasolenA. 1ur1ped OF
the seat drove hUrriedly from thu place
TINS caused the long hose 10 swing hack and
t'itf' fh-o%iHs n9e - 81 parts q ths s-I@-ss-
j. second the building 4 mass OF rzr-es-
The driver drove his team west ia Thirty-TiTlth-
81 the hose al the time throwing out burning
sasolene. At Seventh-aye. he Jumped on and
About five minutes before the fire started the
valuable Automobile belonging 70 the Mayor y $
brought 10 ire garage This was taEen out
safely. being nearest the door
Forty men were At work II the place. about
twenty on each floor. The gasO-eI= II & nearby
automobile exploded, and then the gasolsae-
about ten barrels II all exploded il the garage
tanks. This explosion sent flames n every d.
TertlOH, and blew the tanks 20 atoms ard me
floor 70 pieces Il threw the E-eE. especially
those upstairs, into panic.
The men Downstairs rushed out Of the building
and all but one, Il IS 5eie-e1- escaped harm.
one workman ran 10 Fo--Ie-h-st and Seventh
ave. and turned in alarm. \ second alarm
quickly brought eight e. g5les. three trucks and
one water tower. The water tower vas not used
chief Croker was sO01 or tne scene and took
command
An especially large crowd gathered. The re-
serves from the West Twentieth, West Thir-
tiefh and West Thirty seyeUth-sL- stations were
sent 70 the scene, Inspector Walsh IN command.
The freE1en could Do little. az the fear Of stu
more serious explosions kept them back. only
playing on the flames from short distance
After the CRY OF Fire." and after the men on
the ground HCsr had escaped, there was q Wild
rush for safety from the second floor. This WIS
the machine and repair room and Uttered
with machinery. The score o. men here DID not
Wait 70 Try the stairs Lut 70 the window
Most q them leaped out Some were not hurt
enough even for medical attendance while 9TH
received severe injuries. The fall was not
long enough 70 make them lose their balances
Answering calls, FIVE anb1lsnces responded.
The fire spread IN the rear q The garage 70 the
garage next door. known as The Cadillac"
This FIRE quickly put out The automobiles
there were hurried 70 the street, ana score or
more Of them nearly blocked Thirty-rinth-st
Chief Croker estimated the loss al Il least
$4,000, as most Of the automobiles wers espe-
ciaIly valuable He said IL would probably b
nearer 10000