The San Francisco call., 1904-10-13
Bursting Of Gasoline
Blower Injuries
TW0nty-0ne.
Hospitals Filled With Moan
ing Victims Of the
Accident.
Police Rescue Little Ones From Flames
and Eleven Are Under Care Of
Emergency Surgeons

A blazing gasoline furnace, thrown
into the street by Spiro Gional at ~
Montgomery avenue yesterday, explod-
&C in the midst Of a group Of children.
The blazing fluid few in all directions.
Eleven Of the little Ones were terribly
burned on their faces. necks and arms
Ten others received slghteI injuries.
The names Of the severely injured
are George Fusco. 5 years old. 5 Gra-
ham place. Joe -Iaestretti. 10 years old.
171s Kesrny street; Lawrence Baciga-
lupi. 10 years old. Telegraph place;
Julia Le Roy. 10 years old, rs Green
Uich street. Freda 3ahmberg. Is years
DID, 52s So 11rsiso street, Sophie Tied
eman. l0 years old. 700 Montgomery
avenue; -Eulda Tiedeman. : years old.
700 Montgomery avenue. Edie Desca-
zensi. years Old Hinckley alley; Ger
mania Anderson, = years old. Us Green
street Henrietta Anderson. S years old.
rs Green street; J. Orlando. years
ole. IL Montgomery avenue.
GiOnal, who owns a restaurant at III
Montgomery avenue. was engaged in
making repairs about the place A
crowd Of children on their way home
from school tarried 70 peep through the
windows.
Suddenl- the gasoline blower used by
G-onsl began 20 splutter. He became
fright med. rushed 10 the doorway and
hurled IL into the street.
IN less than minute il was r.
rounded by z circle of small boys and
girls Then there was a muffied explo-
sion. followed by shrieks- The blazing
gasoline spattered into the faces Of the
children and GionaI escaped.
Sergeant Brophy. E-atroluen P J.
NcManus and J. Brott hurried u the
rescue Of the little ones, some Of whom
were afsme-
Calls were sent 10 the Emergency
Hospital and 10 the CentraI police sta
tion. Three Of the children were taken
q the Harbor Hospital and eight to
the Central Emergency Hospital
Those taken 70 the hospitals we're
suffering from severe burns about the
face. arms and neclzs. Some may die
from the complications incident 10 their
wounds
At the Central Emergency Hospital
parents arriving 70 claim their little
ones became hystericsl al the sight OF
their darliags covered with bandages
and moaning IN pain
Edie Descazensf Of Hinckley alley
suffered the most severe injuries All
of TIE sufferers we're removed % their
homes after their wounds were dressed.
Joe Maestretti, who is a nephew OF
Public Works Commissioner Maestret-
q, said; We were watching the thing
burn. OF a sudden there was a noise
and. Oh. how my face hurt. I put up
my hands 10 save ny eyes and the
burning stuff seemed TO run all over
me"
That was the plant OF all the chill
oren. We we're just watching and
the explosion came. II hurt, oh, 1t
hurt awfuily."
Gionsl was arrested by Detectives
Ryan and O'Counel four hours after
the explosion and his name was placed
on the detinue book He VIII be held
until ii is ascertained whether the in
5Uries of any OF the children result IA
tally. He is a Greek
he made the following statement m
the police I borrowed a plumbers
furnace from a man living across the
street. The thing began to splutter and
! laid IL in the street while went for
help A crowd Of children gathered
around Il and il exploded"