Evening star., 1905-11-02

port, which was In part as follows:
81 have the honor to report that ct 2:15
o'clock p. m, the 1st instant, No. En-
gine Company, Truck c Company, Deputy
Chief F. ]. Wagner, Fire Marshal p. w.
Nicholson. Assistant Fire Marshal L. ".
Seib and myself responded to a local alarm
for an explosion or the blowing off of one
OF the heads OF a 24-inch steam pipe at the
plant of the Potomac Electric Power Com
pany, at the corner of 14th and d streets
northwest.
mo fire was found, but q great quantity
of steam was discovered to be escaping out
of the point where the pipe parted, which
made 1t very difficult for a while to enter
the building for the purpose OF looking
after the unfortunates who were killed and
injured by the explosion.
TRUCK Company raised its eighty-five-
foot extension ladder the 14th street
company mounted the ladder and went to
the top of the building, where he found
William Trammell, white. age thirty-four
and c. c. Tingstrum, white age forty-flve
Mr. Tramn1ell being burned very seriously
on face and hands. was taken down the
ladder by Lieutenant Sullivan. Mr.. Ting
strum was burned on the face and hands,
but came down the ladder unassisted.
George w. Trammell, white, age twenty
four, was burned on the face and hands.
Harry Hardy, colored, age twenty-seven,
was burned on the face and hands.
William Hall. white, age twenty-six.
was burned on the face and hands.
IL. F. Butler, white, age twentynine,
was burned on the face and hands.
''All of the above men were carried to tie
Emergency Hospital
Clarence A. Whitley, colored, age un-
known was found near the entrance on the
inside of the building scaded to death.
William II. White, white, age unknown,
was found in the far end of an adjoining
room between some machinery. He had
evidently been blown from point near
where the pipe parted, and his head was
clpI i, Nd hic fona ma Nad
by coming in contact with parts of the
machinery as he being hurled through
the air by the explosion. Mr.. White was
brought out by Deputy Chief F. ]. Wagner
Fire Marshal p w. Nicholson. Assistant
Fire Marshal L. V. Seib, myself and an un-
known man
Damage Caused.
Fire Marshal Nicholson submitted to Chief
Belt his report of the investigation he made
at the power plant and the report was sub
sequently transmitted tosthe Commission
ers. The fire marshal says, in part:
.'On arriving at the plant everything was
in confusion l found no fire, but, after an
investigation, l learned that the explosion
| was caused by the separating of the header
of the twenty-inch steam main that sup
1 plies the steam to the different engines in
| the engine room. The location where the
explosion occurred is between No. ID and
| No. 16 boilers, north side of boiler room.
| near the 1919 street entrance. The damage
casualties resulted in the loss of life to
| two of the employees and severe injuries to
| six other employees. In conjunction with
| my investigation l assisted in searching for
| the men who were working near where the
| explosion occurred TO ascertain IL all had
| been accounted for when l was informed
! that one man missing. A search was
| made which resulted in finding a white man
lying under the pump in an adjoining room.
| This man was dead when discovered. 90
| with Frank Vermillion. inspector of boil
| ers for the District of Columbia, | returned
| to the plant at pm. and remained until
| 9:45 pm. during which time a thorough
| examination w2s made to ascertain the
| cause of tie explosion. Together with Mr.
| r. e. Munrce chief inspector of the Hart
| ford steam boilers and chief inspector OF
| insurance of Baltimore, Md, eXamina-
| ticn was made of the main and the connec-
| tons where the explosion occurred. and
was informed by the two inspectors that
| the explosion was caused by what is known
| to experts in steam boilers a water ham,
| mer--in other words. water had found its
way into the main. The workmanship and
| the different connections were found to
| have been connected properly and erected
| in accordance with regulations governing
same