Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-10-28
AWFUL ACCIDENT
IN PRINTING OFFICE
Gasoline Engine Exploded in
Telluride Journal Com.
posing Room.
OSE DEAD AND TWO INJURED

Telluride Coo, Oct gf.-Ono dead
two dangerously, ana mEnv ofhes
moro on less badly Injured. X m. ~.
suit OF an unfortunate plunber's caro-.
iessnesa In adjusting the feed pipo
leading from gasoline tank io tbe
burner of a linotype machine being
Installed m the Daiiy Jonrnai oNice
The cxp.oalon occurred at about D
are.
y A. stuart. plumber dead
Misa Manic y. Reed. compositor
y .. McKown. cou,posi,or. badly
'ninra
The Journal had Iust lately pur.
chased the Linotype OF the late dc.
tunct Telegraph OF durango, ana
which had been SET up last Saturday
py Mr. MailSy, a mRchlnlsi.0pofai0r
who is TO have charge Of the machine
aud operate a. IN 10 installation Of
the machine i was necessary 10 haf0
plumber put In feed pipe from the
gasoline tank, which had been placed
on the outside 0f the rear OF the build.
ing, 70 the burner under the machine,
which was done By Mr.. stuart.
Monday morning Mr.. Mailey put a
gallon OF gasoline IN the tank TO teet
the connection and The working OF tho
machine Finding that the fluid was
either leaklng or clogEed up. be cali
90 In Plumber stuart anG explained
70 him the dilnculty n being a chilly
forenoon a stove In the room was
kept red hot Stuart, unnoiiced. walk.
cd back ans reaching up. uuacrewed
an elbow" OF the pipe. without prev.
iously thutlng o0 toe flow and Ina.
mediaioly Was almost saturated with
the nuldl q running down pr0fuaeiy
upon the floor The fumes rapidly
spread In the afr and In 3 twinkling
encountered the red hot stove and
there was q short but Intensely hot
exposlon, the flames o. which, follow.
Ing up the opened feed pipe. Ia a sec.
ond eAplosed the Esllon of iluld n tho
tank outside
The shock of the explosion was 50
graf a. 40 bseak "a Of the nearby
windowa. burning copy an pun
ana destroying 'ad" memorandum.
etc.
stuart whose clothes were saiurat.
ca AZ The first explosion rosemb.ed a
fof.iabi' bali of hr9 and at the same
time the clothing Of Compoali3ra Nc
kowu ana Reed also took Gre. They
ran out into the street where paaaars.
~ rushed on and hmOtheFed the
flames consuming the victims. who
were immediately taken 10 the esices
Of Doctors liadlfy a Hadley. stuart
was uneonsclona from the first ana
must have suffered terribly bus ops
sfes were given ana all known 70
medical science was done for him.
but he died AZ 4,As
Miss Reed was most severely burn.
I'd MI over the body.
r. II. Aek0sn hsd al ~ the hair
burned from his head, ami his hands
and face badly burned
A. J. Stuart. The dead plumber,
leaves wife ara two daughters TO
mourn him. We WAS a native of Eng
and, whore his other remaining reln.
ivcs i've. aud aha about ~ years oid
.ie was member Of tho a. o. u. W.,
% which order he carried $4,000 ln-
iurancc. Ho also belonged 20 she
ia which he vas lnsurca
.0r $500. and had an old line policy
of $1,000. a total Insurance Of So
700
Miss Mamie Read Il au estlmahia
.aung lady. whose mother lives at
luray aud who ls now AZ her uufor.
unato daughters bedside. having ar.
lived late last night Miss Hoad has
lecn some two years with the Jour.
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