Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-02-10
DOCTOR TIGHT
SERIOUSLY INJURED
In a Gasoline Explosion while
Experimenting in His
Laboratory.
scAsF wOUAOs NOT DANGEROUS

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With "a dun roar that could be heard
acruaH the campus. some gasoline
which be- was using in exrefimrniai
work exploded dangerously iniurlnE
Dr. W 81 Tight. president 10 the INT
foraiy Of New Mexico. and rcncfinr
hlm unconscious
nf Tight nad just lef the house oi
Professor Hcifin, where hg has apart.
mpufe. shortly after q O'Clock ycaicr.
day afternoon Cor Hadley han. say ing
be- intended iO CONDUCT some expert.
meats shortly after hts departure 4
dun roar was heard ln tho direction
oil Hndlcy hail. and Mrs Hodaiu stated
" her husband ihai she feared harm
hed hcfallcn the doctor Professor
HDiEiu hurried % the hall where be-
saw nr Tight leaning over nli open
wiusloV iu which ho bad drRrRcd him.
self after the explosion Blood wa
nowing from several scalp wounds
and a great wound ln the riFhi slide
0l hls bead showed where The force Of
the explosion hnd driven n piece of the
iron jug lu which the gasoline had
heen stored ana which Itself was
blown 90 biia. SOME OF che jug and ap.
parutns with which the doctor had
hoon working being imhedded IN the
surrounding wallH
Professor iiudEln Immediately sum.
monod medical assistance and Dr.
james Wroth responded After a hasiy
examination of the wounds Dr. WtOih
mad Prof Tight taken co tho g. 10
sepha hospital here the wounds were
more fully treated The medical ox.
animation there diaclnscd the fact that
while there were several scalp wounds
there was no fracture uf ths skull The
largest wound that in the right side
az the head. near the ear. was not ~
serious as was ca first feared. and this
afternoon Prof. Nchi was reported
cot az all danger a. far aa death from
the wounds was concerned.
when Prof Hodgin reached tho an
Fortunate president Of the university
no l.as barely coreclous A. Prof
Hodrin approached hSm he whispered
tho one word gasoline after which
he lost consciousness. From thia !,
o. Inferred that Il gasoline explosion
was the cause 81 the accident. Otnol
prO0fs were sufficiently plain IN the
labralOry % show thas there had been
terrific explosion. presumably from
gasoline.
The entire covering on the righ'
side OF the scalp was torn away BY the
force ~ the explosion. the skin belnl
laid hack on the head and the nerves
aud cartiiagea surrounding The ear be
ink severed Is is feared that The doc
tor will lose the ire Of hts rlgbt ear "a
a result of the accident The dactol
ON the case states thar there was nf
fracture of the skull and that u VII
bp only d matter OF time until Or
Tirht RECEIVERS The doctor was un
conscious aimOat the entire nlght hn'
toward morning rallied sufficiently q
recognize those about him, anain 90
lnpslnR into uncnneci1u1ncNs, from
which BE has recovered from time q
time during ihe day, only % haY'
other unconscious spells. he has NO
yet recovered sumcieutly 90 BE- abb
10 receive visitors. and altbough por
fecily rational thla afternoon has mol
AZ set made any statcmoat cnccrninf
the exact manner ln which the ekplo
sion occurred.
Late this afternoon after Or Wrou
lad completed another examination
of Prof. Tights injuries, be states
that the professor was doing aplen
didly. and that n h. hOlda bis owt
for the next twO or three days ~
would be- an right
"Thn professor was making uNF
gen" said Dr. Wroih, when the Eaa
oleno exploded He did NOT state sns
particulars as 20 why the gasoline eN
pioded. other than thar L was spon
,aucous