The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-12-28
RUIN AND DEATH
Aa Electric spask Ss!s eS Gas in PassE
Herse Causing Hest
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
Y Motto. Car Breaks the Gas Tipc.
Power House Filled. Falling Ham
mer Makcs Spark. Awful Explosion
Shakes Manhattan Isle from Cen
s~e to Circumference.

The terrific explosion OF i!lrminat-
Ing gas IN the auxiliary power aoGSe
10 tie G-aat Contra! Station IN New
York which tore st the heart OF and
sent a tremo. along the en;iTc rock
back bone OF Manhattan Monda>
mo-cia,. caused death OF 20 persons
two OF them women. the injury o.
,e5 Others and property damage es-
uma:ed tonight a. from $2.O0H.nt"
o $4,000. o.nUn. 4 FIRE broke o&t IL
the shattered rrirs OF the power
house again late tonight. bot "ith
-reat corps OF police. searcheTs and
dremer on the scene. the 5laze made
N..le headway. II was wc!-i seen"
in and about the station as ;ae a!chi
| wore on. No additioaa! bodies We're
found. but in hospital Guth'e:
| Johnson. a. electrician s"ccumoed
| 20 terrible injuries. bringing the
death list up 20 ten.
Four wo.kmen who are missing are
| believed tc have pe!!shed. and OF me
fe5 injured eS were remove: 10 hos
| p!tsls. or those. eight msy die. At
investigation by the police. the dis
tr,ct attorneys Office and the co!o-
ne-'s office is under way. Traffic OF
the New York Contra: Railroad
ceased entirely for some time and
! was d:sor2an!zed for the remainder
o. the day. oul the new station IL
self, now il process OF construction.
was no: damaged.
A passing surface car. CARVING
seven passengers. was lifted from It's
tracks and hurled into a. aulomch!te
ruaa,n. alongside. Four OF the scv-
en- passense.S we're Killed outr;Sh:
su. the chaEe"r o: The iuotoE "a:
was only Gu; and bruised
For some hours & was hei'ersG
nat dynamite slo7e co3ic h2v"
wrought such instantaneous AM or!-
lSer:z.rc havcc. bu. late IN he after
nocn Fire Chief Croker said he va
.tt.:onyincei that the whole explosion
vas due 10 mix:u-e OF ar AID IL.
Illuminating eas used in lighting raj
read ears, touched OF b. an electric
spark.
J TIE gas has accumulated IN the
auxiliary power house from 4 broken
pioe snapped OF by runaway pas
senoer car.
/ The force OF the explosion rar
north and south from one 20 tw"
miles along the Rock Ridge. tha; :
:he backbone OF the ISLAM! md cas-.
ard west literally for mile. Foun
dat!ors were Jared. walls shake
ioat OF plumb. windows we're blow
iin by the thousands. ceilings crash
ling down on tie heads OF occnnaat>
and the pavcmeats wee filtered with
a crisp t;nki;ns tali o! pnlr".izcd
glass that coated the shoe soies.
! The fun amount Of the property
damage Is unavailable. but NAV cS-
iceef the rorch and conservative e..
innate O! s5bo.sn1 The loss 20 ;As
New York Central Railroad Comna7N
! inclndes the physical dama:e don
70 the power house which vas Gt
tterly wrecked: the delay 10 conSt-cc-
ton work aad the dainase done e
the cars standing near the pow"r
house. The loss 20 .hnrkeerers an
property owners In ;he vicinity ~!
srread over wide :aa-e o! 'SerlS
iChr,stmas displays were h'oN. b"cS-
ward into the shops sucked in'n 'fs
street or cnt 10 ribbons hv fvi:"
glass. Whole fronts OF hrIi2'nc>
j were LEFT without window. lik"
lsightless masks.
AS nearly as can be determine
this Is Row tie accident occurred:
A train load OF erIpty passcrcer
coaches. hauled by an electric motor
in charge OF Albert Se2c-otte. got cr'
Of contro! OF the brakes. crashed
into steel ana concrete buffer POS,
snapped :he pest OF raEmed 4 pile
>. lumber behind the post into tw"
and one-hal. in,h Gas main connect
ing with the taas. from which tae
tanks OF the passenger cars are
charged at $50 pounds pressure. Ev
he testimony ot :he notcrn'an and
that os John ]. Quinn. 4 br!cklareT
working on the main power house
adjoining the auxiliary hc3Se. the
| time OF the bresk !n ;he pipe is aD-
,ro1in.ted AZ few m.nntas aft"-
! 8 o'clock TWO clocks. stopped b.
the jar. fixed the the o: the "x-
clos!on itself az Sc. II the :a."-va
ne broken main bad ample time q
,ou. high pressure gas into n" lower
levels OF the auxiliary power hous-
When ~o-kmen Sc; to clea-;r,
away the strewe3 lumber. !: is as
sumed that one ot them dropped j
steel tool acros. the third rail. thc-"
! was q fash OF electricity aa,! TIE
| great reservoir OF accuD .ia:ed gas
| exploded
WA, happened then VIII never
Se adequately tc!d.
The roof OF the Are house. No.
'irect!y across the stree; from: the
aowe. house. lifted Ike :n,sic car
,et 4 shower OF glass. brick. nor
| "a: and shattered. sn:ia.ercd tin ub-gs
Hecan 70 rain or the Tars:u"ntS. and
10 a. instant streets were a!i.a "iti
| ,-os, rate aIen and won,.n hto.rn ia
ny The shock OF the Gc,on4t4on ana
he rush .; air They sat rl9zc3
where they fell. picking shrers fro1., ;