Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-22
FEAR DEATH WILL
FOLLOW EXPLOSION
IN EDISON PLANT
Fireman in Paters0n's Works
May Die, While More Than
Score Are Hurt.

PATTERSON. Jan. Gone man PROB
ably fatally injured, nine seriously
injured and a score slightly hurt
panic in theatres, passengers il
elevators imprisoned and the cities OF
Paterson and Passaic in darkness fot
three hours, are results of an explo-
sion yesterday in the Edison Electric
Light Works, which supplies all the
electric light and power for Paterson
Passaic ind the suburbs.
The injured:
Christian Van Andle, SO North Main
street, fireman at Edison plant. face
and hands badly burned, three ribs
broken. internal injuries; may dla:
treated at St. Joseph's Hospital.
Tony Glaizio, 2S6 Little Falls road,
dyer, little toe almost cut off; resting
easily; treated at St. Joseph's Hospital
George Frelber, of Totowa road, aged
50, fireman at Edison plant; burns up
per extremities, scalp wound, ribs
broken; will recover.
Isaac Claxton, aged As, OF 10 John
street, fireman at Edison plant, scalp
wound; will recover; treated at General
Hospital.
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Dudley FarrnnG's Explanation.
Expert boiler men and the expert
of the company that installed the econ
onizer, which exploded, are at the
Paterson plant today trying to deter
mine what caused the explosion and
the amount Of the damage done. In
the meantime. the station is in opera
ton under reduced capacity. and we
are supplying current for railway, light
and power. None of the boilers ex-
ploded, but all were put out of commits
sion by the tearing out of the steam
pipes and connections by the force Of
the conclusion. We were enabled to
couple up four boilers in a short while,
and we expect to have two more in
operation before night.
1.-THE explosion occurred about 4:45
O'Clock. Part of the north wall of the
building was blown down. but within
a few minutes superintendent Brock
and all the employees who were not
injured were at work drawing the fires
from the boilers and clearing away
the debris. BY 6:25 o'clock 80 per
cent. of the arc lights the
city were burning. by $40 some power
was supplied to more street cars ana
by i:lo we were furnishing current ior
commercial and nome lighting. we ex-
pect to have the service BACK to practl-
cally normal conditions, SO lar as the
pubic Is concerned, before night, 'Coh-
trary to published reports, the city oil
SA-sasc was mo affected by the trouble.
-Four employees of the company
were injured. They were George Trel-
Der, Isaac ClaXton, Christian Van
Andlc and Frederick Sykes. A number
of employees Of an adjoining mill were
injured by flying debris or escaping
team
The Formann. Stumpf & Sharpe's
dye house adjoins the Edison works.
and all the men employed there who