The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-10
3 HURT IN MOTOR BOAT FIRE
"a az BO lRD THE MIME ~.
WHEN o. lSOIENE BIIH IP.

FIrebSat CaIl-d TO Rescue clark Thread
Nuis Party In the kllI van kuiI. int
u Was Pretty Much over When she
cot Therr Two N-n In Hospital.
Gasolene yapor exploded on th" power
boat Minnie II last night Will" the boat
wWs "a Constable Hook in the kill van
! kull. returning from South Beach with
, meIntreTs of tho fire department II IN"
Clark thread mills IN Newark Iw"
81 the Clark firemcn. Harry Fisher and
James Robertson. Of kearny. y j. w"r"
badly burned 10y flaming gasolene amt
are ia the Bayonuc Hospital. Frank
Pruden Of Newark was injured. hut not
seriously and several others who wer"
SCATTERED by fire were able Ia GO home.
Once a year the thread mill fire fighters
have an outing and clambake az south
Beach, Yesterday twenty-siN ~ them
started from tho Clark dock in Newark
at a few minutes past noon. Alfred cut
Ter, one Of the party. borrowed the power
boat from his father IN law. LOUIS HauS-
ser \ brewery agent OF Harrison, y
The Minnie II was built for comfort
more than speed and accommodated
the crowd comfortably
The firemcn spent the day absorbing
CLANS and fun az South Beach They
pointed the Minnie II = nosa for home lat"
in the afternoon and crIised without a
mishap until they nsared New Brighton
at about 5:5OP VI Then the motor began
Ia miss fire and after some sputtrrIng AMI
coughing quit dead Fisher and Hob"rt-
son. aged 81 and Il respectively. who were
booking after the engine, tried {" tinker Il
into shape and the huat drlft"d Tor "a
hour while thet labprei A little past
O'Clock they got the engln" going again
They were OF Constable Hook ia m" hill
van Kull whRn the explosion came Fisher.
Robertson end Pruden wrr" forv ard near
the engine
Harry Fisher drsnchsd with burning
oil. leaped overheard and chung for "a
minute or two To the SIDE 81 the Minnie II
Then he struck out for the shore and mad"
It after swim Of 2nO yaris He got t. a
telephone on the Orford copper Com
panys dock and told the nparntor u
call tor an ambulance from the Bayonns
Hospital Then Fisher collapsed from tn"
pam and shock Of his injuries.
Robertson was burned ~ badly ~
Fisher but several men IN IN" party
dragged him afr and got hun ,ut - the
the engine pit Prud.n was burned about
the arms and hands hat was able t. take
care Of himself
The tide was running m strongly and
IN a few minutes arri"i tn. Minnie II
close TO the Oxford Copper Company
dock Thre. small boats one of which
Was the motor boat Ann ownei by George
" MCClaughley u N"w Br ghton. put
4.
II was on fire and they managed to shove
the power boat close against the dock
Then the passenger hustled ashore
without al ficulty The fir" didn't "uv"lpp
the after mart OF N" Mimi" n.
The launch Erin from the SallorS Snug
Harbor. with a crew II hovs slid NJ t. the
burning power boat. hooked her away
from the dock and toW"d her ont 20 th"
middle 81 the Kill They weren't taking
chances on IN" copper dock or IA" stand
ard OIL Companys doCk adjoining catch
ing fire The Sailors snug Harbur boys
tore out the furnishing ~ the Minnie u
and were douSing nut the fire when IN"
fireboat arrived from New York.
few streams IT water from the Mills
quenched the blaze Then the Firm
towed the Minnie II to the snug Harbor
The power boat was pretty badly dam
ag,,d
a DR. Morris Frank and shapiro came with
an ambulance. from IN" Bayonn" Hospital
and took care 81 ia. INJURED men Young
Fisher was sCorCh"d about the face hands
arms and body. and Robertson had similar
burns IN" doctors said th"r" was no
danger of their losing their sight and
that tn. hurts WERE not fatal PrrId"n
WA bandag-d up and sent home. Several
others who had been SCATTERED 10y tn"
burning Oil w-r" oiled and tinted In"
PARTY went home 10 Newark and k"arny
bv trolley Mu-t Il them Inv" ~ h'arny.
Fisher and Robert -pu w"r" ahl" t. talk
"A little after they had l'''-n mai' - com
forta Die a. puesItl' IN III" bayoun" Hos
pital They sand that very hk"iv IN"
ga.olsne tank hat l"ak'-i u hl" IN" "ngin"
was IN truuhl,' and that fumes from ~"
wasted oil had settled luv II VA prot
able they Thought. that somebody who
didn't know the danger. struck match
PIilED UITH REI on ER.
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