Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-30

would have literally blown a hole into
the vast thread works.
The blazing wreckage was blown into
the river instead of toward the seven
huge tanks.
AS 1t was, the girls were thrown into
a panic, which threatened for a time to
became uncontrollab1e.
Two explosions. one after the other.
tore the boat apart at 10:45 a. m. Win
dows wer broken and dishes hurled
from cupboard shelves in all the build
ings in the neighborhood.
Captain Arthur Minch and Supern-
tendent Charles II. Dove were blown
from the pilot-house of the barge into
| the river.
| The boat, blazing wreck. settled in
| its mooring After an hours work, the
! fire department extinguished the flames
bames by flooding what remained of
the cabin over water level.
The horror of the blowup created
panic. which was followed by the con-
fusion of rescue work,
THE DEAD.
| ANGLE, HERBERT, chief engineer;
trapped in engine-room. His body
has not been recovered.
THE INJURED.
! DOVE, CHARLES H, 81 years old.
7S7 McDonough street, Brooklyn.
superintendent; right leg broken.
fractured kneecap. left leg dis
| located at hip, internal honor
| rhage. He Is not expected to live
| OLSON. ORVILLE, 35 years old, cook
on Pure Oil Barge No. 8; both legs
fractured, internal injuries; will die.
| MINCH, ARTHUR, captain, of 179
Third street, Jersey City; badly
shaken up.
| The only man who knows the cause
of the explosion IL dead. Apparently
| the gasoline in the stern of the boat.
Pure Oil Barge No. 5, of Philadelphia,
stored for use in running the engine.
blew up first. This explosion was fol-
lowed an instant later by a terriAo
/ blow-up, which shook the whole river
front.
This explosion was caused by a tank
| of 1000 gallons of gasoline.
! While II is not known what fgnIted
the gasoline, the boat was going into
drydoclS next week to have the engine
OverhnuIed. IT is thought that de-
{ feet In the engine caused the flrst
small explosion.
/ Terrified by the thought of the hig
tanks. with their 10000 gallons of high
explosive oils, the employees at the oil
plant rushed franticalIy away, only to
meet the crowds swimming toward the
scene Of the accident.
With hoaIse cries they warned tho
men Of the danger that lay near the
giant tanks
Telephone calls were sent to the East
Newark police, the Newark police ana
/ the hospitals Ambulances were
rushed from Newark.
| Captain Arthur Arinch, who was
blown into the Passaic told his story
to an Evening STAR reporter before
being hurried to the Emergency Hos
/ pital:
Superintendent Dove. of the
/ fleet, and [ were in the pilot
house talking about the warships
on the Hudson Without any warn
ing we were blown, pilot-house and
all, into the Passaie. I managed
to ger ashore, I don't know how.
/ ! thought of the big tanks and
wondered if they had gone I knew
what that meant
Later Captain Minch was taken 70
his home. 119 Third street, Jersey City,
in an automobile
On the boat besides Captain Minch
and Superintendent Dove We're George
Tayor and Walter Steppen, deck hands.
They We're ia the bow of the boat.
Hearing the first explosion they Jumped
overheard, diving deeply. The thunder
GUS second explosion occurred willis
they We're in the water
Taylor pushed floating raft Of loose
lybound planks to Olson. who was
struggling in the water. In that way
the Swede was taken ashore desper-
ately wounded, but conscious
Taylor who rescued Olson, was one
of crew on a torpedo boat destroyer
of the English navy when it blew M.
AT that time he was blown into the
water. It his second escape from
death by explosion.
The barge arrived al the Pure oil
Companys dock yesterday, 1t was tho
first time it had come to Newark The
cargo OF fuel oil was stored forward
The explosion apparently had Its origin
fCnntanued on Fnre 2 C,0Iusns, ~