Arizona republican., 1914-03-05
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 IN GAS BURNER
Adams Hotel Heating Ap- paratus Explodes, Injur- ing Assistant Engineer Sam Cruea-Badly Burn ed, But Will Recover

Samuel Cruea, an assistant en- gineer at the Adams is in the hos rital with numerous bad burns. and the fire apparatus of the notcl is
 jarred as result of a ;iolent expio slon of oil gas in the heating de partmcnt last night shortly before nine o'clock For moment the nerves of nearly every one in the block, and particularly in the hotel, suffered in consequence of the little blow out in the basement.
 Although not sc:ious, Cruca's burns WiH prove extremely painful for q time, and will keep him off the job for some days. He was rushed to tie hospital by Dr. E. W. Craig. the house physician, and the injuries tc his face and arms were abated.
 Spectators on the streets last night were startled q few minutes before nine, when they saw q column of flame shoot high above the chim- ney on the northeast corner of the Adams block A second later the;c was a dull eXplosion-a noise like the dropping of a ton of trunks. People who could see down the alley way, saw the flame and smoke shoot cut the basement windows. Those who rushed downstairs, combating large volumes of thick. white smoke. that quickly filled the stairWays and elevator shaft, found Cruea lying in
 tEe Wrccliagc. scarcely conscious, and seemingly burned to crisp. The blower was on full blast and the fire was gaily triumphing over ev- crytiinG. After shutting off the flame, they carried the injured man outside. called Dr. Craig and an automobile, and rushed to the hos pital
 Cruea is not the regular engineer. He was adjusting the apparatus that
 blows the oil spray in the boiler. temporarily taking ;he place of En- ginecr Dad" McGuirc. X little too much oil on the fire caused q blow out, or ck-firc. which resulted in the explosion.
 Other results of the explosion were found in broken windows in Thorpe's cleaning and pressing establishment
 coated on the Central Avenue side of the basement, and in the generally Ncll-smoNed interior of the hotel.
 Rumors of dynamite complicated
 the situation and added to the eX- citemcnt which was not allayed untIi some tall explaining had been done. Late last night it was discovered that Cruca had been standing right in front of the fire door. that the full force of the burning gas had taken him in the face. and had tum bled him all over the basement He lell backward and cracked his head 'oundly against the concrete floor. BACK TO NORTH-Hcn. IT. H. LinDey speaker of the House of Rep rcScntativcs at the last session of the legislature. left for his home in Pres nott yesterday. after a short business visit in Phoenix
 FROM TUCSON-Mr and Mrs C. Y. Solomon are in Phoenix visiting the Dave Goldbergs. MT Solomon is ] president of the Arizona National l bank at Tucson. and Mrs Solomon 1 is q sister of Mrs. Dave Goldberg i SCHOOL REPORTS School re- ports for the month just past show f that an increase has been made this month equal to that of each of tn, past months The enrolment now stands slightly over the 3l00 mark New students were enrolled in each ol l, inc several shools with the exception | of thc Sherman school.
 RETURNS TODAY-Jofn D. Loper 1 superintendent of city schools. returns l today from the east where he ha; spent the past three weeks. He wen 1 first to Washington, D. C.. where ht was delegate of the Knights of Py- thias to their semi-centennial Later | he went to Richmond. Va. where there ! was in session the national convention i of School Superintcndcnts. On the re- | turn trip he stopped off for a short I visit at his old home town in Gildad | n