The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-21

ms was done at Ardmorr. attrmr'en, 10
upeu the door cover " the tahN.
pressure that had developed w '"'
tank threw the dome cover lh lh' "''
followed by flow of liquid the 'lL'
Of the dome cup which was I"''"l ~
~ or more feet In the mir rms hqul"
formed large bail Of yapor ihnl was
carried by the wind 10 the u'"I'S.
fire, about sixty feet away Whru "
WAS ignIted and Ia turn fired near
by house which was rousumrd anu
seven persons injured bnt there was
no explosion
Fifth Instance
The Ardmorr explosion be- SAIL
was the rifth instance After that al
st Louis, there had been % similar
ignition OF gu- from ear ul Iol'Io'
o., August -. lnl2; AZ 'nmphrI.o'
Mass june II. 1914, and al f"r'
Worth, Tex. March It, 1913 In four
NJ the five cases cited there mI IT,
suited fire without any indications oil
an explosion
Following the 81 Lows accident
April y, 1911, he had called q r"l.
ference at Pittsburgh. Pa. attended
by y or 30 persons engaged ln the
production Of this gas From the In.
formation secured nj that time the
federal restrictions had been iumn.al
ed Under these rule h Nao mnor
permissible tu ship gasoline m,u,ur
Ing efficient nt lOO degrees Innrru
hrlt nud a tension NJ ten pound, Ia
the squire inch An, matrriu. haN
ing II greater pressure would bee lass
ed as new material Where lh"
tension was above the ten pound limit
II weatherhcud must Dee used. by
which is meant the rayIng Of au Uprn
Ing In the tank eo that the volume "
the product constantly forming could
escape. This did not meet with favor
on the pnrr of shipper. because 25
per cent loss wns experienced
May MO'lify Federal Rule
He thought 10 ukr, rMul'rmr .u
ycSligatlon of tmr Ardmorr .luu-Im
might indicate the udyl~aniuu uf u
durlng the tension 'imil colo high
grade gasoline fur shipment rmm ul
g." eight pounds II ,u the federal ir
partment would adopt such mr
Il Il. Cournud New York. 1000 agent
u the bureau NJ explosives preceded
Chief Dunn lie said be- bad been
making tests of explosive and iufun
able commodltlc- Shipped from ,urIuu,
points In Oklahoma lie md made Il
/ test of some gasoline almost rrnly r.
be- shipped at Cushing 20. the Victor
/ uil company lopHHY rack, IRON
/ which point the tank 40 Arlmorr ha,
been shipped He found s"yrrnl ear,
tested at the yapur tension of Ten
. bounds to the square mrh right mp &
the limit hut was Informed 10y the ship
per that the car would be- wrnthcre,
/ llll more aud thc4rn,on would drul
n nine pounds by wcathcring. III
? meant the car would be- left open fo
the gas to escape until the vupur pre-,
sure was reduced
hcInONAl Oi Tap Tile Cause
He believed the explosion nj Ard
more was caused D., ga, escaping frur
the ear, n pocket being formed fror
HE proper admlNur NJ the yapo
aud air and being ignltrd In some wa
not revealed. lie did not believe ther
would have been an explosion II TN
dome cap had not been removed II
would have released the safety yaly
further and allowed more gas to II
cape, he said, but not until the ca
had hrrn removed 10 "A safer uac
Not under an, circumstances would /
have removed the dome cover. Al
swerlug a question from Commission,
Humphrey he said he would not
this time recommend additional reg
lations fAhat adhered To, the FEEDER
regulations now are sufficient
When chief Dunn was ON the star
Commissioner Humphrey lnQuirc
"Whnt are the relative explosive po
rrs NJ dynamite aud this yaporiz
gasoline ut the most favorable mi,
urr1'
The comparison is about ~ pOun
lu the square inch 10 10000 pounds
tNr square inch was the answer.
ppmmuled by the Information that I
conditions at Ardmore were not fay,
able for the highest demonstration
IT'S explosive force
Aside from the witnesses Of
I morning. there are number of o
rrs 10 hc heard among them W
Humphreys. of Washington, II G., p
f">sur NJ meteorological physics, "
win "uridate certain atmospheric e,
1ltiou- that would affect cases N u
| Mind llr comes from the L.
weather bureau 4 corps of Santa
attorneys nrr on hand Hubert l.. VI
-Hn represent the Ardmore Reflnl
/ company and y T. Easley editor
| INr NrImnrrltc. mOhAhN will tpstl