Evening journal., 1916-09-16
8 DEAD, IS HURT
IN FLARE-UP IN
BLENDING Tower
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street, Wilmington. operator
John Mclaughlin, alias John Nc
Gonigle, go, 1910 West Ninth street,
Wilmington, operator.
Jacob Stockman, 45. 309 South
Third street, Philadelphia, operator.
William J. Crofton. 62S East Sixth
street. Wilmington, operator.
Stenen Davis, 2S, 407 East Eigh-
teenth street. New York city, oper-
atOr.
Thomas O'Brien, "a, 219 Patton
avenue. West Chester, Pa, operator.
p. r. Soden. 3S, Dover N. j., oper-
ator.
John Preston, 22. 11O4 Madison
avenue, Baltimore, Md.
Frank p. Stewart, %. Charlotte, N.
c., boarded in Pennsgrove.
Philip Boucher, 10 Cumberland
avenue. Pennsgrove.
Richard C. Madison, 21, Fenton
Beach ~ ].
Edward D. sless. 20. 900 North
Eighth street. Philadelphia.
The fire is thought to have been
caused by a spark from a piece of metal
in the blending tower. The fare-up was
similAT to the one at the plant ten
months ago, when number Of men
were burned, and like that accident. it
caused considerable excitement in this
city. OF the injured men. fifteen n
them were rushed to this city aboard
the powder company's boat and the am
bulance Of the Phoenix Fire Company,
the police patrol and number of au-
tomobiles, rushed Che injured workmen
TO the Delaware Hospital.
The running Of the ambulances, the
patrol and private automobiles from the
boat wharf to the hospital caused much
excitement.
This wa. he most tec'cns fire that
has occurred ut Carney Point since No
vember ., 1915. when thres mills we're
destroyed. It is a peculiar coincidence
that that big fire flare occurred almost
at the same hour as last nights 0ie.
In that accident fourteen men were
hurt. six Of them dying later of thcir
injuries. About 10000 pounds Of pow
der vas consumed.
The tower which was destroyed was
IN what Is known as the finishing area.
and those burned were burned at the
first flash, but all managed to reach
safety by jumping into the chutes
leading from the building to the
ground outside.
The first fash was seen by a work.
man in the tower at $50 o'clock, and
he gave the warning shout. the men
in the tower made a break for the
safety chutes. They were all burned
about the back neck and hands. At
first the fire was a mere spark. but
in an instant It had ignited a large
pile OF loose powder and this set fire
to other bins Of powder nearby.
There was no explosion in cOnnec-
tion with the fire. This was due to
the fact that the powder was not con-
fined but was In loose form. in great
piles In the tower. When the bulk OF
the explosive was ignited there was a
cloud OF fire that enveloped the blend
ing tower The fare illuminated the
heavens for many miles and the flash
could be seen In all directions. II
was visible in Newark, Newport. New
Castle. Edge Moor and TO the residents
Of many Of the small towns in New
Jersey within a radius OF ten or fifteen
miles Of Carney Point
After this first great flash the fire
died down. according to those who
the flare. A few minutes
later there was another big fash and
once more the fire seemed 70 die away.
Then there followed two OF three
flares. each a few minutes apart
These we're caused by additional bins
OF powder being ignited as the fire
reached them. and not to the fact that
other buildings were ignited, as was
first supposed.
The hospital staff OF the company at
the plant as well as the fremen there,
rushed TO the tower as soon as the
first fash was seen. and the injured
were treated at once. The firemen
fought the flames and prevented them
from spreading to other mills nearby,
but the tower itself was completely
destroyed.