The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-28
STEAM PIPE
BURSTS; CITY
POWERLESS
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With the main artery OF steam, fed
by AN II noilera IN the nultdIAs, out on
tululnlssiDn, me hgnl anu poWol current
may se OH all over town untu iare Nlon-
soy "s.e.aanp.t nv the earnest. "A STATE
'nent lssueu by Manager u, 4. lulnet
@hu =. h' StleG, Vics-presldant OF the
rotnpanS, sara mat tAe ms Mmum ctI-
niGnt.
the huge steam pipe parted 81
loia. b lae escaping steam was heard
al uesF tina clty. b0iiing water was
nHra.c = Instance OF DO feet OIL the ne.
we nfefnen. who we're standing a. tins
life uo0ra, ana the o~onuuRaion knocked
feat, ~ va" measuring 10 by .
stlcks from the wall struck Engineer
.ISckett, standing rs tset away. Ilear a
ylsies, but steam gauges on the turbine
Mhtch, generates cnri ent were smashed.
s~uperheated steam completely filled the
hultdinG immediately after explosion
ana y was Inaccessible to approach it for
u distance OF so feet,
John Mcdonald, negro, whose duty. II
~ 10 attend TO watering the boilers,
proved tho hero Of the occasion. He
ives standing on top OF a boiler 10 feet
EreTa me nanEe. .jcint which parted and
%es ..ocSSd 81, Despite his bruises,
Grated a draft through the pipe, To do
this he brsved the tnicE cloud Of scslSS
ing. steam.
I've negroes vera SERIOUSLY burned,
siss iss,ssss' ~ Charles street, and
the General hospital Ia critical "consi..
ton, having received burns on hsad,
sne9lders and body. Albert Davis, Seg
LiAdsh avenue, and Sephus Neebitt, p4I
Aisska street, were only slightiy burned,
Alother negro fireman miraculously
NHtADaA in inIks VrhAn kA Nlt.Hn-A1 49,
tfst through q window 10 the ground,
" teet below. No Jumped to escape Tx
steem rushing into the tu~Dine room.
material damage TO building and
s~Su,pn.snt Mes trlfli,E,, according to
ips SibS, For two hours amer t tHse eH.
picslen the heat OF enc steam and the
Pipe kept workers at bay. Had not
McDonald shut of the fans the steam
would not have died down for IL hours.
Iht hugS pipe which exploded hed
stvsra, feeders leading into Il from tho
boilers, IS the break occurred he.
tween the fourth aud fifth Feeders, II
Nhh ne necessary 20 cut off the other
i've boiler. after the break Is repaired,
az another fissure was found lower down
Use, "
The -four. boilers, which probably win
% IN use late MONDAY VITA be uasd 10
gsnerate current for hospitals, railroad
Shops, newspapers and other essentials,
Lufhef states The remaining five boil"
ere PROBABLY wul be IN use by dark
TUESDAY, the Nork neeessitatinx euttAig
OF steam, and killing the city's current
again Tor y Or lours, according to Tur-
ner, This win probably be done when
tsSst current 10 used, probably before
Roar OF the escaping steam continued
Ior nearly hve minutes, witnesses said,
Many people, aroused from eleep by the
report, thought a railway engine had
exploded. Although the explosion oc-
M SnsDsS o. , S,@ s,slosk, the lights in
minutes
Breaking down Of the light plant
stopped all elevators In s~kyscrapers and
ether buildings, Electric lights and
ss9..I rotor eve, town are OF, q com.
reeRnr tho weight Of the breakdown
are \ majority OF the r~silroau snops,
az hospitals, department stores, and
sl mus and factories. not geners tlng
their own power,
II is highly pIobs bls there will he no
street lights Monday night,
Hundreos OF girls, employed OH tor
floors Of tall buildings fatty refused 10
Salk up ~ or "a flights OF statrs Mon.
DAY morning. when told cutting Off Of
slsstne power had stopped elevators.
p y ~ ANFdAAVV
Fer several hours the Western linton
telegraph company handled it's outgo-
Ing Memphis business over two wires.
Tho Postal rad one working, Coadi-
ions we're improved by noon. when
practically wires were In use.
Clerks IN the p~ostottfes were forced
70 use candles. Carriers distributed
letters by this a~ntiuuated light and
thousands were stamped bv Tho old thine
hand" system because shutting off OF
rover stopped use Of the electric pcstal
ranceIior.
MANY banks with counting machines
; operated by electricity Lad TO unde,gU
} ctauges 90 their accounts ccala be fir
tlao b" hand q" othp"Nier. A. a %,
srl, wen lerh Will ~ Norki3s ia
il - The night.
, Soon IS II 'ev'9s nporu the was
! rot pAs1 cIs'te for elsCtrt. hsfts
} 3 owe Vas st%tse3 OF stores Ton OF
Stops. At ore n'scs, Nre~e the mem
| aver took o-cssio" ~ go rif ~ y ZIG
t oanrr stoc'; he had bee carving toi,
"ears, there was 3 lire-un for III,
: eeunter when II sss snaeAaeed hy ,