Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-24
SENSA TONS BREAK IN BUNCO SITUATION
FOURTEEN STUDENTS
INJURED BY BLAST
At EMORY COLLEGE

An explosion of gas between the
floors of the Physiology building at
Emory university at $50 o'clock
Tuesday morning wrecked the phar-
macology department and injured
fourteen students and instructors
the class of chemistry suffered minor
injuries.
All the injured will recover They
are as follows:
DR.. A. Richard Bliss. head of the
department of pharmacology. left leg
fractured and hand cut
DR.. NJ, T. Brown, instructor in the
department of pharmacology, back
and left leg sprained:. cuts on face
and hands.
w. J. Davis, arm and ankle frac-
tured; three-inch cash on forehead
J. Boswell, of Greensboro, Ga,
scalp cut and leg sprained
Benjamin Huey, of BIRMINGHAM.
dislocated ankle.
M. A. Hubert. Athens, leg wound.
B. G. Adams. Thomaston, dislocated
ankle.
Earle Sellers. Atlanta, sprained
ankle and general shock.
Sam Anderson. left hand cut.
-. y. Rutland, of LAGRANGE, face
and head cut and left leg sprained.
James c. Pegues, Scottsboro, Ala.
head cut. leg sprained.
w. o. Arnold. Devereaux, Ga.
head cut.
Z. l.. Evans, Bon Air. Ga, sprained
ankle; face cut.
6. w. Murphey, of Wallace. N r.
lett ankle sprained
nm Thrown Through window
Inc number of injuries to ankles
and legs is due to the fact that the
explosion took place directly under
the wood floor which is separated
by narrow space from the cement
Lloor OF the pharmacology laboratory
where the gas collected. The floor
of the laboratory, about the middle
was fairly ripped from the beams.
students were thrown up against
the chandeliers and at least one of
clown through window. Strange to
jured.
The students in the laboratory
We're the sophomore medical class Of
nifty members. They were expert
ne enLlng on the effect of digitalis on
the neaft. and about five dozen frogs.
which were subjects of the experi-
ments' also went through the explo-
sion. apparently none the worse for
IL. About half of the frogs already
rad been killed. but the rest were
seen ABOUT the debris as workers
entered the room to clean up, leavin o
the impression that it had literaIiI,
rained frogs ally
II; p. White and L. F. Patton.
students, were standing directly
oyer the apparent focus Of the ex-
pIosion: The former was STOPPING
O Oeef unlocking oc his desk and the
against the ceiling breaking ny =
chandelier with his left arm. Both
| Whlte and Patton were blown to
the ceiling. but neither was seriously
Worth Gable, of Brooks, Ga, was
able to identify the time of the ac-
cldent by his watch, the case of
which was blown from around the
work: He himself was practically
The members of the class them
selves. aided by others, carried out
the most seriously injured to the
anatomy building where they were
gwen, first aid by DR.. T. W. Best
II. marry SchmelSSer and Dr. Rex
Barf1eld. Six Of them were taken
later ate +t to Wesley Memorial hospital
Emory University infirmary.
More than an hour later while
work was going on clearing the
| building slight secondary explos.
ion took place and fire started in
the wrecked stock room which was
quickly extinguished. No one was
injured in the second explosion
! Made From Gasoline
DR.. Bliss was able to be moved
| to his apartments in the Pickwicl
after his injuries were cared for al
the hospital 1t was expected thai
most of those who suffered minor
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