FIRE NEWS
One of the eighteen large stills in the Eagle Refining Company's works at Cavan Point, Jersey City, N. J., containing 1,000 barrels of oil, exploded on the night of June 27, and crrried off the roof of the building. A great volume of flames followed the explosion and illuminated the sky in every direction. The firemen could do nothing to check the flames, which, however, were prevented from spreading by drawing off the oil from the adjoining stills. There were twenty-four men working on the premises at the time, of whom one was burned by his clothes catching fire from the blazing oil. By rolling him in the sand all danger wasaverted. A small 100-barrel naphtha tank exploded a fev minutes after the still. The building was so badly wrecked that it will take over $10,000 to put it in repair again. The loss in oil amounted to at hast $10,000.
At Louisville, Ky., Major Ed. Hughes, chief of the fire department has received the following complimentary resolution from the board of fire underwriters of that city: “ Office of the Louisville board of fire underwriters—Whereas, The management of the recent fire at the White Mills distillery resulted in much salvage to the companies, and the saving cf the entire contents of warehouse ‘ B,’ adjacent, it is the sense of this board that the efficiency of the Louisville fire department should be recognized,and its good work in this instance commended. Therefore be it “ Resolved, That the secretary be instructed to convey to Chief Hughes and the men of his department our thanks and commendation, with an expression of our sympathy for the brave men who were injured in the discharge of their duty at this fire. W. W. BOOMER, secretiry.’
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