Motorists Arrested at Dubuque Fire
Fourteen motorists who drove their cars too close to the fire, which started in the pneumatic tank department of the Morrison Brothers Company plant in Dubuque, Ia., recently, were arrested by police because they hampered the work of the firemen and blocked the path of incoming fire engines. A city ordinance prohibits vehicles within an area of two blocks surrounding a fire and requires all vehicles in this area at the time a fire breaks out to be moved.
The fire in the Morrison plant started when the gasket on the valve of a hydraulic press flew off, releasing a stream of oil under 1,000 pound pressure. The oil struck a hot steel tank head, which was on a press, and immediately burst into flames. As the oil continued to flow through the valve it filled the tank department with flames, making it an inferno. All of the workmen managed to reach safety.
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