New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 12, 1926, Page 13

GASOLINE EXPLOSION KILLS 25 MEN AND WRECKS SHIP AT PORT ARTHUR Flames Shoot 150 Feet Into Air As Terrific Blast Tra Sleeping Sailors Below Decks Port Arthur, Texas, April 12 (P)— ‘l.m dock, Two wer The blackened hulk of the ol tanker Guif of Venezuela today rode quletly on the waters of Port Arthur bay, where early yesterday a gaso- line explosion aboard her tore out Hor vitals and kllled 26 men, climax- ing a week of oll disusters in the southwest, Tho buckled plates, scorched sides and twisted superstructure of the tanker tell a mute story of how the metal of the ship was heated to a glaring whiteness 1n two furious hours, during which the 25 men were inclnerated, ltending the quict night with a' terrific detopation while the micn lept in their quarters afier, the ex plosion, as sudden as ft was mysteri ous, shot a flame of burning gas ] 150 feet into the ajr. The blast took several members of the crew with it and left the others Impri hell of hung flame, None who slept in the quarters of the erew escaped, but s those who were on deck with more or less serious injuries ‘The toll of injured today stood at 10 in the hospital, with two missing. About 50 men were ¢ Issed from the hospital after receiving zency treatment, While the flames seemed to en- velop the entive ship only one of her tanks was ignited and the rompart °d in a veral of emer- in adje undisturhe hieads were , though some of her whife hot Cause Not Known The cause early today remained undertermined, but it was the opin- ion of refinery men that the slon was due to the overflowing of u compartment, the gasoline coming In contact with steam pipes. One of the jured men in the hospital is quoted 1ving a compartment over-flowed as it was being filled. The disaster is the seventh serious loss to the oll industry in the la k, including two oil fires in Tex, resulting from lightning. A tar explo- farm at San Luis Obispo, ( burned wi 1 loss of millions lons of d two draths. A si fire accurred at Drea, Calif. The Dutch tanker Silvanus collided witl the steamer Thomas H. Wheeler in the M sippi river, 40 niiles below New Orleans Thursday and on thn rocked the i (: in a dry doc at New Orleans. Thirty or more Tiy were lost on the latter two e damage to the threc ships is estimated at move than §3, 100,000, Loss is Meavy The Texas tank fires, one at Lulir and the other at Humble, hrought total loss of ahout $200,000. preliminar of Venezuela i officials of th pany, its owne on If ing . that she could 1 for ahout 1 wa former United Stafes s ard ho: A large part of the ca abont §5,000 bar can be 1zed, it was said Blows Up at Dawn e ship came to port here Frid ortly before dawn ta—that The b iter front. a fr was an inferno and ti ¢t men heing burned alive conld be heard from the dock to h s warped. Those on deck v cither blown Into the water or onto sceonds the @ screams g seen 10 go over with their clothing afire, like flam- ing rockets, The force of the explosion appar- ontly drove A. G. Schutz through a port hole. A hospital attendant found him on the dock with a port hole ring tightly ubout his body. The attendant had to file the ring loose hefore he could remove Schutz, The | Injured men said he had no recollec- tion of what had occurred. PAJEWSI WANTED Admils to Paonessa He Destred (2" Board Chairmanship Leaps Into Sea Captain John I%, Charlton of Phil- a delphia was asleep in the officers’ quarters. He rushed on deck to find burning oil about him. As he tried | o aid the crow his night clothing | was scorehed and ho had to leap from the burning ship to save him- self. Captain Charlton was credit- | cd with being the first American cap- tain to sink a German submarine in | the World war, He commanded thoe Stlver un armed guard ship, | during the World war, Two men, [rank Tyler or Port Arthur and Chatles 8. Koser of Col- linwood, N. J., died in the hospital The other 2 80 badly burned that fdentification thus far has been | tmipossible, and the company has en unable to check the list of the crew. 4 Burned to a Crisp The bodies of the other dead were hurned to o erisp. The lie in a tem- porary morgue not far from the surned tanker, I'he more serfously injured {n the hospital are: Julivs Idwarson, Norway, seamar. Timothy Fitzmaurice, Bay tr er, Mass,, seaman, 5 Morrill, 113 Whittier street, Portland, Me. seam,an. Conrad Jackstead, 315 Fifty-first street, Philadelphia, chief engineer. Frank Woody, 2015 Procter street, Port Arthur, mate The others, | are Bowen Harwell, Port Arthur. Bert I s serfously injure Port Arthur, dden, Port Arthur. Bollvick, 25 South street, Schultz, 3631 West Reeso . Philadelphia, third assistant e ge N. Bliss, superintendent of | marine traneportation for the com- | pany, investizated the explosion, Ho 2id it was apparent gas had formed from a leak but said he would be to make a more definite until he had interviewed neer and mate, who are seri- | injure fire v brought under con- ms of chem s from 1o Gulf company's chemical engine. ‘ GALLOPING DOCTOR | an Who Answers Some of Most Urazent Cases on Horseback Ap- peaes on London Race Track, gal se e | < to some of his appeared at a e, who with ng ag- the Park race ctors decided when the asing ecason started to tor, mounted on horse- attend casualties and ) is an experienced sits in his riding kit on in the centor of the course s the races. co The rseman v hors nd w finest cup of coffee in the world! 59¢LB. to I'aon Mayor Paonessa Alderman Peter J. Pajewski an ad- mission that' he 1s displea the Paonessa administration because the wac not glven the police bo: NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, APRII, 12, 1926 drow |chairmanship now held by Attorney David L Dunn, of a ifth ward rally Saturday ni Pajewski 15 one of the recogn leaders of the fifth ward oppositior He was In the gather ing during the mayor's talk and at its conclusion the mayor called out during to Pajewski: leclined to accept. The ex-alderman | Carlson 7 Torrell, New Brit- answered t this was not the job | nin .. 189,300 he wanted and Paonessa shoutedi— | Eastern Er (elors “No, you didn't want that jol Tirtdgenortisy s vt 228,671 “Peter, come on over here, to shake vour hand.” | When Pajewski came 1o the {form, they shook hands mayon sk “What's the matter, Peter.” “Oh, nothing; but I'm s can.” the ex-alderman replicd, “Well, regardless of what you are or Tam, when.thi we'll be frie d: replied Paj {Tou wanted to be chairman of the police hoard and you couldn't give it to you." from ex the election is all over Is just the same, won't ' the mavor asked, [know T elected you two yenrs and you didn’t recognize me.” | The mayor then |that he had appointed P {the hoard.of as “hut reminded sors and Pajewski Pajewski [ . J plied, )¢ Eaplains Use Previousty it il the t of Word the miyor 1 explar ot hiy brandi g Ald- (1% A, Schaffer, Bristo) Hartford, April 12 (P—Fast Hart- Coun- Heating Contract ord after o day of hectic exelte “ralts | ar 3 Daley Sons, Waterhury ment durfng which two fires des- ors” - He told of appropriations | \ Hjerpe, New Britain troyed nearly $1,000,000 worth nade by the clty to benefit various | ¢ 3. Loroux. Now Britain property, yesterday returned men's organtzations and recite | x4 Mg, New Britain usul quiet and calm. Thousands of story of Koscluszko Post's | pyny co, persons ond foot and In automobiles [arive to secura funds for a service- {men's home, When that post, is composed of Pol |wanted to run a carnlval, Ald W. I Judd, the republican opposed it, and Councllman bowskl voted against it. The through his veto, allowed the val to be held, -q | money d with on the vel sirous of getting license fee. Pacnessa urged t 1. |rebatement be cours pinski and Gryshowskl, app not mindful of what the mem {co | {rebatement and require the bear its unexpected mayor said T want or this reasor plat- (mayor said, he fecls he fs § and the |In branding the two council |hers traltors to the cause of t the district they represent republi- | 5 — The ved for the construction of Gor on | Michael A | Hartford . Poriss Co., cral Contract Connor Co. .......... $ Hartford. . orrington Building Co.... Hayes Construction Co., New Rritain him wski to . Plumbing FFeinberz Bos., Hartford. ... Leroux, New Britain. . know 1 Ward omfifil—ggish Fecling W keeps ybu fit— every day 1 raitors” | O, A hiad glven h o servicemen, | The Polish post lost nture and was de- A rebatement on its given, but when Ald- | crman Judd moved agalnst it, Koscnlszko post had done for the ww fit to vote against the expense, SCHOOL ADDITION BIDS following bids have been re- ditlon to the Nathan Hale school: 186,960 ated. | A A. 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