Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1907-10-24 | Page 9 | Oil Burner Explosion

OIL BURNER EXPLOSION Fatal Accident on River Steamer at atI Portland Ore I Portland Ore Oct 23 Two persons are known to have been killed and one seri serl seriously seriously I injured as the result of the explosion explosion I Ision sion of the oil burners on the river steamer J N Teal shortly before b fore 6 5 this morning At least one more body is known to be in the wreck There was but one passenger on board a woman thought to b be Mrs Mit Amanda Jackson of Stevenson Wash She Sho was burned to death deathA A deck hand named John Collins Colllns was burned to death in his bunk The injured man is Jack Hassler fireman on the boat The explosion occurred as Hassler was starting to fire up The fires had been started by the watchman but had not been set going at full blast It is thought that he did not shut off the oil as tightly as he should and a little leaked in front of the fire pan forming a gas that ig ignited Ignited when Hassler opened the fire box