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Show PULLMAN PASSENGERS ROUTED OUT BY A FIRE CAUSED BY EXPLOSION ' -. . NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 14. Twenty passengers, including sixteen men and four women, had to flee in their night clothing early today from a burning sleeping-car at the Union station. The car wa3 near the rear end of the New York, New Haven & Hartford train, which left New York at 11 o'clock last night for Boston. When the train reached here at 1 o'clock the sleeping-car was connected with a pipe which supplies the cars with gas and the gas supply was turned on. Immediately afterward a slight explosion was heard, flames burst out and the car filled with smoke. The passengers, dazed with sleep and half-blinded by the smoke, made a rush for the doors. A woman was knocked down and suffered suf-fered a slight injury to her back and right arm. The blaze was finally extinguished extin-guished and a- hunt was made for the-passengers. Among those who said they last money was B. D. Kaplan of New York, who said he left about $30,000 In money and securities in the car. After a search the wallet containing the missing securities was found and Mr. Kaplan then said he had recovered everything evcept some money which was burned up in his clothes. The hand-bags and clothing of most of the passengers were water-soaked. water-soaked. The women passengers were taken to a hotel and the men were provided pro-vided with overalls and shoes. |