| Show BURNS STANDARD OIL Terrific Fire Firc at Constable Hook Mc Reported Miss arc Let Up for Hours and the Sun Damage New York July Th Ire are It at the workS of the Standard Oil company at ae Constable Hook Book Baro Bayonne N J which started earl early toda today wu was IttU aUli ragtag at atI I am and no estimate con CJU yet t be ot of the dame damage though It will run lito isto millions The oil from the worb is spreading Ion the upper bay and ad the Kill Von Kull Kuli u as It flows 1101 and damage I Is threatened to th the adjoining property tank N 7 1 exploded ell shortly after S be torce t f the ex cc smashed on the Hook at t least one wan killed and several Injured Charles King an aD Was Ute the theone one killed and John Waste a and 4 Owen Drummond watchmen w were overcome by turn fumes and smoke moll od and lied Mauer Maner wu was cut by flying 1 They aU all lived I II STARTED ARTED BY The lira fire wu started arted about 1 thu morning by I a bolt boit or of lIghtning which tell during durin a terrific thunder and rein rain It struck itt In the Ibe Immense yard ard or of Ib the Standard Oil companY which covers Oe I acres acre of ground King the Ibl watchmen watchman w was II by the bolt and at tb the same Am time It led 1 tWO wo Immense reservoir I or of erode crude oil OnE hUndred l men were ere at work ort in III the yards and whether r more mort were killed or sot lOt I is no not yet known knoon TIt The was a heard tot tor miles IlIUM and the tbt heavens heaven were lit up for hours after by the thO flumes which leaped a t feet t In the sir air Even at I thu morning the column of ro rose high In the still burning tank lank out nul it such uell a cloud that thatto to thoe tho coming from tile the west Nt the bright morning soil lIun wu Wat obscured I ChASED DY BY OF 01 FIRE j Within flit yards YArd or of the tank tan wa al tb me meI hotel used u a I lodging I tou b 11 bait a hundred end and Polee 1011 employed at the Ibe works Thi Th had bad already when the cant CAme they til 1111 out ot of the rear ot of the b by tile the streams o ot III II which flowed over sad ad p idly lm the hotel The Th II frum ruin th the exploded tasks swept the HIP bill Oft on whIch tM the works are aret t followed lilt Ilk crash or of artillery RI at tank after ta tank w wai b by the net fler flood Vow Down to 0 lb this I re It went tnt t the dr cir r f fir Cr Nothing could Itay tay It ill I IVI the water wes U no oh ob eta tl end cod the burning pier a little willie while heroN before had been trI INt with th shipping It flowed 0 over th tin 1 Kill n Kuil and alid Ia ha snaky I II lets ur out Into hate till the ba bay fEIl DOWN TO TUE SEA the Standard on Oil tugs tup ran out Into t tL ht docks ud and dra j tibia it at tire the piers f tb Ih tufi formed a cordon a little Then and aDd fought 1 out from the dOtU from that side tilt the ot of logs Ion nfl wert thrown out I ii a I prevent the burn bum F ing liquid tress flowing unrestrained over the water sad tou to shipping down the bay Inside tIM the yards the Bayonne nr fire Ie mad an aD a against tb the burning Sold Water Waler wal lOt DO avail and aneS the Ore are had to bI b fought b by strategy Trenches o r dUI thu to divert the ot of burning ot from attacking outside te e o ot yards Right in 10 the line or of lire are with the wind b from the Dor northeast wm Were Ihl ibi plants ot of the Tidewater Oil CO the Chemical company thi Bayonne Chemical works orka the Her Ber norte Chemical company the Copper works the Purl Port Johnson Co o dock dOlk the Coast Barr Barge corn pan ud and the Crude Oil docks It wu was that none or of fh theet I would be saved Ald but quirk quick action by Vice President t the h hOre Ore fir to tb the Standard yards and th plants antl of the Columbia and French I works dl directly adjoining Hp He Int Into the crowds outside tile the tIre lint in ud and hired man ho han hana hante a shovel he be put to 10 ork trenches around tile th ot of th tb fir and in III this way the burning to lI prevented from ill Ita Wa way tb the Hook Book OIL TANKS EXPLODE There were In the yards am of th the Sian Ird Id Oil w when the te Ore tartt a crude crud oil tanks Over thirty vi ui these have baY been beell alreadY exploded an anthey the they eli aU may go CO at a the Ore IC spread All estimates ot of ieee ire are It at thIs Unit tInt mere At 10 a lB in the nun e up bite the air Ir tully fully lOt ISO r fet t bib the biasing oil extends over Pr u an area I Th n lit ht wu wa ci u h narl nearly bait S a mile that the firemen could coul 1101 m t get fleT If enough to th the lIam flames t II d nuch The SIre lire boats boat aJon along the at al stable Hook were able a L Lter tM the la in this r rP but ter position PIllion bud haJ water that the tbt baior oil little hail effect I The force lorce of em lot Ot u In Y I C Company to the thC Ut In tire lite I method when a oil II fra one Ft C Cof I works They pent ot of Into other to a 1 from the blatt blaSe This work 1011 UI a awell life utI ow ov owIn oving well as 11 to human the with In ing to the tank to from on another TO F FIRE RB intal wu was e At 1010 o oci Il t the hue Th P bl UJ at f C In urao of its own On lt lt at the ot of t the 1111 r mr he 10 1 hour J ib t 11 hou or bad n ported all several b n but aD 1 wr Th Tb doll painfully bu Hook hoyt I ten n Hok at h by to 10 a and nd was wa place ot of fety waS ot of flue i T The by the it at the b bur bour f reed to tl ire tr 1 flames antI and the dir lr tIn fm turn their in 10 1 11 tl II Col Colp Coin t rh the The peal To I t slit o opened p el this morning at M |
