Deseret Evening News | 1908-02-12 | Page 1 | Explosion of Oil Causes Disastrous Fire

EXPLOSION OF OIL CAUSES DISASTROUS FIRE Now New Nev York Fob 12 Explosion ot of cias cn of ot York oil 01 which wore ware being prepared l for tor shipment In a I sited shed on a pier of ot the tho Standard Oil works at the tho foot root ot Of North Twelfth street Brooklyn today sot set fire to and destroyed the tho shied ehe piers Iro and und a a brick building adjoining was WM used ue as ns a 0 boxing department The Tho le loss Ions la in I about Burning Duin oil 01 from tom the cans cane ran through the floor foor of or the pier pi or Into ito tho time river and spreading among nong tha tho th drift ico Ice presumed presented tho the peculiar spectacle of ef an Ill river ablaze Tho The gas taa rM tanks tank which were near neal tho the burning shod were saved only after a ahard 1 ahard hard fight by the firemen Ormon