Show i BOILED TO DEATH IN BLAZING TAR C Fire Which Threatened Destruction Destruction De De- De- De of Chicago Suburb Suburb Suburb Su Su- Su- Su burb Causes Panic Chicago o g-o lii III Dec 23 I 23 Isaac Isaac l Torr Terry crr a a negro was as boiled bolle to tu death In tn hot hol tar tal In a u tire lire in the Northwestern tern O Gas s sLight Light and Coke Colto compan company's s E anston I plant which threatened the tho destruction tion Uon today of n. n large arse part purt of or the suburb Tile Tho lire fire started with an explosion ex ox- phosion in fn the tho tar tan tank tani supposedly caU caused ed by the dropping dropping- of hot hot- cinderS cinders cind cind- ers from n a board over ovel which It It was T Terry's Terrys rS duty to carl carry ashes across tho tim tank to tu a Q slag pile TI Tho Tiiu explosion rocked houses houSs I s afe for tOl blocks block Tho Thu entire plant was fn Instantly enveloped in smoke and it ft was at nr t believed cd that a u. large e egas gas tank had hud exploded A panic ensUed en- en su sUed d In the I suburb hundreds ru rushing from rom their homes in tho the expectation that every ory building building- in the vicinity would bo ho consumed When the filc men reached the spot the galion gallon gal gal- alI al- al Ion lon tar tank was blazing to tho the heavens hoax hoax- ens A A. summons wa waft aS s sent nt to iou for help and antI a dozen companies ic- ic Forty f feet ct from Crom tho the tar tank were two Immense gas reservoirs HUed filled to the brim with sa gus These were yere hurriedly emptied Meantime a 0 hundred firemen be between tho tar tal pit and gas gaG tanks fought ba back k th the flames nt at risk of their lives Hvos The rh tank burned burned burn burn- ed od Itself out the the rest rest of or the pl plant nt beIng being being be be- ing Ing- slightly tin damaged mag tl Terrys Terry's bod body was found fifty te feet t from rota the tank crushed beyond recognition and coated coat coat- c ed l d with bon t tar tir |