Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-06-06 | Page 2 | Naphtha Explosion

NAPHTHA EXPLOSION I I I II Two Killed and Eighteen Injured In- In i in in Dyeing and Cleaning Clean Clean- j ing Works New f e York June o. o Speeding Speeding down down- I Iward war ward waid from the lie third to the first J ith r of the thc building at tnt No West Vest 1 trot firth street fire Ora tonight caused an ex o ot of naphtha anti and gasoline in ii t the premIses occupied by the the- Boston I dyeing and 11 1 atm cleaning com company pan an and as a t l' result two persons wore vore 1 killed and I eighteen Injured it is no not of or tho time latter hatter any will die dlo i I IThe The rho force of or the thu explosion blew o ou t all nil the thu windows In the building which I Is ii a story five affair and Sarah Burk BurkS hart harl who was on the second Hoorn Hoor was n blown from her apartments to tho lie yard anti and Instantly killed 1 Her husband Samuel Burkhart wa Was i caught under the debris In hl mis i-mis and l killed That the thc loss of or life rooms room wn not greater was tine due to the time fact act that most of or th the other tenants hat hall from the time escaped building heron before I the lie lire Uro spread to the thc cleaning establishment and caused the th explosion The loss nih not nol exceed excer-d