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Show I0IL CUP EXPLODES ON U. P. ENGINE ----- Alex Rchotte, an engineer of the I'nion I'm itu , ami I W (iorman were burned and ( ut yesterday at Verne, Wyo., when an oil cup exploded. ex-ploded. Di the two, Sehotte Is the more seriously injured lie suffered a cut face from the bits of flying metal and burns upon ihe lute from thi oil Gorman vas slightly burned upon the face and hand! Moth were brought to the Dee hos pital, but Gorman was ubie to leave after having his Injuries dressed It is not known how the explosion occurred. Wben the train stopped at lerne, S hone discovered he had a hot pin and went to Investigate. Hi1 was screwing down the lop of the oil cup when the explosion occurred Awning on Fire -There was much excitement for several minutes at 4 o'clo' U yesterday afternoon when the .iwnlnc above the restaurant at 364 Twenty-fourth street caught fire, presumably pre-sumably from a lighted cigarette or ,car Sergeant Peterson and Patrol man Blackburn entered the rooms above and put our the fire with dlsh-pans dlsh-pans of water The flro department was not called |