Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1901 — Ingulfed by Burning Oil. [ARTICLE]

Ingulfed by Burning Oil.

A river of floating oil swept down upon the little village of Glen Gardner, N. J., while its inhabitants were asleep Sunday morning and reduced eleven buildings, stores and residences to ashes. The village is in a valley along the line of the Jersey Central railroad. An Immense freight train was wrecked at Glen Gardner at 6:30 a. m. It was composed of a string of coal cars and eighteen tank cars. The tank cars burst and the oil caught fire. Villagers awakened by the explosions rushed from the oncoming flood of blazing oil, carrying children in their arms. From the wrecked oars the oM also flowed down the incline of the railroad track, making a long line of fire that destroyed the ties and bent and twisted the tracks. The loss is estimated at from $60,000 to $75,000.