Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1887 — NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION. [ARTICLE]

NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION.

A. targe Number of Persona Injured and Several Buildings Damaged. At about 10 oclock, Wednesday morning, there were three terrfic simultaneous explosions of natural gas in the cellars of D. T. Reed, the Albemarle Hotel, and the Bijou theater, at Pittsburg. The concussions shook buildings for several squares and broke every plate vlass window in the block. The flames were soon under the control of the fire department. The hotel theater and shops in the neighborhood were terribly shattered. An investigation showed that eight persons <rfsad been seriously hurt. A large number of others sustained bruises and burns. The damage to property is very heavy. a cabinet change. silt is reported that the President will appoint Secretary Lamar to the vacancy on the. Supreme Bench within a few days. Assistant Secretary Muldrow is looked upon as the coming Secretary of the Interior, and friends of Mr. Stockslager, of Indiana, at present Assistant Commissioner of the General Land Office, are working in his interest for Muldrow’s place. Mr. Stockslager is one of the most popular officials in the Interior Department, and his experience in the Land Office would be of great value in the high position his friends are trying to secure for him. It is said that he has excellent backing for the place, and his record in the department will be of great value in inducing the President to promote him. i ( Frightful Explosion. v’*'"'*A battery of six boilers exploded at the Lawrence Iron Works at Ironton, Ohio, on tne 24 b, killing four .men— Michael Dyer, James F. Dyer, Thomas 0. Davis and Peter Clay—and injuring - about thir: y others. The boilers and debris were blown several hundred yards. The building was deftmlished. The Sujar'-Trutt. • The proposed reorganization of a sugar trust- to control- that product has been perfected. Henry Havemeyer, of Brooklyn, is the President. The pluck ing process will now proceed.