Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1892 — Events of an Evening in Chicago. [ARTICLE]

Events of an Evening in Chicago.

Chicago Times. , There was another explosion of sewer gas last night in the electric conduit which runs along the north side of Washington street. Commencing with the manhole at the corner of Fifth avenue and Washington street there were a series of ex--plosions resembling the booming of cannon. Fire flashed from the manholes, and the heavy iron covers were hurled into the air with terrific force. The effect on the bystanders and cab horses which were anchored around the corners when the explosion occurred was terrifying in the extreme. Henry Oreh, a cabman who stands at the corner of Fifth avenue and Washington street, was standing almost over the manhole when the explosion occurred. The flames from below burned his wbisk<Ti almost to a crisp, and the heavy iron cover just grazed the top of his cab as it came down. A deluge of mud was blown out by the explosion and came down like a cloudburst raised from the Chicago river. Mr. Oren was covered with mud from head to foot, but this mud bath probably saved his life, as bis whiskers were burning furiously when the mud burst settled down on him. Giovanni Maltrucbio, hot potcorn vender, was pushing bis cart along La Salle street and bad the left wheel of his cart on the manhole plate when the explosion occurred. His cart was almost totally wrecked. The glass cage in which his tempting viands were exposed for sale was shattered into a million fragments and his popcorn was scattered about for half a block. Sig. Maltrucbio escaped with a slight contusion on his left side caused by the abaft of his cart as it was hurled over, and his trousers were burned nearly to his knees. There was the same kind of a snower of mud thrown out there as at Fifth avenue and Washington street. The bystanders were deluged. Y