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April 14, 1876
Memphis Daily Appeal
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
What is this article about?
In St. Paul on April 10, engineer corps members L. W. Rundlett and Albert Starkey suffered severe burns in a Minnesota sewer gas explosion ignited by candles but escaped by crawling 400 feet to a manhole.
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In a Nasty Predicament.
ST. PAUL, April 10.—L. W. Rundlett and Albert Starkey, young men attached to the city engineer corps, traversed the Minnesota sewer for making measurements. Raising themselves at a manhole to rest and make entries in their field-book, they noticed the smell of gas, which instantly exploded from contact from the candles which they carried. The hair and eyelashes of both were entirely burned off. Their faces and necks were badly burned, and clothes set on fire. Rolling in the sewer-water they extinguished the fire and then crawled in the dark four hundred feet and out of an open manhole, when they were conveyed home.
ST. PAUL, April 10.—L. W. Rundlett and Albert Starkey, young men attached to the city engineer corps, traversed the Minnesota sewer for making measurements. Raising themselves at a manhole to rest and make entries in their field-book, they noticed the smell of gas, which instantly exploded from contact from the candles which they carried. The hair and eyelashes of both were entirely burned off. Their faces and necks were badly burned, and clothes set on fire. Rolling in the sewer-water they extinguished the fire and then crawled in the dark four hundred feet and out of an open manhole, when they were conveyed home.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Survival
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Survival
What keywords are associated?
Sewer Explosion
Gas Ignition
Burn Injuries
Escape Crawl
What entities or persons were involved?
L. W. Rundlett
Albert Starkey
Where did it happen?
St. Paul, Minnesota Sewer
Story Details
Key Persons
L. W. Rundlett
Albert Starkey
Location
St. Paul, Minnesota Sewer
Event Date
April 10
Story Details
L. W. Rundlett and Albert Starkey, city engineer corps members, were measuring in the Minnesota sewer when gas exploded from their candles, burning their faces, necks, hair, and clothes. They extinguished the fire in sewer water and crawled 400 feet to safety.