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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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In New York on the evening of September 17, 182? (reported September 18), grocer Mr. M'Gowan accidentally ignited spirits while drawing from a hoghead in his Liberty Street store. The fire spread, causing the hoghead to burst and fatally burning M'Gowan and his father-in-law Mr. Welden. The building was saved.
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UNHAPPY ACCIDENT.
Last evening, as Mr. M'Gowan, grocer, in Liberty-street, was drawing spirits from a hoghead, a spark accidentally fell into the spirits and set it on fire. Alarmed at this, he ran to get water, forgetting in his fright to turn the cock, when the flowing spirits communicated the fire to the hoghead. Mr. M'Gowan, with his father-in-law, Mr. Welden, being anxious to extinguish the fire, perished in going down, and attempting to turn the cock, when the hoghead burst, and set these unfortunate men in flames, in which situation they continued several minutes before any one dared to strip them. On having their clothes taken off they were found to be shockingly burnt. By great exertions the building was saved.
Such accidents as these should operate as a caution to grocers not to draw ardent spirits by candle-light.
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New York, Liberty Street
Event Date
Last Evening (September 18 Report)
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mr. m'gowan and mr. welden perished, shockingly burnt; building saved by great exertions
Event Details
Mr. M'Gowan was drawing spirits from a hoghead when a spark ignited them. He forgot to turn off the cock while fetching water, spreading the fire. He and Mr. Welden attempted to extinguish it but the hoghead burst, setting them in flames. They burned for several minutes before clothes were removed.