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Daily New Dominion
Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia
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Gas explosion from a leaky pipe during repairs wrecked the lower floor of Mingo Glass Co. at Front and Pleasants streets, igniting a fire with heavy damage. No serious injuries except Marshall Jones' broken arm from hose reel; upper floor water-damaged only.
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Leaky Gas Jet Causes the Explosion—No One is Hurt by a Miracle—Loss will be Large—Marshall Jones has his Arm Broken in the Rush to the Blaze.
A gas explosion took place this afternoon at two thirty in the house occupied by the Mingo Glass Co., on the corner of Front and Pleasants streets. The damage by the explosion and consequent fire cannot be estimated but it will be heavy.
A leak in a gas pipe under the floor is responsible for the explosion. L. W. Joseph, Charles Allebaugh and Ed. Millan were engaged in repairing it.
A match was struck to locate the leak and the explosion followed. The lower floor was wrecked. It was stored full of glass ware. The fire department soon responded and the fire was soon put out.
F. M. Arnett occupied the upper floor but no damage was done up there except by water.
Marshall Jones had his left arm broken by being run over by one of the hose reels.
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Corner Of Front And Pleasants Streets
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This Afternoon At Two Thirty
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A gas leak under the floor in the Mingo Glass Co. building was being repaired by L. W. Joseph, Charles Allebaugh, and Ed. Millan. A match struck to locate the leak caused an explosion that wrecked the lower floor stored with glassware and started a fire. The fire department extinguished the blaze quickly. The upper floor occupied by F. M. Arnett sustained only water damage. No one was seriously hurt except Marshall Jones, whose left arm was broken by a hose reel.