MORRIS LABORATORY BURNED.
A Gas Explosion Started a Fire at the
Packing Plant.
Fire, resulting from an explosion of gas at 7 o'clock yesterday morning, destroyed the contents of the chemical laboratory on the fifth floor of the Nelson Morris packing plant. No one was in the laboratory at the time of the fire.
The fire department of the plant kept the flames confined to the laboratory until the firemen arrived.
Because of the fumes from the various acids in the laboratory, particularly the ammonia, the firemen had a difficult time, and a change of hosement was necessary every few minutes. Two of the firemen for the plant were overcome by the ammonia fumes, and had to be dragged from the hose to a place of safety. The recovered quickly.
The damage to the ocntents of the laboratory was placed at $1,000. The loss by water has not been estimated.
