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The insulation on the wires of an exten-
sion light that Edward Flasch, one of the
repair men was using became cracked, the
wire grounding as a result. The sparks
fell into a bucket of gasolene standing
nearby and in a few minutes the entire
building was ablaze. G. W. Smith, pro-
prietor of the garage, said that he was sit-
ting in his office at the time of the explo-
sion and tried to put the fire out with sand
but could not get the blaze under any con-
trol. He then started to run out as many
machines as possible.
Six cars, valued at $9,000 were saved.
IV
Madison, September 25th, 1912; With
a loud deafening roar that violently
aroused hundreds from their beds of slum-
ber the monster gas holder occuppying
the southwest corner of South Blount and
Main Streets at the gasplant of the Madi-
son Gas and Electric Company collapsed
very suddenly at 6:sO a. m. this morning,
and now lies partly submerged in water,
a total wreck. The damage will be fully
25,000 dollars, but there will be no inter-
ruption to the service the company's excel-
lent reserve equippment being immediately
brought into action for the emergency.
The cause of the explosion was at first
clothed in deep mystery before the officials
of the company had time to make any in-
vestigation.
However it was definitely ascertained
during the morning when Mr. John W.
Jackson, the secretary and treasurer of the
company, being interviewed by a Daily
News correspondent this morning, stated
that the immense quant.i.ties of snow on
the roof of the holder was primarily re-
sponsible. The weight of the snow on
one side of the holder causing it to drop
down broke the wheel and pushed the
holder off the foundation on which it was
standing. There was a momentary blaze
but when the tank settled down into the
reservoir below the fire went out and the
awful peril from this highly dangerous