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will begin at 3:30 p. 'm.YALVT BREAKS ANDAMMONIA LEAKS OUTConsiderabe Damage Done• - « ■ • • • i ' . ■at Ice Plant of GeorgetathDiNiMle,Ptda-ii - •f • Moody.hftiteeEty16a0y-blatimitbpoprhaWJexstim;it• • 10imie_ r“a■inn-cded’sA broken valve at the ice plant of J. W. Moody, on Crest avenue caused considerable damage yesterday afternoon. The .damage, was from theleakage of ammonia from the tank..The valve broke at about 4 o’clock, with a noise like that of an explo- 80 Sion. .’Then the ammonia, began to w dow but. ^ The man in charge of theP* plant at the time was unable to stop jK^ the flow from the. - pipes and it was« necessary to send for aneJectrician to! turn off the power.1 By the time the ; bu” 2* . ' ■ 1 ii, • ■ • , 1machinery bad -been ;brought. to, a Kn Standstill,, all $ the liquid had leaked tooutik.:/=V:ir■ /£;•: ^It was .impossible to /remain; within -ati i?1 V V.c*j*■ . '+■ Iii'j’inf - *. r,arising«_v?-■ *£■1 *;k r ■ --l.'••from the Vminonia^ and three hours (: ; before ;■ wiy one could go near the pj ammonia tank; , |Mr* _ Moody sent to Pittsburg, for j more ammonia, and at noon today had j * the plant in operation. [-■ ' ■ J jAiiiT ran niiiinrc !b«
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Charleroi Mail
Charleroi, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Jul 16, 1909
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