Chauffeur Races Blazing Acid Truck to Extinguisher.
NEW YORK. September 24.—John Owen, chauffeur for the Kalbfleisch Corporation, manufacturers of chemicals at Ellzabethport, N. J., was loading his truck with muriatic acid at a North River pier today when smoke issued from one of the containers. Spontaneous combustion was at work.
John stepped on the gas and raced toward Battery Park, speeding up to the entrance of the Aquarium, his truck and cargo all ablaze.
“Help!” he shouted, “Where’s some water? Where’s the fire tug?” While Aquarium attendants tossed buckets of water from the tank of Oscar, the sea lion, upon the flaming vehicle, a hose was run from a fire tug docked nearby and the fire was extinguished.
The Evening Star, Washington, DC, September 24, 1924