1908-09-07 – EXPLOSION WRECKS GARAGE

Originally printed on September 7, 1908 in the New York Times

EXPLOSION WRECKS GARAGE.

Eighty Automobiles Lost in the Back Bay, Boston.

BOSTON, Sept. 6 – A gasoline explosion in the basement of the Taylor-Palmer Garage, a three-story structure of brick and terra cotta, at 169 and 171 Huntington Avenue, in the Back Bay, early to-day, practically ruined nearly eighty automobiles, and wrecked the interior of the building, causing a loss estimated at $200,000.  None of the seven or eight employees in the garage at the time was injured by the explosion, but two firemen sustained painful injuries.

Adjoining the garage on one side was the New Century Building containing Potter and Howe Halls, several offices, and stores.  This sustained a smoke-and-water damage, as did the brick apartment house on the other side.  The tenants in this building were obliged to move hastily.  The majority of the losses is covered by insurance.

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