NEWSPAPER: Used Naphtha For Fuel, A Pleasure Boat Blows Up, Killing Four
People And Injuring Others; Buffalo, Erie co., NY

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The Georgia Enterprise, August 15, 1889 August 15, 1889

On Wednesday afternoon, bystanders near the boat-houses at the foot of Ferry
Street, Buffalo, N. Y., heard two explosions in quick succession from the
boathouse just being built by L. B. CROCKER, in which the pleasure yacht, the
Cedar Ridge was stored. Immediately following the explosions the boat burst
into flames. Three of Crocker's children, 1 daughter and two sons, were burned
to death in the boat, and also a carpenter, who was at work upon it. Another
daughter and a lady friend, named MCLEAN, were badly burned, but were blown
into the water, which extinguished the flames in their clothing. The boat used
naphtha  for fuel. It is supposed that the accident was caused when the
engineer lit a match for the ignition of the fuel, by the explosion of some
gas, which had leaked out. The party were just starting on a pleasure trip.

Additional Comments:
The Georgia Enterprise was published in Newton County, Georgia up to 1905.