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Chemical Blast at Gibbs Lab Puts Researcher in Hospital

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An explosion in the Gibbs Chemistry Laboratory sent Dr. George Brady, a Research Associate in Chemistry to the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital yesterday.

Brady was working on a detonation project involving highly explosive gas mixtures. He was under the impression that all of an acetylene-oxygen combination had been emptied from the protective glass flask. However, some small remaining particles exploded causing arm and leg lacerations.

Hospital officials said Brady is resting comfortably.

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