Show acid storage tank breaks open at T thompson omps ak utah A 1500 ton storage tank half full of sulphuric acid exploded about 8 30 monday night in thompson utah the seam around the bottom of the tank ripped open spilling the highly dangerous danger ons acid over an area cover ing about a city block S M sales co of green river was immediately immedi atly called to the scene to rig up a temporary pipe system to pump the acid into railroad cars which had been rushed to thomp son by the denver rio grande western railroad mr gene dunham manager of S M sales co reported that a bout tons of highly concentrated sulphuric acid had spilled from the tank he said that this was the approximate content of 20 railroad cars mr R F assistant manager of the sulphuric division of garfield chemical and turing co of salt lake city am arri ved in thompson shortly after the accident the salt lake city firm owns own s the tank it was reported that the company plans to install three more similar tanks and that the storage plant will be a distribution point for the sulphuric acid used in processing uranium at the un uri van colorado and moab uranium mills information concerning the amount of damage was not available at this printing |