| Show TEa BIBLE EXPLOSION 4 five men X killed allea and fi five va seriously wounded at i on wednesday evening an ap explosion occurred at the pioneer power dam works at the mouth month of the canyon above O ogden oden den which ch ro re suled fatally to five of the employees and in the injury to a serious extent of five other the accident ie i befi believed believe eveh 3 to ie the result of carelessness in somo some of those who probably paid boril lor it with their lives the following loWine fol 1 particulars tic ulars are given ik A gang of men with din dim J moran mora as foreman a ere enal d in blasting at an open cut for the I 1 pipe line of th the e pioneer power company pona pany through the rock at a t hi is side of the wilson sawmill and just beyond the he i iron bridge iti in the canyon canyon at the big curve cur ve above the footbridge foot bridge h abing ading overto the peter wilson camp about four miles and a hall half from ogi g P in the bard r rock it w aich the open cut runs it is ne ary to drill a deep hole in the r i k and then spring the hole b by is use of dynamite that is thi th hole is blown out wide at the 10 ia am so that when the ordinary b k blast ing powder is tamped camped 4 aud touched off it gives the arge a chance to bite bile i to the ro throw ing out great quantities rock it II is said baid by bast 0 jbf the workmen that this hole hofe a bee sprung three cimei 1 me the day the last time ban bour and ana a half bebin before re 2 th 6 a 8 it powder was tani camped tamped ped i theis say that the last time timet t w a sprung wa f only abba I 1 b uc t S stoy i e b by y those i r ho knew ti the e man in in charge of thel e g gahe h g at t all 11 events moran was w S i aija a hurry to ti get three holes jos loaded e and fired br be tore supper as he be had said to til mr r i i one of the contractors 20 minutes before the explosion thu that th u he be would get all t threat haq ot th the holes fired before quitting time ie those who happened bApp ened to moran saw him a handful of powder into the hole and no explosion occurred lie he then threw chiew in two or three handfuls adda aljas as no explosion came it is supposed that he deemed it perfectly safe to charge the hole with the powder so he and his men kept putting in powder moran doing the tamping until there was about pounds of blasting blasi blas ing powder in ih the hole when in a flash without warning the mass mabb of powder efrom from some unknown cause exploded with ter rifle noise the air being bog filled with the broken fragments of rock in great massei and w with alth huahn beings for nearly a dozen sen men were thrown high into the air and it is a wonder that any standi st amling tig near the scene es capert with their heir lives As to the immediate cause of the tha accident opinions differ same thinking that the heat in lon the aole hom the springing ignited the powder while others have the theory that moran was tamping the powder with an iron spoon and that the iron hitting a piece of rook rock produced a spark which caused it he fatal explosion the list of the dead is as follows dan J moran foreman ogden B kirkman foreman ogden rate K kempton ampton provo jeff ruby huntsville Hunt aville george weaver prevo the injured injure dare are andrew sprole sprule washington county utah alf affel el lingford residence unknown nick lenan provo G N stetson aiesi iesi dence unknown sam hadfield hadfeg Had feld do ogden |
