Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-09-09 | Page 9 | Edison Street Fire Causes $10,000 Loss

EDISON STREET FIRE CAUSES $10,000 LOSS Salt Lake, Sept 9 The explosion of either gasoline or alcohol in the plant of the Dykes Universal Concon-trator Concon-trator Manufacturing company, in the rear of 145 East Broadway, manufac turers of solidified alcohol, shortly after 2 oclock this morning, started a fire which resulted in a propert loss of $10,000 and for a time threat-oned threat-oned the business district in that Vicinity. Vi-cinity. The explosion shattered window win-dow glass in the vicinity and awak ened residents of the neighborhood. Who notified the fire department The loss is partly covered by insurance. mmi !tatei following the explosion the plant was a mass of flames and before the arrival of the fire depart meat a second explosion had blown cut the roar of the plant of the, Acme White Lead & Color works The fire spread to the paint plant, but was scon controlled by the department. The exact cause of the explosion could not be learned by the fire department de-partment last night, but it was thought that it might possibly have been duo to defective wiring and that a sputtering connection may have thrown a spark into the explosive.