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Show CLAWSON DIES IN EXPLOSION SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 23 W.V.) An explosion of films in the basement base-ment of a downtown building fatally fatal-ly injured Shirley Y. Clawson and badly burned his brother, Chester, at noon today. Fumes overcame . Carl R. Craig, elevator operator, i . The explosion occurred in the i Clawson Film company, managed by the Clawson brothers, and the force of it blew manhole covers onto on-to the street and covered the north section of the business district with dense smoke. Shirley Clawspn was trapped in the inferno. 1 Firemen pulled him through a hole in the sidewalk by means of a rope. He died shortly after he was taken to the emergency hospital. Chester Clawson was able to escape es-cape through the flames and fumes. Croig was overcome as the dense smoke rolled up the elevator shaft. v- |