Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1904-01-22 | Page 7 | Gas Explosion Wrecked Hotel

GASI GAS WRECKED HOTEL Three Persons Burned to Death and Two Fatally Hurt 4 TEN WERE BADLY INJURED S GAS ESCAPED PROM FROM Z Marlon lad larf fen 31 Three person perron were burned te to death deeth two fatally family hurt burt and ten tea badly injured in a ga 3 that wrecked the Sells Seitz hotel tere bere early The Dead Charts Chrles Bettel proprietor of the hotel and aiM wife James Devlin proprietor of the cafe Injured Edward and L H Hobia Hobi til tile II weAl e contractor Seriously Injured Thomas Twigg Hawaii all Diddle Biddle John John Mi Miss Carrie Canle lUng Orvllle Orville Harry Beit Wit Wil William liam East Prank Miss Mise Pearl Escaping Gals The seriously Injured w were re guests of the hotel The hotel was situated three miles front from the center of the city Nat Natural Natural ural ga gas is sold to have baye escaped from fromA A pipe line the thai passed near the build building lag ing the basement being tilled filled and when the rooms on the flint first floor began to t flU fill with the g gsa it was ignited by the Jets iota There were thirty guests at the hotel all of whom were asleep The outer walls of the building a brick structure were blown out oat the second poor floor falling in o on Lbs The guests were under the th wreckage which Ignited at once and rescuers had great difficulty in removing lug ing them The could not be shut shutoff off ott and added to tb the fury of the fire The bodies of f Mr and Mrs rs were seen through the feme mee and aad wreckage for fec aa an bear henr before they ther could be recovered ered