Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-01-13 | Page 7 | Narrowly Avoids Fearful Explosion

I Narrowly avoids I . FEARFUL EXPLOSION Vb'peclal to The Tribune. OGDEN", Jan. 12, John Nelson, the Janitor at the city hall, discovered Sunday Sun-day afternoon that the boiler in the on-'(glne on-'(glne room was red hot and empty. One kpt the feed pipes had evidently rusted fo ns to shut out tho supply of water, 'and It was only by accident that a terrific ter-rific explosion was averted, as Nelson was preparing to turn cold water Into the 9 'boiler when he noticed its condition. Men V !nre at work on the boiler today, repalr- Upg it.