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Show GASOLINE TANK IS j Explosion in Repair Shop Results Re-sults in Broken Leg and Cuts. WORKMEX EXPERIENCE SOME XARR0W ESCAPES EdButtertield and Arthur Lowe Are Knocked Out hy Flying Fly-ing Metal. Ed Rutieriield of J22 Windsor avenue, and Arthur Lowe, jr., of 532 North Second Sec-ond West street, were Injured by the blowing up of a oO-gallon gasoline tank, which was being repaired at Iho cor-nU-e works of Bywalcr & Groo. H1-1H5 West South Temple street. Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Dr. George Weller was Immediately called and. ai'ler attending the injured men. had them r. moved to their homes. All persons in the shop had nn almost miraculous escape es-cape from death. rt?.,wh?sr. '.cfL haml wa broken and whose right leg was severely cut bv pieces of tho fljing iitetal. was at work on the tank. Ho was encaged In repairing re-pairing n leak and, after removing Hie plug In the end and draining all the gasoline out of the. iaC( no Began his operations by heating up the end of the tank with a blow torch. Suddenly a terrific explosion fihook the building n the end of the lank, held In place by more than sixty qnnrter-lncli rivets, blew out and struck the wall on the opposite op-posite side of (he room. Lowe was knocked lo 1 lie Mcr by the f0reo of the explosion and piees of the Hying melal striking him. J 5 Ed Butierlleld. who was at work on one of the benches lining the wall, was also tnrowii to the floor, but escaped Alt 1 an Injured leg. Dr. Wciter that the extent of his Injuries could not be deMnltely determined at. the time, but i- iiiuugni t.ii.Ti. jk nones were hroken. Other workmen who were In the immediate im-mediate vicinity of lhe explosion escaped without injury and Imincdlateiv ran io the assistance of Lowe and BntterMeld Lowe bas been employed in repairing the same sort of tanks for the last tlfteen years und has never had an accident In that time. Only one reason could be advanced for the blowing up of the tank, and that was that It had been rolled over until the hole where the plug had been removed re-moved was next to the Moor Instead of at tho highest point or the tank. tliu-preventing tliu-preventing the gas generated by Iho heated metal to escape, mK- thc explosion explo-sion resulted. |