Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-10-21 | Page 2 | Two Men Burned to Death near Ely, Nev

TWO MEN BURNED TO DEATH NEAR ELY, NEV. Explosion Occurs in Smokestack of the Steptoo Sraeltor, Which the Victims Vic-tims Wore Lining. ELY. Nev.. Oct. 20. Two men were burned to death and four others received minor Injuries at McGM today when an oxplo&Iou occurred In the smokestack of the Steptoo smelter. The men were engaged en-gaged In lining tho Interior of a now smokestack with an acid-resisting compound. com-pound. A hose connecting with a gasoline gaso-line torch which they were using became be-came disconnected and the explosion followed. fol-lowed. A, A. 12111s and Chris Nlkala-opoulos Nlkala-opoulos were on a platform In the stack, twenty-live feet from tho ground, and were literally cooked to death, their bodies being unrecognizable whon recovered. re-covered. Although the other men were within the stack thoy escaped with slight Injuries.