Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-04-20 | Page 1 | Last Kills Five Airplane Workers

LAST i I KILLS FIVE T AIRPLANE W WORKERS tEW T I v ruei TRAPPED BELiEF BRIf S Flames Follow Explosion at Factory in Denver Suburb SEVERAL MIS MISSING SIN G Clothing Burned From Some Victims DENVER Colo Cob April 20 AP AP- AP The bodies of five victims victims three three men and two women women were were recovered recovered ered ired early this afternoon from th the ruins ruIns of a burned section of th the plant ilant of Alexander Industries rocked by an explosion shortly be before before be- be fore noon The women were identified identified iden iden- as Effie Harkin and Mrs John T. T White at th the airplane manufacturing plant Th The others could not be Identified Four Pour women trapped in the building building build build- ing rig were reported to have perished but Ut this' this could not bo be con confirmed S Several aT v raT were unaccounted l Count d for A score or more are believed to have been injured The plant is located in Englewood Englewood Engle- Engle wood a suburb Fire followed the explosions and several girl were vere reported trapped in one section sec see tion ion of a branch building set by the blast Several automobile loads of ot in injured inured injured in- in were brought to the general hospital here but the extent of their injuries could not be immediately determined Crowds flocked to the difficulty scene cone and authorities had preserving reserving order The explosions are believed t to I have occurred in the paint shop where here highly inflammable supplies I used for airplane wings were stored I The he Alexander Industries manufactures manufactures tures urea airplanes s in addition to conducting conducting con con- ducting a number of other enterprises enter enter- ot at its plant FIND VICTIMS Rescue workers working their way into nto burning bUning sections of or the plant brought rought out several victims who appeared in iii critical condition Twenty six persons ware employed employed em em- loyed in the building swept by the fire ire Clothes had been burned off the he victims carried out of the building building build build- ing ng by rescue workers Flames shot fifty feet out o of the building with the first explosion which was followed by two others ethers rapid succession The main in a building of the plant was not touched by the fire up to 1230 from Deriver JenVer p. p m. m but firemen were eie called by the Englewood force to 0 help prevent the flames from spreading Not all an of or the persons in the tho building could be accounted for early any this afternoon An Jn emergency first ai aid station vas was ras provided near the tho plant and anda a number of or badly injured were given iven treatment there In the tho confusion confusion con con- fusion with crowds besieging the scene ceno ot of the explosion it was im- im impossible impossible im im- possible to verify reports that several sev sv- had been killed outright eral rat carried out victims of the Some by y rescue rescue workers were believed fatally injured