Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-10-02 | Page 1 | One Dead, 2 Hurt in Utah Blast

ONE DEAD 2 HURT IN UTAH BLAST v v JA LJ pA SPARK IGNITES fUMES BLAZE ENVELOPS TRIO Superintendent Dies From Burns Two Seriously Injured OCCURS AT CANYON PLA PLANT PLANT T Others Extinguish Flames Rush Victims to S. S L. L One man was killed and two were seriously burned in an explosion at at 9 a. a ra m. Friday at the plant of the Whitmore Oxygen company two miles up Little Cottonwood canyon canon The dead WALTER MILLER about 36 su superintendent superintendent u of the e plant where he be made hI his home 1 The Injured ed HENRY A. A BECKSTEAD West Vest Jordan IVAN J. J JOHNSON West Sixty Six- Six ty ty-fo ty fourth ty-fourth fo rth South street b both th em em- em m- m Beckstead and Johnson were re reported re- re re-I re ported In lit critical condition late Friday Fri Fri- Friday ri day afternoon I M The The explosion explosion- occurred wh when ull men n w were i painting the inside of ot the a small structure which cont contains gas when in us use w SPARK CAUSES BLAST According to A. A O. O Whitmore president president president pres pres- ident and general manager of ot the company the electric spark from a broken light bulb ignited g gases ses aris arising ing lug irom the heated tar with which they were painting the thc structure The interior of the immediately immediately immediately im im- im- im mediately was filled with flames which spread to the clothing of aUthree all aU three men Mr Whitmore said Others Others' at the plant extinguished the blaze without damage to the while Richard Whitmore son ot of ot the company head rushed the three men to the Joe Salt Lake county county county coun coun- ty general hospital where Miller died shortly after their arrival Mr Miller Is survived by his wIdow widow widow wid wId- ow Mrs Ruby Miller and three young children LaVerne Wallace and Ronald all aU of ot whom live at the plant