Show SIX INJURED IN OGDEN EXPLOSION Assistant Eire Fire Chiefs Chiers Arm ArID Blown From Body When T Tank Let Go With Terrific Force in inGas S Gas Plant Fire I f The explosion at Ogden played play d havoc with the telegraph service servi e west and north One of the poles near the Ogden depot car carrying ing a a. dozen or orf f more railroad and commercial wires Is said gaid to have been torn dothe do- do down dob b byi by t the force of the explosion and for Cor some time tima not a wire was working to f the coast or to Montana or Idaho f ff to f One or two shaky wires were finally cleared sufficiently to work rk f ff f through to the north but the west service Is 19 knocked out an and will be until the linemen can straighten out the mass of tangled wires f t S Special to The Telegram OGDEN Utah Feb 4 An An explosion today In the gas s plant resulted re suited In the fatal atal Injury of Lon Rodgers assistant chief of tb the fire department department depart depart- part ment and the severe burning of six others The plant caught fire at 1230 o'clock in a small frame shed In the east end and nd rapidly spread until the whole plant was as Involved I The fire department responded to th the alarm and was fighting the flames when the layre laWe a e gas tank exploded The gas shot hot into the air like a a. rocket to a height l of about feet leet anthen an l' l then exploded making a wonderful effect resembling a a a. gigantic balloon The east end of the large building was blown out and all the windows Inthe Inthe In la lathe the roundhouse near by were shattered i Rodgers's arm was blown from his body and he was otherwise Injured He lie cannot recover George Lockhead foreman fureman of ot the gas gias as plant was vas severely burned C. C R. R Lee was hurt but noV seriously Goerge Lochhead an at the gas works was slightly Two railroad men names unknown were slightly burned There were but ten tanks of gas in the house at the time but the explosion which was felt Celt all over the tha city caused great excitement Assistant Chief Rogers accompanied by Fireman Lowe had Just entered the building when the explosion occurred raising the upper portion of oi the tho holder tank through the the ruins All telegraph wires in the vicinity were torn down for a distance of bt feet Origin of ot the fire Is unknown |