Show THIRTY PEOPLE INJURED f. f BY EXPLOSION OF GAS Cr Crowded Poolroom Wrecked Just as Result of Race Was Being Announced t HOT SPRINGS Ark Dec 25 B 25 By By the explosion of or gas hI or r gasoline yesterday est 1 In Sn the cellar of ot the the- Turf Exchange ft 1 clubhouse e and poolroom operated by I I Chambers Walker the building was badly an and thirty persons were injured sixteen of ot whom are In a n se serious se- se rious condition When hen the e explosion occurred about 4 o'clock In the afternoon the tho poolroom wits was cio d crowded d with more than p peo oo o- o o pie Jle Ju Just t as a n race at New Orleans was being called b by the operator the I floor cf ct the tho building se seamed mcd to rl rise c and andIn andin In an m n a report leport that shook the entire building rang ranc out The upper floor foor and md nick o walls of or the thc building building- fell fellon fellon fellon on the mass of ot Hn mon mn who ho 4 w were vere re wildly scrambling to escape to 2 the tre t Th The entire hou house ou c e looked as asIf asif in If It a n tornado hall hail ploughed h Its il enter The rhe front windows s were bro broken cn anti both des of at t te e c structure 1 were vero pre d h h the tho on The fhe w of the disaster n spread rapIdly rap rap- hll Idly and oon eoon Central avenue was mm d with people The police and I Imm took chr of oC the buildIng and the wo of re res rescue ue ue began hegan Men Ien were from und undo undo- the debris In a a. teri ter- ter I i chato hatt d f il datI tat One of th the mo most moat t sights was when Rill Billy Helf Hel- Hel f wig th the blind manager of ot the Latar sd e. e was taken the ruins Helwig was known to the thousands of of visitors who cone conc to Hot Springs an an- n R. R C. C Cham Chambers rs on onu of the proprietors of the Turf TurC Exchange e Is one ons of ot lr the lessees of ot the Fort Erie Ont race track and nd Is one of or the best sporting men Inthe inthe In Inthe the country HIs Ills condition Is 1 serious HOT SPRINGS Ark Dec 25 William Weh lg and Joe Kent KenI Ken- Ken t s. s ne ney both of ot Hot Springs victims f of or yesterdays yesterday's yest ys y's poolroom 4 slon sion died during the night Thus f far lr these are the only fatalities f recorded altho although four more of ot off f the victims are likely to die The injured w were re taken In charge b by the local physicians and everything possible possible possible pos pos- sible Is being dono done to alleviate their sufferings The Tile police have made a n full Investigation Investigation investigation gation and have held lien Den turra l Murray who Is alleged to be responsible for the disaster disaster dis dis- dia- dia aster in carelessly handling the high combustible The roll bank-roll of at the poolroom pool- pool room loom consisting of ot was blown away in the explosion but the greater part of oC It has hag been recovered d.- d. Benjamin Murra Murray the driver of a a. gasoline tank who was arrested charged with criminal negligence m made madea de dea a statement this morning He says sars he made a 1 connection from his wagon to the gasoline tank in the cellar under the poolroom Upon entering the cellar cellar cel eel lar he found twenty or thirty gallons of or gasoline overflowed flowed In large pools on the floor Fearing an explosion he rushed to an open window and closed It He Hega ga says 8 the door was then opened b by a negro porter and the gases comIng coming corning com corn ing Into contact with the lighted cigars In the poolroom Ignited and the explosion explosion ex ex- followed Murray was blown against the side of the cellar but es escaped es es- with slight Injuries |