Show 1 BLAST KILLS 1 10 0 AT ARMY POST 10 Others in Hospital I At Stockton Station June une 4 WP IF- IF jp- jp Ten persons w were were- r killed in an explosion ex cx and fire at an army st sta sta- ion tion near here shortly before midnight mid mid- mid mid- night The dead were nine soldiers and anda a a. civilian fireman Ten others were in a h hospital spital Of these the condition of of five was critical and four were in serious condition Lieutenant Colonel Floyd H H. Tull commanding officer said the explosion and fire occurred in a building at t the e army camp about 11 1130 30 p. p m. m In appointing a board of inquiry he said cause of the blast had not yet been determined The civilian fireman killed was Tom Sousa of Stockton The soldier victims included Louis Brasesco next of kin Andrew a a. of Route 3 Box Stockton Kenneth A. A Zellars next of kin mother Mrs Lillie Zellars Bartlett Bart- Bart lett Kan Charlie G. G Massingill next In Inkin inkin inkin kin mother Mrs Beatrice Massingill Massingill Massin Massin- gill nh Willson Wilison N. N C. C Among those injured critically was the civilian fire chief at the station M M. H. H Bouchard It appeared that the flames rather than the explosion caused the casualties Several men were trapped in the flaming structure which burned for 30 minutes The army did not say what it was as that exploded The building was enveloped quickly in flames Blood plasma was brought from the San Francisco blood bank by state highway patrolmen and plasma and serum were provided by hospitals here |