Show r Timed Ill Blast Sends Earth Stones Crash Crashing I ng Into Bingham B i ng ha m Ma Main i n Street Several Persons Suffer Suffer- Minor Injuries Property Damaged by Shower of Debris BINGHAM BINGHAM BINGHAM-Bingham Bingham residents Tuesday removed debris and started repairs repairs repairs re re- re- re pairs to their homes and business houses after an improperly timed blast high on the canyon wall above this city sent a shower of rocks crashing into Main street and the b business siness district Several persons suffered suffer d minor injuries and several more narrowly escaped escaped escaped es es- es- es injury Monday at p. p m. m when the earth and stone fell into the Main street area near the Carr fork intersection Construction company crews on the south wall of the canyon were blasting blasting blasting blast blast- ing a new level for ore cars and something went amiss with one of the charges officials said S City Patrolman George Austin was directing traffic at the intersection of Carr fork and Main street when he heard the blast signal and glanced up up- up- up ward The air was filled with earth and stone and the officer rushed for the shelter of a utility pole S As he jumped the top of a flagpole including the iron ball which had been atop a business house whistled past his head R. R H H. H B Bailey ileya a school teacher dived into a parked car ear to escape the flying after alter he had been bruised on the shoulders hips and ankles The machine owned by Louis Panos Panes was battered by stones ranging in size from pebbles pebbles pebbles peb peb- bles to several pounds Mrs Frank West owner and manager of the Diamond rooms I suffered abrasions and contusions when stone fragments penetrated a skylight in her bedroom She had just stepped from the bathtub bathtub bathtub bath bath- tub and was dressing when a stone weighing several pounds came crashing through her bathroom window and struck the bathtub shattering the enamel in the tub Many other persons suffered minor bruises when struck by the flying debris Officials said it was fortunate the blast took place at a time when there was but very little traffic If it had occurred a short time time- later the street would have been full of automobiles and pedestrians Shatters Windows The flying debris shattered plate glass windows in many business houses pierced skylights and roofs of business houses and homes and dented tops and sides of parked automobiles Rocks of various sizes crashed through the roof of the New Royal apartments and came into the kitchen and living room of the apartment of Mrs Tom Georges When she returned home she found many pebbles and several large rocks on the kitchen stove on th and others in the the-liv- ing room It was estimated that 1000 damage damage damage dam dam- age was done to business houses including the Copper Capper King the Pastime cafe offices of Evans attorneys Princess theater Opera barber shop J. J C. C Penney Co Ca New Royal apartments apartments apartments apart apart- ments Opera apartments and Diamond Diamond Diamond Dia Dia- mond rooms I Expert Workers orlen S Officials said the men working on the the- construction crew were expert expert ex ex- pert powder monkeys and that they had completed a quarter of ofa a mile of the level without sending more than a pebble or two down the hillside into the city The blast sent several hundred pounds of rocks and dirt on the street and roofs of buildings on Main street from the city hall down the canyon for approximately approximate approximate- ly feet Buy War Bonds to Prevent Bondage I P siJ 7 j f fr p 5 S 'S Th m 7 0 1 L dL S 'S V iI 1 j J Yo mi t S S 5 1 r f 4 K iI ft j 1 W- W h. h t 7 f i I V y A t f f. f M tt I f r S 'S 4 w- w 5 t 5 t b f t Jf rf Z ff t U 5 t 2 W t BLAST SENT THESE ROCKS GRAS CRASH ING THROUGH THE KITCHEN ROOF Mrs Tom Georges finds on her dec elec trio trie stove after improperly timed explosion |