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Show FATAL ACCIDEHT AT UTAH IK Thirty-eight Kegs of Dynamite Dyna-mite Exploded by Miners , at Bingham Canyon. Premature Explosion Takes Place While Men Are Tamping Charge, One Man Delna Killed and Two Others Probably Fatally Injured. In-jured. ninghnm Canyon, Utah. Ono man dead, two others futnlly Injured, two Uhora hurt, ono of whom will probably prob-ably loso his eyesight, Is tho result of n prcmnturo explosion at tho Ilostou Consolidated property. Tho accident In which tho men wero killed nnd wounded occurred about G o'clock Wednesday evening at tho Hos-ton Hos-ton Con. point on thu summit of tho IJoHton Con. mountain. Tne men wero tamping n charge In n holo KI0 feet deep. In the hole nnd scattered nbovo tho surfneo wero 38 kegs of dynnmlto. Whllo lamping thn blnst tho Iron tamping bar which they woro using, Instead of a wooden one, struck n rock, nnd tho grenlor explosion followed fol-lowed Instantly. Thn men woro blown In nil directions nnd that they wero not blown to atoms Is considered miraculous. mira-culous. Mlkn Cogllettn wns killed Instantly. His two brothers, who nro fatally hurt, woro blown somo dlstnncc, whllo John MonnRlian's fnco wns filled with powder ho much tlmt ho could not bo recognized. lie wns taken to McKen-xIc'h McKen-xIc'h boarding house, whero ho wns mado as conifortnldo ns posslhlo. It U fenrod that his eyesight Is destroyed. Georgo Tcllegrlno wns badly cut nboul tho faco and powder burned. |