Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-01-23 | Page 1 | 7 Bodies Taken from Building after Explosion

7 1 BODIES TAKEN F fRO R 0 WI M BUILDING AFTER AfUR EXPLOSION Four Others Are Injured When When Blast Wrecks i Place in Toledo Ohio FEAR MORE DEAD I Gas Main Blows Up After After Af- Af ter Repairs Are Made Shock Felt Miles Away 9 Jan 22 AP Seen known dead was the toll of a gas explosion which today demolIshed a story two l brick lck building at Point Place a suburb Four were injured The dead Mrs Fred A. A Kleis Fred KIds Mrs Irs Conrad Donald Becker I 1 years old Thomas Hunter None ene Ruth nuth Ebert 60 Mrs Harpe GO 60 The Injured DI Blanche V JennIngs 46 both legs broken Phyllis PhylUs and Buddy Roach Hoach both cut and l bruised John Butler truck drIver mInor cuts and bruises Firemen saId the explosion resulted result result- ed from flOm a leaking gas main The gas in the buIlding had been turned off durIng the morning whIle repairs repairs re- re pairs were made and was vas turned on agaIn shortly before noon The Tho two blasts about thIrty seconds apart The Tho buildIng which contained a grocery pressing shop and barber shop was completely con com demolished and the occupants occupants pants burled buried In the burning wreck wreck- age V MAY V V The fir t floor of the building was used for fora a pressing shop a grocery store and a a barber shop Itis believed believed be- be that several children may have haye been in the store and and barber barbershop barbershop shop and amI firemen were fearful earful that more bodies may be found at the bottom of the debris The injured included Mrs Blanch Ji cd n apartment on second floor Fred K of the groc grocery ry store and John Bumper who was repairing an automobile tire In front of the building when the explosion showered show show- ered him with bricks and tImbers Both of Mrs Jennings Jennings' legs were broken Kleis also suffered broken legs and received everal other lesser Injuries Bumper was burned when the debrIs that fell on him caught fire caught fire The shock was felt In Bayview purl park two miles away Mrs Blanche JennIngs tang Fred Continued on page 6 V