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Show BLAST VICTIM DIES OF BURNS PROVO Burns received when the furnace in the basement of the Hatch mortuary exploded Sunday night proved fatal Tuesday to Pas-man Pas-man Hatch, 48, Grandview carpenter. carpen-ter. Mr. Hatch, with Anson Hatch, bis brother and owner of the mortuary, mor-tuary, were burning waste paper and trash in the furnace' when Jt exploded. Both men were taken to the Aird hospital, where Anson Hatch was icpmtcd m fair condt-tion condt-tion Tuesday morning. It also was revealed Tuesday that Archie Sellers, local constable, escaped es-caped the blast by seconds, wslklng out of the basement -just before it occurred. It is the fourth time Sellers Sel-lers has escaped a serious explosion explo-sion by a narrow margin, he said, recalling three other instances while working in mines. Anson Hatch, contrary to first reports, was able to see with one eye Mondsy and hopes are held that the sight of the other eye will be saved. It was at first feared the explosion had blinded him. Mr. Hatch was born October 10, 1889, at Hatch. Idaho, the son of Anson Call and Mrs. Hsnnsh Hatch. He msrried Lettie Osmond in 1921 in Idaho. He came to Provo In 1927, where he-was ( hollaing" Tontractor and W P A foreman. He is survived by his mother, widow and the following children: Louise, William, May, Don, Mary Louise, Victor and Leland Hatch, all of Provo. Surviving brothers and sisters are Mrs. Eleca Thatcher, Montebello, Cel.; Hanson Hatch. Provo; A mm on Hatch, Chesterfield, Idaho; Marinus Hatch, Boise, Idaho; Ramon Hatch, California; Mrs. Hannah Hunter, Ontario, Ore., and Mrs. Zirie Brown, Anis, Idaho. |