| Show HOUSE I FIVE HURT EE W Wood God and Bernard H Homes ornes M ass of Debris One May Die J J IN WRECKAGE fAMILIES MISS DEATH BY NARROW MARGIN One ne Victim Had Just Returned Return ed from Hospital Condition J Serious Gas Company Not Notified of Repairs Being Made to Pipes five ire persons were injured two seriously this afternoon by br ii of a gas pipe connected with the double house at rear of South Fifth East ast street fine double house constructed of brick was demolished r Mrs Grace B. B Woods wife of J. J W. W Woods fireman at it No 2 station is in a critical condition She had just returned from the L. L D. D S. S hospital to her ber home after undergoing undergoing un un- I a serious operation R. R E. E Paradise South Fifth East street owner of the foe property was seriously burned about the head bead Mrs Mary L. L Woods mother of Mrs Grace Woods ns wu severely burned i r Mrs Katherine Roberts was severely burned Mrs Gertrude Bernard living living- in the south side of the house was severely burned about the head bead and suffered lacerations of the face 11 E IL Paradise living Jiving at South East was repairing the gas pIpe pips connected with the double houses in the rear of his house n Tk gu s company compan- ha had hd not been on n the tho change to be bo maile mallE I o and a 1 plumber he bo ha hid had hadi i red to assist t with the work rt 01 flung firing the gas pipes without the thet t tP of or the company I Pa was WM screwing a valve II t tea to explosion occurred lie was I rl Tt many feet feeL e burned d Lid d. d The house was demo demo- d. d tb root roof being CA caved 1 In and the fID t-fID blown to fer Not at Home Bernard 3 years of or o. o ape age e. e liv liv- south side a laughter daughter oCt of oC C t B Bernard printer at nt the Yell Felt company compan was believed to tol l n burled In the debris She however howe In a neighbors neighbor's playIng p John Bernard Bernar 8 S years Vt zt was as at tt the Oquirrh school lt Grace D. D Woods is IR tho the most moat wily Iy Injured She was wu critically ten tr an ope ration performed a few fow Fl Ufo 1150 o In tho the L L. D D. S S. hospital She SheU U attended by Mrs Irs Roberts i low I her mother nother Mrs Irs Mary Alary 1 L L. C. C h She is being attended attend d b by Steele wele In addition to severe tda a and anti burps tho the shock of the Lion Uton may nay provo pro fatal t 1 T Garrison driver of a A. Jitney TU passing directly In front of I house In the rear of oC tr t as the explosion oc- oc m He ue said that the shock by th the explosion blew his hat t of In the houses vicin- vicin i were Tee we shattered and tho residents f r b kecks round around became frantic to the bie Re Rescue cue 5 K aratus from the central eta eta- along with tho ho emer- emer 5 q cY of tho the police depart- depart t. t Th I The house was completely ck 1 h by th the time tho the fire apparatus t e trod tho the work of t It wa wu believed ed that all n mem- mem J tt Cf Je tI the two families had h. perished Woods Yo was wae the e first to toTT TT or trel b by the thc firemen a and was l tI the Paradiso Paradise home the rear I 1 Jj w ai badly b. shattered b by the I. I tc e Sho was unconscious Mrs t O Ode f mother nother of Mrs Woods Woods' aa as next found under the thea a u re and Mrs Irs Bernard near by Ly Ute w a blot blown n completely oulI out I t at believed little Minnie he I burled under th the tho wreckage 4 f l began Ean lifting the tho tot i L under cr the tu bricks that e 1 Is 11 I Little Minnie how- how In ln ll IL neighbors neighbor's yard tlc Is I. ti Dangerous 1 teral erace Physicians were noU notified Jell WO J Was taken In the C 0 t on flit 2 EXPLOSION WRECKS f Continued from toni page 1 I Paradise homo home and was under tho the attention attention at at- at of or two physicians late this afternoon af at- af- af No ono one was allowed to see herand her bet and her condition is declared dangerous Mrs Irs Bernard and Mrs Roberts Roberta were wert taken to the emerl emergency encY hospital at nt police police police po po- po- po lice headquarters he and attended b by Dr H. H B D Sprague and the officials of or the health hel department They Thoy later were removed removed re re- re moved to the L. L D D. S. S hospital Mr Mrs D Bernard suffered bad had burns burnt about the head and serious lacerations t It is believed that ono one of her eyes oes was wat destroyed Mr 11 Bernard a printer was Wl called He accompanied Mrs Airs Bernard Bernart and the tho t two o little children Johnnie and anc Minnie to the hospital The fhe excitement in Fifth East and tho thc neighborhood was intense e immediately following the explosion which shook almost al 1 most all houses in the block Tho The double double dou dou- ble blo house collapsed with a crash Neighbors Aid Rescue Before the police or firemen had ar or arrived ar- ar rived nel neighbors were bus busy In tho the wreckage wreck a age e trying to uncover unco the occupants of 01 the house buried burled beneath the wreckage wreck wreck- age ae of or their own homes l- l Everything In ir both homes was destroyed Inspector of or Police C. C A A. CarIllon Carlson with a n squad d of ol patrolmen Is searching the homes fox for things of or value vl and will guard the wreckage to prevent looting That all att tho the women were not killed Is It miraculous All Att were burled and anti were I carried from the wreckage by the Ire fire men mem unconscious and bleeding The The- ga gas pipe which exploded and wrecked the tho house houe W was S In the rear Mr Paradise owner of or the property wa was fitting a n valve It Is said when tho the ex ox- ox plo lon occurred He In Is under the caro cart of or ph physicians at his home and Is still delirious His heal head was WI badly l burned No Fire Resulted All AU occupants of or both the the- south and north parts of the lie double house are believed believed be ho- be- be to be accounted for although the are arc not certain Tho The excitement was so truss tense that It was Impo impossible to tc learn from front neighbors whether all members members mem merit bers of or both families had been rescued rescuer Thoo who were rescued were In too toc serious a n condition to talk and too ex excited ex- ex cited tl to state who were in the tho house houfe Firemen are still working among the tho wreckage e to make sure suro that no one Is Interred beneath nth the nie debris The lot loss R wan wall complete on the lie double house which wn was leveled to the ground No 00 flames occurred following the explosion ox- ox which probably bl saved Haved tho the women caught In the wreckage from being burned to 10 death Partitions Save Live The house a substantial frame and brick structure of or ono one and one half tories stories Is a total wreck The fhe partition which extended extended ex ex- cx- cx that th divided the house and tended to the lie ridge pole probably saved the Inmates from death h by being crushed withstood tho the shock and the tho roof and upper story collapsed In tent form to the ground The Tho brick walls were forced outward and nd crumbled Into piles of or debris Fl lly FI- Ing brick and wood wan waD thrown for more than tItan feet in all an directions Windows in adjoining J houses houlles were blown In The windows In the tho rear of ot G South Fifth Firth East street were ere totally totany demolished and the frames wore blown In In Pieces of or the debris were hurled Into the room and against the opposite wall watt The house Immediately to the south of or f the demolished residence suffered Windows facing the wrecked home homo were smashed and brick and splintered wood Fortunately For Fur were scattered over tho the floors residents of these theM adjoining houses ouse were not Injured Splintered wood and glass was found on Mi east Fifth South street more than feet reet from rein tho explosion These pieces were picked up by curio hunters and md carried a away wa A New Yorker a tourist In tho the city and who was riding on a street streel car one due ne block from the explosion was ono orthe of or the he first on the scene and anil rendered e ef efficient ft- ft service In pr prying up UI beams and looting flooring and removing tho the Injured Spectator Describes Scene A resident nearby who was In his backyard when the explosion occurred said There was a terrific roar It Il almost hit you OU In the face I Looking in n the direction of the tho noise I saw a cloud of or rising and the root roof of or the house rise and then lien collapse With Ith the crash and ond grinding of ot falling timbers timbers timbers tim tim- bers and brick I 1 started for the scone At first all nU W was t quiet There were no screams nor mO moans Others rushed to the scene as soon as I and all nil the others turned in and helped as 9 best befit wo we could We c made mado good progress and with the aid of or tho the firemen released everyone in short order That partition was as what saved all from greater reater Injury or death If that had gone one down with tho the explosion slon sion it would have ha let the entire building build build- In lug ing fall on the inmates Inmate It seems almost a miracle that it stood when one sees the condition of ot the house houseR R. R I B K Paradise was too badly Injured about the face anti and head to toIvo give Ivo an any eXplanation explanation ex ex- eX- eX of what had hafl occurred His fits face Is If terribly burned and ho he Is suffering suffer sutter- log ing greatly Shock Starts Phonograph ph A slight fire fhe started In the lie rear of or orthe the house following following- tho the explosion This was undoubtedly caused b by tho ho range in Iii the lie kitchen The Tho fire was extinguished extin extin- before it Il had made an any headway head hend- wa way One resident of or the tho house nearest t the wrecked building and situated directly to the south thought that her house had hind been beell blown up 11 so 50 terrible was as the lie roar The house trembled and arid shook and she he rushed from it I 1 that It was going to fall The machinery of an old phonograph that was in one of the rooms of llio Ito house was started running by b tho the ex explosion explosion ox- ox or downfall of the building The mechanism had not run down when the firemen arrived Furniture wrt lvis broken Into bits and the pieces were burled buried under the tho debris The Tho building and all oil Its con contents lent are a total loss 1088 |
