Show Chicago Families Trapped by Blast Fire Fir Follows Explosion n to Burn Bodies Beyond Recognition Gas Pocket Ignited Is Belief Belief of Police CHICAGO April 16 AP EIght AP-EIght Eight persons were killed and their bodies bodies' burned burned- beyond recognition lon lonan an and four bul buildings were razed the result result of an explosion explosion followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed wed by by fire at West Harrison street and South Trum Trumbull un ave avenue aye aye- nue early today The dead members rs of two two families families lies are Barnett Levin 40 his his' wife Rose 40 their two sons Albert 20 20 and and L Leonard onard 13 H Harry rry Skol- Skol sk sky 40 his wife vif S Sarah rah 40 a as ason ason s son n Samuel 14 and a d' d daughter Anna 15 Police Folice the coroners coroner's office e and the fire department immediately began an an Investigation of the cause of the explosion which apparently apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap was wa's due to the ignition of a gas pocket in a tailor shop operated by Levin The Levins had living quarters above the strop shop as did the above their dry goo goods s store adjoining NO STILL IN STORE P L. L Y bJ 10 a S gr grocery store liberated lib j- j by Andrew was discarded when t the grocer satisfied satis satis- tied fied the police that there had been bee no still in the store The gas pocket explanation however met with more general acceptance Chief Christ Peterman of the Eighteenth Eighteenth- battalion said that when he arrived at the scene the fronts of the grocery and arid tailor tallor I Continued on page 5 I I M d Menaces toi tire Valley Rains Continue I Continued from page 1 IJ been been n cov covered r d anyway by hy back- back emergency m call for help was st Louis shortly b before fore re the 00 and 00 men mens s n tt from there on n a special r cial tv ORLEANS April 16 Iii AP As ten an and one one hundredth frain fell at New Orleans s Ight the weather bureau ref re- re f today ra breaks all records for sl yeats the high highest CRt inches Hn Hit in the sections flooded d d and thousands s of f rt ter- ter er- er r- r 1 unable to get downtown downton 1 Tess ess IPG PEG Man thin April 16 AP 1 ng i g through h waters in creek yesterday y with a ad and d buggy C. C Cerl CerI a do grocer rt stage ge la Ia Pra Prairie rie was vas drowned the o water upset the thee the e f lands along the Assiniboine to the west of Winnipeg and vicinity of Portage la Prairie flooded yesterday The river dver ed Its banks batik in the n. n n the morning and with r rainfall last night a serious gals ons feared Many ice ce jams ep in the river between and iid Portage Hundreds of or 0 have haye been flooded t Seine river in southeastern south 5 a. a lit LOUIS iuiS April 1 Iff 16 CAP A CiU CM- CM central Mississippi l val val- alla 1 la iap r watched the crest tf It f the Ic swell in the Mi Mississippi sweep past their levees gath- gath force from rom the tur- tur o t r streams along the tile way mil it of or the territory a adjacent jacent mighty Father of ot Vat Waters rs no S' S stand and Missouri outi came ic- ic I e- e of iFt flooded highways highway frantic f save fio water soaked ed levees areas submerged under sheets heets tier r isolated villages and ald ss ss refugees |