Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-04-17 | Page 1 | Desier for Bath Saved Girl from Death in Blast

r Desire for tor RO Bath th Saved Girl From Death iii in Blast X SHe Sue Stayed With Friend v Wb Wen n Explosion i in Chigo Chi Chi- J go Killed Her Parents Parents' CHI CHICA CHICAGO G O Ap lt is 16 AP De AP-De- pe- pe sire for a bath in a tub before Easter Easter and and a arain rain rain- that followed s saVed ved the m today life today of y 15 year old ar Anna whose family was was' was snuffed out by an explosion that took the lives of eight persons The blast wrecked a row of small stores and on the westside west westside westside side and fire completed thi the de de- de n. n A gas pocket a at liquor still sUIl a quantity of ch cleaning fluid in ina ina ina a tailor shop and a bomb were blamed for the explosion n but au au were still sUll at sea s a as to the cause after a day of investigation t on The eight persons killed were members of two families that of f fLeonard Leonard Levin a tailor and Abraham Abraham bra Abra ham a dry goods merch mer mer- ch chant nt Both families lived above their shops WENT WENT TO FRIENDS FRIEND'S We had no tub In the house Anna told a coroners coroner's j Jury ry between sobs and I X went w nt to to toa a a. friends house to get ready fo for Easter I When I 1 got ready to go home it was raining sl so mother g gave gave V me me permission to stay for stay for the toe night Four hours hours' later Annas Anna's arents parents her sister and her brother were ere dead Levin Levin's wife Rose and their two sons Sons' Albert 20 and Leonard Jr 14 14 were killed with him Joseph Romano owner of ofa a fish store lalore tore In the building was was was' ui the only Continued from page 8 Desire for Bath Saved Girl From Death in Blast Continued from page age j. j other survivor survivorS He was seen running running run run- ning from the falling structure his face covered with blood In h hurried Italian he explained I 11 1 dont don't know know- what happened HE DI tI STOP I 1 am asleep Then Thea a big noise I lam am awake a Everything Is falling So I Jump up un up and run without ut looking Something hits me In the face but I keep on n running I dont don't know what I saw I wa was too excited It was sas assumed falling plaster or C. C f. f wood f lJ Both Romano O rand nd AndreW jAndrew Andre Cap said to havA 1 een an eq erow poye In a tore In th therow row of buildings were we're were taken Into cus custody gUS gUS- us- us tody and brought to the inquest An of the gas company testified everything was tight In Inthe inthe inthe the pipes and there was waa no leakage leakage leak leak- age anywhere He said he did not bellevo believe the explosion could have havee ben e en caused by gas I I. I