Show FIRE lI E AND EXPLOSIONS S DAMAGE DUCHESNE PROPERTY Tr 1 About 1 30 Tuesday morning fire followed by explosions completely demolished Dinty Moores Moore's Hot Dog stand at Duchesne located d between the county office offic building and ant Smiths Smith's pool hall building Many 1 different dif dif- different ferent theories theories' as to the tho cause of or the lire and explosions have been given Duchesne people were awakened by bya a a. very heavy explosion which waso was wasso so o powerful as to pulverize the plate glass windows in the front windows of oC Superintendent Paxton's om office e and a a good portion of the store windows windows win win- dows from the Sanitary Market to Dalgleish Drug across cross the street were blown out The Tho damage to j plate glass alone will wiil iH probably exceed exceed ex ex- ex I 1500 There was 1300 insurance insurance insurance ance on the tho h hot t dog stand which was wasa a complete foss loss The first an and major explosion was followed by three or r four Cour minor ex ex- ex- ex f The most plausible theory I as as the cause of the the- fire and resultant resultant resultant result result- ant explosions is that a fire had started xin in ill the northeast northeast corner of or the be building near near hear the stove store and that a acan acan can call of gasoline s. s sitting near by had hall been heated and caused a rapid evaporation c of or the gasoline and and tine the I evaporated gas caused the explosion The b brick wall or of Smiths Smith's pool hall hail building a few Cew feet reet aw awaT awa I was wasa a badly IY cracked cracked A locked door on the cast side of the board Q of education w was s blown open I 5 j o. n-o.- |