Vernal Express | 1949-02-09 | Page 1 | Vernal Worker Narrowly Escapes Death

J 1 4 ka 1 C 7 6 7 1 5 N TED WILLIAMS OF VERNAL surveys scene of an explosion behind the peyton machine hop shop which nearly took his life last saturday morning explosion was caused by acetylene gas ignited by a fire tiro bulit to thaw out frozen water pipes vernal worker narrowly Narro wJ escapes death D ua an ath 1 I get to church last sunday but I 1 must be living right anyway ted williams employed at peyton machine shop remarked saturday morning mr williams displaying sing cd ed hair and a scratched ear miraculously escaped death or serious injury saturday at 11 am when an explosion blew a small generator house apart mr williams was in inside lot ethe the generator house at the time lime e located behind the peyton machine shop on east main street in vernal the small house was demolished and the generator blown apart mr williams was knocked beneath a section of the wood roof which protected him from other falling aa 1 debris and apparent ly saved him from further injury or orleath death he had bad built a fire to thaw out frozen water pipes at the time the explosion was apparently parent ly caused when acetylene gas fumes back backed up in the ignitz and were ignited damage was estimated at 2000