Deseret Evening News | 1904-10-31 | Page 8 | Grain Elevator Collapses

Collapses Buffalo N Z Y V Oct Orl ITle Ontario elevator collapsed today tOa and sank ank Into Ihlo th the Ihl ater ates tl of nf the EIns slip lp Time The he ele eta elevator valor vator contained about abut bushels bushel of ot barley a large larf portion of ot which Urn lien ll at atthe lt atthe the bottom of ut the sup slip lp The toss Lois 10 on the lie grain anti and the building If Is I estimated at 10 Charles 82 U years oar of nr age Me ale the elevator superintendent was waa WI seriously Injured The Ontario was built lull U 15 1 years yearn ell ago IIO and hall had been In active operation o all 1 of ot this Ihl season Ilon The collapse as nearly aa as 81 could be he learned had bait It lIe It origin In the weakening of ot tile the foundation about the dock It I Is tl known that the land about abut the elevator contains large lase deposits of o quicksand and antI It I Is ii I considered probable probable probable able that Ihal the accident was due clue to a 1 t set net et tunic of or the he earth arth on the dock lock e Ila la caused by b the time action of ot the Ihl water on a abed abl abed bed bl ut nf this Ihl quicksand The slip ln has h been deepened during the last lit two years and Inti this also alao may have weakened kenel the dock dok foundations U It I was wu reported that Ihal an explosion preceded the collapse cla but bul this Ihl could rould not nol be f con firmed J