Show FIFTY FI KILLED KI LLE DI IN N TANK EXPLOSION SPARK FROM HAMMER IGNITES FUMES FROM LEAKY TANK AND CAUSES DISASTER At Le Least st Two Hundred Citizens Injured Injured In In- as Result of Accident Many Buildings Being Shook Down Downor or Destroyed by Flames Ardmore Okla Between Between twenty- twenty five ve and fifty dead and at least east were Injured most of them Monday afternoon a barrel arrel tank car of gasoline standing landing near the Santa Fe freight in the business district ed d. d The tremendous force of the ex- ex x- x shook down many buildings and nd threw burning gasoline in every direction A Afew few minutes later the whole town was at the mercy of a acore as s score core ore of fires fires' At th the fires were all under control and the city was placed under martial law A spark from a hammer ignited gas fumes umes through through a small leak In th the tank ank and caused the the explosion it was stated Two workmen were busy busy on the he tank at the time Both were killed I Among mong the dead are Charles R. R Smith former member of th the police force orce who was was' standing on 4 Main street treet near the explosion and arid was by by f falling stones M. M E. E Atkins a drayman who was standing almost three three blo blocks ks from the explosion A. A G. G Gould a fruit Ip peddler eddler who was was' driving across the Santa Fe tracks near ear the explosion his horse being killed and his wagon blown to pieces and nd an Indian sitting on his wagon east ast of the Love hotel His team and wagon were crushed when the east eastside eastside side ide of the building fell Immediately after the explosion homes lomes were thrown open to the in- in and a score of men began searching in the ruins in inthe th the main part of the the town for vic vic- tims ms The Santa Fe freight station was wrecked and was burned to the round ground ground The union passenger station stations Is s almost a total wreck The express office was partially wrecked |