Show disastrous FIRE YESTERDAY the explosion ot of a 1 fifty gallon tank ot of gasoline the blowing of E C berg with clothing aflame Z it IL cornia and john godfrey out of the tire service repair shop the gutting of that building and the one occupied by john IV rockwood novelty shop with ds of thousands of dollars worth of automobile tires fixtures tools and machinery the quick response ot of the fire ire department and the masterly way in which the laddies fought and subdued the flames the terrible burns suffered by mr berg burns suffered by mr cornia connla and willis morgan make up the headlines of a thrilling story which happened in this city yesterday morning between eleven and twelve mr fr berg joint owner of the tire service repair shop rolled a tank of gasoline which had been standing out in the yard in the hot sun into the front part cart of the shop and essayed to open the plug the tank was hot and as he started to unscrew the plug the he thought occurred that lie he had better not uncork the he thing until it had cooled oft off and accordingly turned his wrench around and set tile the plug fast again in that same instant the tank exploded hurling gasoline all over him an athe stuff instantly ignited screaming and burning like a tire fire brand mr berg ran from the building tearing at his clothing to get it off from him he was caught in the street by men who were iu in the barber shops across the street and they ripped the burning clothing off then led the sufferer into the tunnel cigar store when first aid remedies were applied mr berg was then taken to the B D hotel where soothing lotions were applied and his body was completely swathed la in bandages later lie he was removed to the dee hospital in ogden where he now is and thi the report comes from his bedside that wh while ile his burns are terrible there Is every chance tor for his recovery from the chest to the top of the head tho the flesh was completely seared as well as along the arms and hands in ill patches on the back and iego I ego deep burns ate into the flesh but the wounds are not regarded as dangerous the only tear fear the attending physician has is that the kidneys wilt will continue to function in which event mr air berg has every chance of complete recovery in the mean time other things were happening when the tank exploded the concussion threw Z K cornia a aop helper into the street and he too suffered burns about his face arms md and hands which were attended to at the drug store mr john godfrey was in the shop at the time and he likewise was thrown out of the building but as he fl flew ew out his hat went oft off and fell on the floor of the shop which was a mass of flames ile he rushed in to got get his list hat and was singed somewhat the gasoline from the tan tank k flew over he interior of the shop into the big stock of rubber tires and the place instantly became a seething cauldron cauldren caul dron of heat and flames people anthe street when the explosion oc cured evere were rocked on their feet and as they bev the men come hurtling out of the place followed by the leaping lames flames the alarm was turned in and in ex exactly acely two minutes the department was on the scene po on the water because i because of the oil gasoline and rubber er in the building it burned like tinder aln the flames ate into the rock food shop very shortly but willing arkers carried much of the stock of dods which mr rockwood carried into the street reducing his loss the ire fro service shop was too hot tor for any escue work and all the tire stocks both new and repaired mounting well up towards according to au an es imata were completely destroyed dong with the expensive machinery md ind fixtures both frame buildings were gutted and had bad it not been for the little brick structure which stood between tile the burning buildings and the old boothe corner that place would undoubtedly have been damaged the fl names arties ignited tile the wood work of the windows in the boothe hotel burning out several sashes some damage was also done to tile the hotel rooms by the water which was poured onto the laming flaming windows willis morgan had a dodge brothers and a ford touring car standing in the yard behind the burning buildings the dodge was finally pulled out of the range of the tire after it had become ignite dand the body had been badly burned but the rord ford could not be rescued and it was practically wiped out ot of existence while endeavoring to save the cars mr morgan suffered a bad burn on the right forearm mr evan morgan proprietor with mr perg herg of the tire service repair shop was in ogden when the explosion and tire occurred and tor for a time it was feared that he had been caught in the burning building by being knocked insensible by the be force of the explosion and then burned this report was waa started when nothing of 0 mr air morgan could be found while the tire fire was raging but it was later learned that he had bad left town early during the day today mr air morgan states that Us big own stock and equipment was valued at about without the building the firm carried 1500 insurance Ing urance |