Show TEN PEOPLE ARE KILLED HILLED IN DIXI DIXIE OIL WELL BLAST tile tho following ian la account of tho 0 oil ll 11 well veil explosion which occurred it at tile the Esc escalante alanto oil III well seven miles south test fost of st bt george wednesday ay night of last week the article la is taken tn in parti part from washington county news nine people two of whom were women were instantly killed when the shot which was being prepared to be lowered into too the Esc escalanti alanto oil it well exploded at approximately 1 p in Wednes wednesday aily march 8 0 from causes causba unknown two women goroon It osamond snow tin and lea cottam who were part or of tile tho group were so no badly injured that the latter ailed after they haa licen been taken to till washington county Il hospital two men bert covington and rimer eliner Brick brickhous sous spectators were injured by tile lie blast mr IT erickson seriously when a piece of metal was blown into its ills bliest considerable blood was lost by tile tho injured beare lie wits was given medical tit attention at the hospital mr IT covington was bruised and lacerated about the head tind and his hia earm eara were injured but it Is 18 thought that hla his ease will not prove serious tho the known dead tire arc charles al sup nop president unal dent und and general seii eral ina manager 1 of the arrowhead petroleum corn coin by whom wholly the w well ell la Is leased and waa is bein his wife mrs mabel C 31 i veteran oil ell driller who i was handling tha shooting joseph jr electrician ills his sonin son bon in lir law kali kail ass stat clec I 1 tri elan lully billy maloney Mn loney oil worker yon son ot of mrs vivian 11 maloney aloney mrs olivo olive bleak snow wife of joseph y S snow liny nelson son of mrs ernest joseph i F kitter katter man 1 oil i it at the liberty drug store 4 tore people for miles ml lea around heard and felt feit tile the explosion many st at george residents were conscious of it II but did not associate it witti with anything serious Bor lons since there had been considerable blasting I 1 dono done lit in with tile alio inseal Conti continual nuel to back pago page ten people are killed in dixie oil well blast continued from pase one on antoli of tile st ht georgo sewage drilling operations had been going on oil for boino ehno alino lit at tile Is ea til to well and several oil sandi iad be lican 11 encountered showing allowing fine indications of oil so it had boen been ilo do clecil to shoot alfoot tile well dolls had been during tile illy day by the day crow crew and every tiling thing ws was ready nt at about nebout 8 p n ni 1 when tile group left here it la is estimated that between anti and pounds of explosive material had been raised it preparation to lettina lott let tInt lii it down into tile well tills this was in ili cartridges ampro approximately philately xhi lately ten tell feet long cho or six of these cheso having been tit nt the timo time clio llio dent occurred the alie inon lad pil ed on oil lowering lonor liiK this to III nil ia oil swid strata located ax anted about trot feet deep there was moro powder I 1 in it ill alio ea powder house which was to bo used 1 if other shots allots cicro w 0 ro it I 1 ought necessary tills powder burned exploding tho first arrivals after the acci dent cut found it terrible sight with 1001 tile derrick it tangled mass masi of ngo ago and fires fire s lo burning lit in tile different parts of tile wrecked derrick although tills structure turo was of steel ceil cement lelit and galvanized iron there was sonio timber anione it and it was tills that burned A coroners coroner 8 inquest wilt wag licud lieli thursday morning tit lit tile well under the jurisdiction of harold ehnow justice of tile the peace and a jury was sworn lit in an ali investigation was anade of the bodies and 0 if flickenger hay nelson mrs josesph snow mrs irs charles alsop find and identified tile bodies of tile the other four charles alsop joseph empey jr kail hall nicholson and billy galonoy not found washington co buwa NL ws reports are that miss snow and mr H rickson aro arc improving slightly |