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Show I(. FOUR KILLED BY GAS. Employe was Looking for Leak When Explosion Occurred. Los Angeles. An explosion of leaking leak-ing gas in a restaurant in the heart of tho city, on Wednesday, killed four persons, mangled and seriously Injured In-jured nearly a score and completely wrecked a two-story brick building in I Which was located four small business concerns. Tho explosion occurred in ". tho restaurant of B. Cossartl, 114-110 West Second street, shortly before noon. Tho restaurant was comploto-! comploto-! ly wrecked as was also tho tailoring .establishment of II. L. Yerger, and a Vnmll laundry office. Offices of sever-I sever-I al smnll concerns on the second floor wero completely ruined. |