Show HOUSES HECKEA BY DY BOULDERS A Avalanche of Large and Small Smal Rocks Follows Explosion at Bingham FAMILY BARELY ESCAPES Vorrest t Sees Secs Great Hock flock Coming Coining and Takes Wife JIu e Ju t In Time Bingham OcL Oct Two G 6 Two homes were wrecked and several se others Injured fi fia as asa a result of an avalanche of oC two huge boulders and many smaller rocks mck re- re suIting from fromn a blast which I hook the town ton for Cor on miles around oc- oc oc 1 ring cm-ring here at about 6 o'clock this evening brothers of ur Spring contractors engaged etl In construction work voik on the Rio Illo Grande Western sky I. I ky hin were vere blasting blasting- on the mountain almost t directly above abo the railroad sta sta- ta I Ion When hen this particular blast o on- on curved It sent ent tw two Immense crashing down the mountain One rolled clear through a two two- story house owned by George Geore E E. Chandler Chandlr and occupied by Forrest and antl family When hen Mr oil heard the blast t he Inc Iu rushed t. t to the lie rear door of his house saw tIne the rock conning coming and gave ave the alarm to his wife ICe who wino was vas lying sick In one of the rooms looms and succeeded In fn getting getting get get- ting lint her iner out of bed and nearly to the tho outside door when the boulder wel weighing weigh hIn h- h In lug ing about thirty tons came caine crashing through h the house mouse within three Inree fell feU of where the they were wele standing and amid lod lodged ed on tl c railroad track II to The bed hell upon which Mrs gue had been n lying was sas literally torito turin tori LI to pieces The h carpet turin lorn f h iii II shreds a brac and arid eh china Ina were a fi h heap hap ap of ruin furniture hour HOUI door und and windows were a nus mm's of splinters I anti and one nine of or tine thc most homes in III was sas a LL complete I u n i reel neck Two other rocks 10 weighIng about ahou a in aten ten each followed in iii the wake of or the I lat JeuS Jeu'S ge boulder and lodged In the road rond roadA A J rock of about the nine romo size a au aD the tine two nines struck n a pant pail of the tho Anno d by iy W. W 1 U. U d r aid J did some i ff i. i c 4 J ii G. G oth r ft W j h pro probably ton toni c clear CRL I tho hi- hi homo home tr Jf Mrs Tom om and aind lodged on the copper belt l 1 In front oC or the house Another smaller small mull er el rock followed follow d and lodged cd in the 1 kitchen destroying the furnishings and amid leavina in inn their wale wake a of oC wreck wreck- age oge Light Injury was wa also o done lone to other houses in the thc vicinity One Ono rock did some t-ome tI damage Q nearly half hair a mile farther farther far far- ther titer up Uj the canyon canon As s a n result o othe of the blast t a large lurs-e boulder can be bo seen cen oil the side Id of the mountain which is liable to precipitate It itself at any moment mom mom- I. I cut ent on the houses hOUe belo beJO Mrs Mis I Is suffering from the thc shock and antl is being can ed for Cor at the tine home of oC one of her hel friends The Tine people people peo peo- plc arc ale thoroughly thorough I aroused Excited men and hysterical women were crowded around the scene of the disaster dis lIs- lIs aster for foa hours hour Steps will sili bo be taken Immediately to protect prou-ct themselves cs I from further danger I S. S I |