Show FOUR ARE KIllED IN fiAS EXPLOSION Entire Building Destroyed by Blast and Victims Buried in Debris LEAK COULD NOT BE FOUND Accident L Happened Soon SUO II After 4 Los Angeles s 's Restaurant Opened Causing Caus Catis- Jug hug Small Death catim cath List V Los Angeles Cal Cat Fob 13 Four Four persons OIson were wera killed lied antI and thirty Injured ed oti halt half a u. dozen of or them perhaps fa fatall fatally fa- fa a- a tall tally by a gas ens explosion in lit the tho basement base base- ment of Cressaty's cafe caCe at Center place and Second street shortly after 11 o'clock this morning The rhe force of i tho explosion was was so violent that the building In which the restaurant is located lo located lo- lo was so 80 badly shaken that It collapsed col col- lapsed burying half haIr a a. hundred persons perSons per per- sons In the debris deblis Plato Plate glass windows for several blocks were shattered cd by bythe bythe the detonation and wore WOlO by flying brick Tl Thu H dead are arc W. W Main n mm rancher OIl JC Levon Meyer r re a H. H HI waitress 1 Anna a a II wa waitress Il re J. J M. M C. C a tailor Could Not Ot t Find tho time l csik al When the tho restaurant opened for Tor business this thin morning noticed noticed noticed no no- the escaping gas as but were Unable unable un Un- able to locate the thc leak The Tho gas company company com corn pany puny sent ent an un Inspector and a moment 01 or two after atter ho lie entered the cellar collar to tn look for tOI the trouble a terrific explosion occurred The restaurant on the ground floor and a printing office and several cral tailoring establishments on the tho second floor of or tho the building were completely completely com cant wrecked I Tho fire wall wail separating tho the Cressaty I cafe care and antI Jims Jim's chowder house ono one of 01 the tho oldest restaurants In the tile city was blown out completely wrecking tho the chowder howder house The fhe First National bank larik and the tho Rival restaurant across ucross Second street were damaged by hy flying Hying brick as us was also a saloon in tho time opposite opposite opposite op op- op- op side Hide of Center place At the time of or the explosion sion there thero wore wore Tew few patrons in the two anis The tailor shops and printing establishments on the second ond floor were wele filled however er and the list of or dead nn and ani l Injured is made tip Imp of or em cam- of places and ami time the two cafes V S I i- i v 1 u t. t i t t i j. j S if |