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Show JUIIUI IIIIL-UIIU I BUSINESS HOUSES RICK AND STONE DURY AUTO- 1 MODILE8; EXPLOSION FELT TWO MILES AWAY tate Militia Held In Readiness to Pa- 1 trol Streets In Springfield, Mass.; Many City Workers Work-ers Are Hurt Sprlngflold, Mass. Tho explosion of . storago tank of tho Sprlngflold GaB ad Ltgbt company Thursday Injured ( rty persons and cauiod confusion nd wreckago In tho business section. , fflco workors and psrsona In tho ( troetB wero struck down by debris. utomoblles In tho stroots wore hub ocp In wrockago. The municipal group of buildings I antorlng about city hall, hanks and i ualnc83 blocks wero In tho aroa In hlch windows wero broken. Per- I 3ns In those buildings comprhJM 1 tuny ot tho Injured. I Tho big storugo tank was located j t tho foot ot Elm atrcot, noar Water, nd not far distant from the Con- 1 ectlcut river. Ftro followed tho oxploston, but 1 romon formed a cordon around tho 1 Tcckago ot tho tank and Indlca-ons Indlca-ons wero that tho flames would not prcad. . Tho tank which oxplodod was forty set high. It was said to havo been oarly full ot gas at tho time. Tho ( auso of tho oxploston was undotcr-llnod undotcr-llnod somo time afterward. Whoa tho blast enmo It rockod city ( all so much that ono side ot tho ulldlng was badly damnged. Automo- , lies In the stroots woro struck by rlckB and Btono work and flremon ad to dig thorn out Occupants es- aped Borlous injury, according to rot reports, I Tho power plant ot tho Unltod Eloo 1 rlo company Is In tho Immodlato vl- I inlty of tho pas workB, but aorvlco i rna not ntfectcd. ' Tho tour companies ot stnto militia tatloncd hero woro ordorcd to roport their nrmorlw to bo hold In ro- orvo for patrol duty. Mombors ot J ho atato constabulary statlonod at -forthhampton woro ordered to pro- ood hero for duty at onco. : |