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Show BINGHAM YOUTH HERO IN A BAD EXPLOSION In nu explosion of dynamite caps nt tho Utah Copper company workings work-ings nt Illnghnni, caused by a lire started by an overheated stove, Robert Rob-ert F, Hayes, tho 17-year-old son of John M. Hayes, cashier of tho Utah Copper company, lost his life, tho company losing morn than $200,000 worth of property, Sunday morning. Cnsera Abramo, an Italian laboror, was also kitted, and Qeorgo Connors, hugeno Sullivan and Jack Cavenco wero bruised moro or less seriously. Tho damago dono to tbo plant Includes In-cludes tho ontlro destruction of a vnluablo warehouse and other property. prop-erty. Tho explosion occurred nt one o'clock Sunday morning. Ab nearly as can be estimated, about 165 boxes of dynamlto caps wero destroyed. Each box contained nbout fifty pounds and each cap when exploded causes more than GOO pounds pressure. pres-sure. Funeral services for young Hayes, who lost his llfo llko a hero, trying to Inform others of tho Impending danger of tho flro raging noar tho explosives, ex-plosives, will be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning nt tho Eleventh ward chapel, llurlal will bo In city cemetery. Itobert Hayes bad spent the evening even-ing In Uwer Itlnghom and on learning learn-ing of trio flro nnd knowing of tho dnngor of nn explosion hurried to tho Bceno. Accompanying him was Otto Hudson, and tho two wero going go-ing to wnrn thoso In tho largo plant of tho certain danger. They had given tho warning and wero leaving tho building when young Hayes Baw somo men who wero nearing tho plant from another direction. Hayes turned back to wnrn them, his companion thinking ho wns following him. Hayes was Btruck by a pleco of flying timber nnd was terribly ter-ribly mangled. Ho died boforo ho could bo taken to Dr. Straup's hospital. hos-pital. Casern Abramo, tbo Italian laborer, la-borer, was struck by n largo pleco of concrcto and wns Instantly killed. |