Show PRISONERS MEET DEATH IN EXPLOSION OF TUB OF CAUSES disastrous BLAZE GLAZE IN EL PASO JAIL on fire from head to foot some of victim victims dash into street while others die in cells cl like hat in trap el paso texas eighteen Kigh teen dead sey eral oral probably fatally burned and a wore score or more less lesi get set asly injured waa was the toll of an explosion and fire late 1015 monday at the city jail the name of one american Is included in the lift list of dead and twelve are antim bored among shosei seriously burnid A flash gash of flames burst from tanks containing a gasoline and kerosene solution in wh ch prisoners including many mexicans lexI cans were being given dis die infecting bath baths in the campaign to prevent the spread of disease from mexico A match lighted by one of the bather bathers in diste garl of was aid said by officials to have caused tho explosion and firt II 11 C bagby bag by one of the trusties trust les on guard at the time made a strite ment to mayor tom la loa monday night in which he declared that a lighted match had bedri thrown into the tho container by b 11 II it cakss 1 rn am borican prisoner prie oner who died of his hi in juries surrounding Surround lne the bath quarters are ate row rows of cella cells mostly filled with pris onera those adjacent to the bath were caught in the flames release from these cella cells was alow slow and danger aws and it was in these that most of the tile fatalities occurred volunteer rescuers aided in dragging out the victims many un and badly on fire from head to foot the nude ulet lIns dashed into the streets and alleys alloys surrounding the prison several maddened by the pain outdistanced all pursuers and disappeared only one of these had been found several hours after the disaster one of the victims a veritable torch plunged through the jagged remains of a window pane and clam bred to the roof mot of the jail where he be wag was rescued by diemen only to die a few minute minutes later latera |