Show Near Midnight Near Near-M Explosion Rocks West Manti Monti on Friday Night j I IJ J r FHI Ja 1 r. r j- j 1 I I. I Jr f t J Jr r r rr fX f- f X 4 M al at a- a t l Sharon and Dougles Madsen l look out of broken window windowpanes windowpanes windowpanes panes in the Leonard Madsen l residence one of 18 homes damaged by the severe explosion which rocked Manti l last Friday Fliday night The stillness of the Manti ManU night was shattered by a blast which was felt throughout the the- city on Friday evening June 8 Many lany townspeople ople were awakened awaken- awaken od ed d from their sleep by the 1145 blast hast and everybody was set to wondering about the cause of oft t the he loud report and the tremor which shook hOl houses ses and shattered shattered shat- shat windows The explosion which is yet unexplained caused extensive damage to windows in homes within a radius of five blocks The explosive for the blast was Iset set off on the baseball field fieldon I on nn IJ the American Legion property proper proper- ty leaving a hole holc a bit over a afoot afoot afoot foot deep and three feet wide as evidence of the disturbing free force The charge was apparently apparent apparent- ly laid on top of the ground about bout where third base is sit situated situated situated sit sit- on the ball field Many Homes Affected The incident was investigated by Sheriff Ulysses Larson and Marshall Eugene Tuttle who Monday reported a total of 78 broken windows in a five-block five radius The damage area ex extended extended extended ex- ex tended from the Ray Dyreng home on Main Street to the thc home of Mrs Ann McFarlane on onI I Fifth West Vest and from the Leonard Leonard Leonard Leon Leon- ard Kjar h home me on First South to the E E. E C C. Carlisle home on onS' onS I S' S h hec S t h 1111 ou The most extensive damage was done at the home of Mrs George Buchanan on Fourth South and Third West Vest with withe e c eleven I 1 e eve ve n window panes being shattered by the explosion Five other nearby homes each re reported reported reported re- re ported 5 broken windows with twelve other homes having one two and three windows broken making a total of eighteen homes reporting damage Animals Affected 4 Animals in the neighborhood 1 proved ver very sensitive to t the h e explosion which probably interrupted interrupted interrupted inter- inter sleep for forr or them too A Afew Afew few fw pet net dogs and cats were reported reported reported re- re ported acting very wary for or a couple of days and a couple of them put on quite a show of fear at the time of the sion One dair dairy c cow cw cow w in the neighborhood neighborhood neighborhood neigh neigh- was reported entirely dried up after being shaken by bythe bythe bythe the explosion with a number of other cows dropping a third in their milk production Source Not Known The exact nature or amount of the explosive used has not notI been determined but it is the I general consensus of opinion t that It was a considerable a- a a 1 i mount of dynamite A passer-by passer reported seeing h car parked in that vicinity just prior to the explosion and there th-cre was a re report report report re- re port of a car leaving the area just minutes before the noise I wracked the peace of the night Some folks in the neighborhood heard no car or activity ity and none of them had an any warning of f the explosion Authorities are exerting ev every every ev- ev ery cry effort to find the instigators of or the explosion and determine the reason if iC any for such unwarranted destruction o 0 |