Show r FIFTY KILLED IN TANK ION SPARK 8 FROM HAMMER IGNITE FUMES FROM LEAKY TANK AND CAUS DISASTER at least two hundred citizens injured as a result of accident many building buildings being shock shook down or destroyed by flames ardmore okla between twenty fire breand nd fifty persons arc dead and at teat least were injured most of at then monday afternoon when a barrel tank car of gasoline landing standing near the santa fe freight office in the business district exploded the tremendous fors force forse e of the explosion shook down daany any buildings and threw throw burning gasoline ga aolino in every direction A few minutes later tho whole town was at the merry of nf a core score of fires at the fires were all under control and the city was placed under martial A spark from a hammer ignited gas fumes through a small leak in the tank and caused the explosion it was elated two workmen were acre busy on aa t ie bank at the time doth both were vere killed among the this dead are charles R smith former member of the police force who waa was standing anding et on main alain street near the explosion ex and was vas killed bs ti ailing falling stones AI E atkind a drayman who waa was standing almost three blocks from the explosion A G gould could a fruit peddler who was vas driving across the tho santa pe fe tracks near the explosion bla his horse being toeing killed and his wagon agon blown to pieces and en an indian nitting on his agon east st of the love hotel his team end and watson were crushed when the east tide side of the building fell immediately tely after the explosion F were thrown open to the in eded and it score of men began in the shouldering ing ruins in the main part of the town for lie lic time the santa fe freight station wai was wrecked and was burned to the thu ground the union passenger station Is almost a total wreck the express office was partially wrecked |