Ogden Sun | 1905-09-26 | Page 6 | Southern Pacific Company's Snow Sheds and Cars Burn

SOUTHERN PACIFIC SNOW SHEDS AND BURN gasoline explosion starts disastrous fire which will delay eastern trains according to reports a long section of the southern pacific company snow sheds at crystal lake cal with a number of cars and one or two station structures wore destroyed by fire last night when brakeman C H brown opened a car door preparatory to unload ing some freight tor crystal lake station an explosion occurred in a car laden with gasoline the car caught fire and the soon spread to the snow sheds six outfit cars with carpenter tools and ten empty box cars were burned Snow sheds about 2000 feet long were reduced to ashes and the block house and water tank at crystal lake were destroyed brakeman brown was burned about the head and face and was taken to the hospital at sacramento for treatment eastern trains liec been delayed train no C due to arrive at 7 morning will not reach ogden ua late this afternoon