Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-01-21 | Page 1 | 7 Firemen Drowned in Oil

7 FM DROWNED lw l OIL BREAKING OF LADDER HURLS MEN TO DEATH P Fall a 1 1 Into Tank of Oil Blaze White While Fighting Fierce Blaze BODIES RECOVERED I Fumes of Chemical Ex Ex- Extinguisher Ex- Ex Extinguisher Extinguisher Overcome Struggling Firemen RO Jan 21 1 Seven men were ere drowned In oil oU three captain and and nd ir fo-ir ot o the tire Ire department nt while fighting fire at it Butler t plant ot of thi Atlantic Refining company today The bodies bodice were recovered after arter the tire fire had been brought under con cnn cnn- control with the monetary loss unea- unea unes Th n dead are Captain Edward ard Jones Jonee Captain CaptIn Rudolph Captain John H IL Frazier Hoseman Patrick Abbott Robert Smith Sn John Markha- Markha Samuel Several firemen ao a o were vere In n Injured The fire tire broke out In a tan tani containing 1 gallons of ot oil shortly after atter 5 6 o'clock clock Sev-I Sev companies th alarm and tire sire lines Hoc w re thrown brown out for tor tour four or five city bloC blocks bloCke on each side ot of the refinery which adjoin a residence district and has be ha ben en the scene of ot several seral co ly blazes deserted their homes nome nd additionAl fire tire Alp a sum sum sum- summoned mooed The captains ind md nd their men W were e eon on a II ladder which extended abo aboL the of ot ink top a adjoining tilt thc burning oil The oil In this thic tan tani was being drawn oft off when the lad ladder der broke and the n-en n ir n tell felt Into the tank A chemical extinguisher d I by the heat of the burning oil nearby the au- au authorities au authorities said covered d th oil an and fumes arising from It was ae believed to have overcome the firemen They sinkS sink sn at once and the bodies later Inter wr recovered through the m at the hot bot bottom torn tom of the tank