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Show EXPLOSION IS FATAL TO YOUNG VICTIM NephI, -Tuly 21 Deloy Burton, the 12-year-old boy who was struck by s rock thrown by the explosion of a giant blast of powder In Salt Creek canyon yesterday afternoon, died from his Injuries at the home of his father. William Burton of Nephl, without regaining re-gaining consciousness. All of the others who were struck by the flying rocks that followed the setting off of the blast by employes of the Nephl Plaster company in the canyon, a mile and a half east of th- eity, are fast recovering from the minor cuts and bruises received Albert Al-bert Ottln, the 14-year-old son of J. W. Oltln of Nephl, who was not Included In-cluded in the list of the injured firs', published, but who remained unconscious uncon-scious for some time after being struck on the head, by n rock Is held to bf out of danger Owen Johnson's wound In the side is not serious. se-rious. The terrific force of the explosion is well attested by the fact that rocks weighing more than 100 pounds were thrown a distance of half a mile from the point vhese the blast upheaved the tamping of the hole in which It bad been placed, Instead of rending a portion of the mountain as it was intended to do Reeve Richardson and Louis Ker-rlck, Ker-rlck, employes of tho company the men who directed the placing of the 'shot,'' had an almopt miraculous es cape from death. They took refuge In a nearby cabin, the roof of which was smashed by a big boulder that rjnie&ed the workmen by only a few inches It is said tonight that there will be no official investigation of the disaster, disas-ter, as the crowd that had gathered to watch the big blast had been warned by local manager H. D. Gould I of the danger, but refused to mov I beyond the zone that proved dangcr-' dangcr-' ous. oo Wisdom followa experience, and It never catcher up oo |