Show V i i I yesterday between noon and pm a herrle terr le catastrophe occurred at alie residence of a party named residing in the sixteenth Salt aake city it that mr had a five gallon can of coal oil in a chicken coop at tho his house ho had taken his lamp out to the coop for tho purpose of filling it and was in the act of doing BO when tho oil oaf lt at 11 ll l AT the two children of mr S were playing in the vicinity one was a litle between seven and eight years the other a bright little flaxen haired girl of ive years exploded it burst borne of the flying struck mr S knocking ont chiai front teeth and horning him forehead and hands the coop was ao c oa fire but tho horrible part of the story is yet be told tha childrens clothes were saturated with poal oil am immediately took fire the screams of tho littly onea attracted the intention of the mother who rushing out to assist her darlings was considerably burned herself about the arms byi this time several neighbors came to tho rescue and tha burning clothes were taken and the fre at the coop dr benedict was called who immediately came to the assistance of the poor children about the lime of the doctors arrival a JUNCTION reporter arrived upon the faccone and goina into tho bouso a terrible ler sight presented itself upon a loungo lay the poor little girl her flaxen curls singed her lips burned and her breast and back oba trials of raw mangled an d scorched klesli her cries were piteous and would melted a heart of adamant in another room upon a lounge lay tha little boy ly in unconscious condition his limbs opre frightfully burned from the thighs down while tho father ath blood running from and fearful lurns hands the horrible picture tho doctor did all in his power o alleviate allevi ata the sufferings alf the but o lerned early alss morning th atthe little girl sue to theland the hand of death early yesterday afternoon tho little boy 13 n a precarious condition li suppose waa caused by th healea up saua penetrated to the coop aud being agitated by the act of pouring from abo aftan to the lamp generated gases and produced tho explosion which rp Bulted in the dire calamity |