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Show Mechanic Miraculously Dodges Death In Gasoline Explosion pDWIN S. BAGGS, 2 5. mechanic, employed by the Ogden Wholes ih Drug company miraculously escaped death by burning at 10:30 o'clock this morning when a gasoline tank In an automobile under which ho was working work-ing exploded, throwing burning gasoline gaso-line to all parts of tho garage and Inirsilng windows Uagg was stunned by the explosion which occurred in the garage of the drug company at 169 Twenty-fourth street, but managed to ''apt- from the building uninjured, but minus his eyebrows. A Cadillac ear, owned by Kobert L. Proud fit, upon which the mechanic was working, was damaged nlmoet beyond be-yond repair by the rir that followed thp explosion. A truck t.eb.nging to tho drugr company was also badly burned; The Interior Of the huildlng was nearly burned away and overhead over-head machinery belt shafts came tumbling tum-bling down into tho wreckage. Bagfrs said that he attempted to I drain the gasoline tank of the Cadillac) car, but found that water hud Battled In the bottom and had frozen. He said he placed an electric heater under thi-car, thi-car, to thaw It out. first removing the tank olug. When the Ice became molted molt-ed by the heat, the gasoline suddenly poured through klPOn rh- electric lu'at-er lu'at-er beneath mid caused the explosion BaffSJS was underneath the car alongside the hsater when the flash came. He was dazed by ihe explpsiOD mi managed o drag himself outside the building. The garage was small and was I ghtly closed and when the explosion i sine the windows wc-ro I blown out. Fire apparatus from the central station sta-tion arrived within a few moments. The interior of the building was aflame Streams of chemicals and water soon quelched the blase, but not before dai.iape- ol approximately J1200 was done to the building and the car and truck were badly b irned. Tho heal within the 6mall garage was so Intense gi the time of tho explosion ex-plosion ihat electric tight globes were melted avvn . ifow Baggs managed to escape from the building uninjured was a mystery to the firemen. The building if owned bj the rijcdn Wholesale rrug company Insurance of ?7"" was vald to have been carried.' |