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Show O O 6 AAA A A A A A A Explosion On City Street Hurts Two ! And Excites Many Rapid Transit Track Repair Men Are Victims of Unexplained Accident; Injuries Not Dangerous The explosion of a generator used by the Utah-Idaho Central railroad, for the generation of gas used ln weld- j ing rails, shortl: after non on Wash-' ire-ton avenue, between Twenty-Seventh and Twenty-eighth streets, result- , ed In the Injury of C. P. Jensen, 314 1 Twenty-fust Street and J !'. Bucttloy, 2371 Bcclea avenue. .lonsen was taken to thc office of Dr Ezra Rich and sent from there to the Dec hospital, He was suffering from minor cuts and burns about the face, j His eyes were not injured. Buckley was r.ent to thc office of ' Dr. LeRoy Pugmlre and from there to his home after he had been given med- I ical treatment. 11 is Injuries consisted of slight flesh burns. Officials of tho Utah-Tdaho Central company, said today that they had not been able as yet to determine the cause of the accident. The explosion of the gas tank caused caus-ed a Bheet of flame to leap Into tho Mr ;md brought a crowd running to the scene. Jensen and Buckley were engaged in welding a rail when the explosion occurred. The force of ih- txploslon shook the windows within a radius of two blocks The rattling of windows was distinctly dis-tinctly noticeable at police headquarters. |