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Show room, Lowe was knocked to the floor by the force of the explosion and pieces of the flying metal striking strik-ing 1) lin , GASOLINE TANK IS SOURCE OF INJURY Explosion in Repair Shop Results in Broken Leg and Cuts. Salt Lake. Jan. 6. Kd Uuttertleld, I of 1202 Windsor avenue and Arthur ! Ixiwc, Jr., of 532 North Second West ptrcet, were Injured by the blowing up of a 50-gallon gasoline tank, which v;n being repaired at the cornice works of By water & Grco, 144-146 Wtsl fouth Temple street, Wednes-lay Wednes-lay firnoon a. 2: SO o'clock. Dr. Ceori;e Weller was Immediately call d and. in' lei attending the Injured men, ba 1 them removed to their booioi. All peivons in the shop had in almost miraculous escape from I iC3tll. 1-owe, whoe loft hand was broken nd whose r1?ht leg was severely cut t-j piece f the fly lug metal, was at. work on the tank, lie was engaged n repairing a leak and. after removing remov-ing the jlug in the end and draining 9,1 the gasollnn out of the tank, he bison bis operations bv heating up the end of the lank with n blow torch. .Suddenly a territie explosion shook lin building as the end m the tuk, hld in place by more than sixty quarter quar-ter Inch ihctn. blew out and Kinuk 11-e wall on the opposite side ot the I |