Show r L I rl f I L Le t of 1 t e til f 1 l lF F R t 4 1 1 14 J r fi fis s d r y Av r 0 i v 1 c L L. L i ir c S a I I j a k-f k 1 t t ta S i a f c. c St 1 I e w 1 r w r rS r'S S 1 1 1 Lh J M a f i I I II t. t yc f 1 4 V n 11 t tT I S v I T Tt t I. I t 1 i A r I PU And Nearly everyone in the area arca knew something was happening Sunday at nt 1 13 pm p.m. Shaking windows some broke rattling doors and trembling floors attested attested attested at at- tested to that But not everyone knew just what it Was IT IT IT-IN IN TINS TIllS case turned out outto outto outto to be pounds of hi high h explosive explosive si sive working on a reinforced concrete building owned by Bountiful and located at Pages lane and West in West Bountiful For many y years ars it as was a 1 sewage sewage sew sew- age ago treatment plant Rapid growth of or the area made it too Now Now it was not used and the city council wanted it it out orthe of or I the wa way The national guard ard rub nib bed its hands gleefully for lor it would serve ser a as excellent training os for lor special al services forces Corces Ins In s war a time lime lh these se men would drop from planes behind enemy lines and nd blow up important targets THE TIlE TREATMENT T plant just fit the bill bit It was sturdy round like a missle silo and far enough away from Crom large p population that interesting amounts of explosives explosives ex ex- plosives could be used Sunday morning the troops troops' gathered at the site The project had b been cn d te terns ms with Ih each proposing to blow up cur cur- curtain thin tain parts In certain ways ys SEVERAL SE different types trpe of 01 charges in small quantities cie were j sol CL off orr first It lo to lost he the truc lure ture It was strong both strong both in cement cement cement ce ce- ment and smell In some places the steel reinforcement rein reinforcement rein rein- was one inch thick Holes made low around the tank tankson tankson tankson son became exit for Cor Cora a thick oozy y muck There was no wa way to get aa away from it MOPPING HOPPING G UP and down the plant like a colony of or green ants the guardsmen placed the i 9 0 of explosive in a pat pattern pattern tern on the north side shIel When the charges were we're all aU set the men marched about yards ards south to lo await the blast Some photographers photographers' stood nearer about yards away TIlE THE BLAST BEGAN with an eruption of orange orange flame streaking streaking streak streak- ing arOl around nd the roof This was followed immediately at a distance distance distance dis dis- dis- dis tance b by bj a fierce boom Murky dust raced cast and west Black J I smoke swirled swilled swirled int into the gra gray sky Horses s a and d. d co cows who had been contentedly watching the people running limning around clam- clam meled into the far Car corners coiners of their fields A SAFETY TE- TE TEAM TEI I r returned to 10 the thc blast area aiea checked to see if all charges had exploded and waved wa the thc white flag lIag ok The Thc plant was a a. mess Mangled strands of ste steel eL Ming hung limpid stripped of their concrete Of or if there was some left leU it il hung on like mud flung lung against a wire fence Cence TIlE THE ROOF was no po 10 move Hoye C and most of oC what was left of side was into the mud A sticky highly s scented enl d m thud mud d covered cov the thc urea A few Cew moments after alter returning to the area Trooper Gar Gary Schmidt called t to Bountiful Coun Councilman cilman L L. F. F E kman of breakage h are t c. c in in her Jus said INflOWS SI WERE RE broken garage garage gar- gar age g doors oo l 11 down n etc j Ii To o SIT Sll what lat tin lie blast did tiel turn tarn urn lu to par page t a 1 i V 4 J f. f thy f po J i Lo l i. i ft t 1 r ri i i J f i t. t J I t 1 b r iI i r rr r t w c cR R w t tb a f fi i Blast r from Front Page In tn Various rious areas The next morning morn morn- ing Bountiful began checking them diem out Another explosion in the afternoon afternoon after alter noon using the plastic explosive e 01 did not move much of the remaining wall Looks like the demolition group of the special service forces Corces will have to try again |