Show loka Rites Held For Victim Of Price Gasoline Explosion Fire Funeral services were held Mon- day at 1 p.m. in the loka ward chapel for Clayton who died in the Price City-County hospital last after sustaining burns in an explosion of a gas tanker in Price at about Bishop James Lemon conducted the who with his family recently moved to Vernal from was driver of a Uintah Refining He had driven the tanker to the Oil City service station about mile north of Price on Highway where he was unloading white gasoline into an underground tank when it suddenly exploded and burst into Witnesses to the explosion and fire reported Webb was covered with gas and flames as the explosion burning gas over his He was wrapped in ets and taken to the hospital where he died three hours later from third-degree burns over 90 of his Best Description Several people were eating lunch in the cafe when the tragic accident Best account came from Kirk Emery examiner for the Utah State License who was having lunch at the was eating about p.m. when a explosion jarred the windows of the The cafe was crowded at the time and everyone jumped up and ran to the I saw a man running by with his clothes aflame and a Marx and I ran out and wrapped Webb in a he Jack volunteer Price City fireman suffered a fractured right ankle while helping fight the and Marx was burned about the face and hands while wrapping Webb in a blanket for the trip to the Estimated Damages The complete damage estimate to gasoline to an apartment above the service to 1957 car parked to the cafe adjoining the service to service station records and cash on Webb was born in loka June a son of John Edmund and Etta Miles He married Melba also of loka on 1947 in Salt Lake He is a graduate of the Roosevelt High and had on Back I IOKA RITES HELD From Page lived in Colorado several years before moving to He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day He is survived by his a son Clayton a Connie and an infant daughter born the day following his death at the Roosevelt his parents of two Ben and Salt Lake two Roy Ogden and H. N. Program Announced at the services were John R. Bishop Mer-rell and Bishop a quartet composed of Garret Clifford E. E. Dwain Buchanan and Clarence Jones My and We'll Jones sang The and Stone Prayer at the home was offered by Bishop invocation was by Archie Melvin J. Benson pronounced the benediction and the grave was dedicated by Paul B. Pall bearers were Ben and Arnold Paul Vincent Roy French and Clarence Burial was in the Ioka cemetery under the direction of the Mortuary of 1 |