Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-04-29 | Page 1 | Explosion in Stove Kills Mother and Child, Daughter of Salt Laker

t I IN STOVE KillS MOTHER AND CHIlD OF SAlT lAKER w Colorado Representative Re Rei Remaining Re- Re L i Member of Family Fam Farn- ily Near Death If Il to CREEK Colo Cob April 28 Mr Ida Bacon Bacon wire Wito of or James Bacon Dacon Ba Da- con cor from Teller county county county coun coun- ty in tho the cl eighteenth general beneral aS assembly and her old G daughter Josephine were Instantly killed d and the life of oC I Bacon no whang in the balance as the thc result of or a n. mysterious explosion which wrecked the Bacon home tills this morn lag ing The rho force of oC tho the explosion was wasI I terrific and In all probability resulted from tram dynamite or The cause cause of ot the disaster remains a n. mys my- I tory tery 1 It was while a fire was being being- started I in the tho kitchen stove O preparatory to tho the of ot breakfast getting that the ex explosion cx- cx occurred Mrs Bacon and n her little daughter were arranging th the breakfast table tahle while the head of the family was building the fire Residents of ot the n neighborhood I rushed to the tho scene to find Bacon I ling crawling on his hands and knees I through the wreckage while the mother moth moth- I er and daughter daug lay dead in the tile northeast north- north east cast corner of oC the tho th kitchen DeJ Deep Deot cuts Were vere on the thc dead womans woman's head and her ier arm was broken n while the bo body of the child was horribly mutilated The explosion w which without question oc occurred Uc- Uc in tho the stove to was characteristic of or as Its Illi effects were ware tr freakish aki h. h The Thc top of or the tIle tO O was as blown through the thu c ceiling and ami flooring Over IVer yer the kitchen and Into tho ceiling collin ot of ft the tite room above A sowing sowing- machine 1 In fn the room was undisturbed and the theSa Sa glass 8 In a framed picture hanging within one foot toot of or the shattered stover stove stO r Pipe wa was not hot even cven cracked F Mrs Bacon was 26 G years ean old and the i. i JaU of ot He A. A B B. B of New cw lork YOrk She hc was divorced lI several years a ao alo o from tro-m AV W. J 1 Davidson a a. letter lette- Carrier Carrier who hio was trant transferred from Crom Brooklyn N. N y to this tills ell city and who i 13 now flow in Salt SaIL Lake Tho little girl was as the thc daughter jau of or Da Davidson r Y iv A. A ame Davidson hlson 1 is la th the manager cI of Jr i th cafeteria in Salt Sal t Lakeit Lake hI it a telegram yesterday aft nn- FV f on lolling him of the death of ot tile the fi TI HI wit wit-h hUt hUl giving Diving no particulars V a 11 flOWS pr Proved a great shock to him Sect i he Is ls awaiting news new con con- i C tile tho causo cause o ot the he traE r. r i. i