Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-30

| dead bodies was really caused by de-
caying vegetable matter.
Seven fire engines We're still on the
! ground this morning.
! Superintendent Of Buildings Dooner
! had 1000 men al work as soon as day
light appeared lie declared that a
dozen buildings would have TO be torn
] down
''The force Of the explosion has I'm
| paired many buildings In the vicinity"
| he said 81 cannot think OF letting men
! work In them while there Is a possibility
that they may come down. ! believe
the buildings along the south side Of
Chambers street from Greenwich 10
! Washington streets, and on Washington
street from Chambers 10 Warren streets
have been made unfit for occupancy
Forty buildings We're damaged by the
explosion. l place the property loss at
81 900 000."
DR.. Feeney, chief inspector OF the
health department, was at the scene Of
the explosion today This havoc was
never wrought by benzoin or naphtha,
he said. Il believe II was nitr0-glycer-
Inc. II Is used very largely nowadays
by physicians as a heart stimulant and
Tarrant q Co., as wholesale druggists,
would have had 20 supply It, II Tar
rant & Co. had twenty-five pounds Of
-glycerine In their place Il would
have blown a building like theirs into
fragments"
George T.. Murray, inspector OF COM
bustibles, gave out the following state
ment. 1T Is my opinion that the
explosion was due 20 chemical action
which took place during the compound
Ing Of drug. Just what the exact cause
was We cannot tell until we can get
the formulas used IN compromising. and
can get the employees on the witness
stand before the fire marshal The
company had o permit 20 store coll
ladion, ether and PHOSPHORUS IN small
quantities q barrel OF alcohol. two gal
Ions Of ben2oin one carboy Of sulphur
ic acid and one carboy OF nitric acid.
II all these should blow up together.
/ DO not think Il would make such a
terrific explosion I am OF the opinion
that the explosion was due TO chem
zeal changes"
President Thomas F. Mayn, Of Tar
rant q Co., said today. In our own
stock we had no ether or az most not
more than few pounds We had no
benzoin and no collodion. when we
N'NA'A uAe "a luNnt hl NNltH TO Illl or |
ders We bought them from dealers.
had very little alcohol IN stock, not
WithstandinS the fact that we use a
considerable quantity IN making our
perfumes. We had absolutely no nitro |
glycerine and DO Eunpowder
Mr.. Mayn said I'm an interview today |
that Tarrant & Company stored on the |
third and fourth floors large amounts OF |
stuns Tor other drug concerns.
Among this" said he was much |
chlorate OF potash, and this may have /
caused the explosion. I'm inclined 10 |
think Il did. While chlorate NJ potash /
f. not explosive in itself. Il is explosive
when connected by fire or other |
means with other drugs or fIids. and II
Is on this very theory that the experts |
are now working % determine iust how
the explosions may have been caused"
IAN our employees but two have been /
accounted for. We employed twenty
men and fifteen women William
Moorehouse n shipping clerk. and q boy
who was employed on an upper floor.
are missing"
The damage TO the Ninth Avenue
elevated road Il largely superficial and
can be readily repaired All but five
on the injured who We're taken 10 the
Hudson street house Of relief. were dis
charged this morning. those who re-
mained were reported out OF danger.