Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-19
FATAL EXPLOSION
At BOTTL|NG WORKS
SOda.Water Tank Blew up and
Killed Daniel J. 0rls-
coll.
WAS FRlGHTFULLY HURT.
Skull Crushed Like an Egg Shell and
Hip and Thigh Torn Out
Others Escaped,

a saltwater tank blow up dt Met
cilts Bottuug Works shortly before {
D. %. yesterday, causing fatal .Glur.
Co Daniel j. Drsc0,l. aged g. Who
was charging the tank 40 The time. The
tank was one OF the usual size, of 5-l5
inch copper and while the actual ples-
sure will never be known. % is safe 60
sayit was over 100 pounds t0 The square
Inch, as The standard pressure when
charged Is 30 pounds. 10 is believed
the tank vas defective There vas 10
warning. and the explosion had oc-
CURED In the fraction Of O. second. The
cap OF The tank struck Dr.scO. on the
top OF the head. crushing the skull like
an eggshell. although the scalp singu-
lar TO relate, remained Intact a sec0uu
chunk from the tank tore out the right
hip and thigh Of The unfortunate man
and otherwise bruised him. He was
blown some 20 feet
Driscoll was quickly picked up and
removed 90 the office, where be was laid
out on the floor. aud DIS Benc1ig, -
Root summoned. as were also NlcAl
General KieIy and Rev. Dtneaf OF the
Catholic church, and the father and
brothers of the sufferer The Holy
Cross ambulance was called, but was
not needed as the doctors saw at once
that death was but the matter OF al
hour or SO at the best Dr.suou was
unconscious from the first, and never
rega.ned his senses he lived until $500
O'Clock, as he was a strong. ucfyy fe.-
low, ana hung hard onto life. The
clerymen. Dr. Benedict and the reiI-
lives remained with the dying mau UNI
tll he passed away, and The remains
were removed 10 O'Donnells UNDER
taking establishment preparatory 20 the
funeral.
There were also two very close calls
Tor life at the time Of the explosion.
William Goldberg. aged IS. was Nash-
ing bottles a short distance from where
Driscoll was al work. ana but for ln
eight-iuch wooden pillar be would
have been killed as a piece of ihe tank
struck the pillar With sufficient force
Go bury Itself deeply Iu the wood. and
on level with the boy head The
washing outf, VAS entirely demolished.
A second workman was not 10 feet IN
front OF DriscoIl charging bottles. and
one minute prior 20 the explosion went
up on TO tho floor above on an erranl.
lie had no sooner got up the stairs than
the accident occurred a quarter Of the
tank struck the wall where Do haa
stood. The destruction of bottles was
extensive Stacks OF bottles mine boxes
high We're blown AN over the large
charging room, and their contents scat
tered On every direction. Tho entire
apartment was about as picturesque a
looking wreck as might be imagined
Broken glass was everywhere the place
looked as though an Iowa cyclone had
struck It,
The surroundings ~ the dying man as
he lay on the office floor were Affecting.
The father and three brothers with the
priests knelt beside him, and there were
bitter tears shed as the unfortunate
sufferers life ehbed away Driscoli va
born On this city. and. being unmarried.
lived with his parents a. go Second
East street With Fred x. Brown.
Drscoil leased the bottling works last
January and the Two had been operat-
iEg the plant ever since. He was =
member % the order Of Eagles ana
was much liked.