Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-03
PECULIAR FREAKS
MARK EXPLOSION

The big explosion was marked by
many peculiar occurrences. as is gener-
ally the case. Aside from the big hole
In the ground wherein a dozen street
cars could be comfortably buried there
are evidences Os the force OF the con-
cussion over a wide area. But for the
fact that there is a. foothiIl intervening
between Beck's Hot Springs and salt
Lake City the DANA &c would have been
still greater AS 1t Is the dealers IN
window glass will have their hands full
for days to come In replacing broken
light all over the northwestern section
of town.
The McDuff residence on the brow
of the Hill caught the brunt and looks
as thought it had been riddled by shells
A portion of the roof OF the barn has
gone. every door in the house went by
the board. while windows throughout
were carried away. in several instances
sashes and all, on every side OF tho
dwelling. A clock In the south room
farthest removed from the disturbance
was stripped OF it's works and in the
same room the ceiling fell on the table
which promptly broke in two and lay OIL
the floor like a drunken sailor. All the
| walls are cracked. chairs overturned
and the place is riddled from basement
to garrett, A hundred yards beyond the
house a section OF car wheel Weighing
close upon so pounds WAS picked up.
This house Is situated quarter of a mile
from the point where the explosion oc-
CURED.
TRACKS WIPED OUT.
The big hole tore IN the ground Is
possibly 800 feet wide and $50 feet vide
Tho Salt Lake d Ogden track is wiped
OFF the map but the oregon Short Line
| 1.L "A
the r-ain line faired worse, The Rio
| Granie main line to the west came off
comparatively easy. Five rails had TO
| be replaced and the gang of men at
work got things into shipshape fashion
by six o'clock so that trains could be
operated.
The force of the dynamite reached
| the DOGGY sub stra Ia beneath the gray
eled road bed with telling force. Mud
was thrown up In all directions to the
| depth of three feet and when the dust
had settled II was most deceptive
man and buggy trap. To all appear
ances II looked like firm footing UNI
til a person stepped upon it and then
many a good ten-cent shine was ruined
In number of cases during the eve,
ming teams and automobiles got mired
at this point
GLASS SHATTERED.
The force OF the explosion seemed
! to expend itself in leaps and bounds,
| Fishplate boltheads were picked up
on the road a mile south OF the scene.
| The home of Bishop Jones Of the Twen-
| ty-third ward was wrecked while a
| dwelling a few rods distant was prac-
| tically untouched. The upper windows
of the big mill were smashed and
| houses intervening were practically I'M
| soathed until the old bottling works
on the county road at the Warm
| Springs was encountered, Here big
window went out. The wave then
| travelled along strip between First
and Second West. On Third North the
residence of Alvin Becsley came In for
| attention with the loss OF some glass.
| ST. Marks hospital, five blocks north.
| although affording a big area to the
| north, escaped with the loss Of one
| pane of glass.
IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS.
At Second North the atmospheric dis
| turbance seems to have ricochetted TO
strike again In the region Of the Deseret
| News building. Mr.. Horne OF the
| Willes-H Horne Drug company was
| standing at the show case IN his store
when the wave struck Main street. The
| Bottles rocked on the shelves and for
one brief moment he started for the
door In a hurry under the impression
| that there was an earthquake.
ON MAIN STREET,
The plate glass window in the office
| of John c. Cutler Jr.. at 80 Main
| street. a few doors below. was shattered
| Willie at Keith -O'Brlens, two blocks
south. a skyllght came Gathering down.
! A vase on the rnantel In the residence
| OF Mrs. Walsh OH Lincoln avenue he
low Ninth South ana Ninth East
streets, received a jar while Mrs
Walsh and child took tt the open al
| Travelling south, the defamation was
heard at Murray.
Throughout Davis county On the
north people rnshej 10 their doors al
no sound In time 10 SEA The great UNI
br .la-shared column al smoke go ~
| IN the air. No glass Is reported to be
broken north of the explosion.