The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-21
ilshh,iOu of Gas in Deep Trench
isldI BROOKLYN Carries Death
iH,i 1 10 Many Workmen.
sa|ruS ARE BURNED,
{ sIGUSHED OR SMOTHERED
1 Of Work Will Be Re,
hired TO Recover Bodies
1 and Learn Details.

Y YORK. Nov. 20.-Twenty-five
4. sra believed 70 have lost their
1 |. an explosion OF gas which tore
4 mai section of Gold street,
IL, today. Il is definitely known
|it,sn persons were buried under
|--,,sds Of tons Of earth and tim
|ssEn irio the air and ten more
roted as missing. The exact
n dead can not be determined
|ksonow, for those working to
Il he sntombed bodies must dig
| 3 ffty feet of dirt, rock and a
4 4 pipes and timbers.
uplosion occurred in a fifty.foot
|raystion that had been made in
rest between York and Front
y where a water main was being
Tie gas main recently sprung 4
|rl in 3 manner unknown a spark
|h contact with the escaping gas.
|ately there was q terrific eX-
which lifted the surface for
u block in both directions and
IN, paving stones and debris into
Scenes of Horror.
II The smoke and dust cleared
. was seen the street had been
I tTcm doorstep TO doorstep over
be Tor nearly i block. The
4 Earth and debris had fallen
~ excavation, burying the score
|gtrs who were at work within
ns accident happened. Great
y Of iiomcS shot from crevices
trdts gcyscrs OF water leaped
ar from water main that
r. shattered by the explosion.
ssles were sticking out of tho
sueet was crowded with school
A when the explosion occurred
-ll scores were not killed or iD-
1s ronafkable. 4 woman and
endrcn were almost over the
ll0a when the earth crumbled
nslr feet and they were swept
20 The hole under tons OF wreck
no other children were on the
side OF the street when the
csyed and they lost their lives.
sa Trout. foreman of the gang
Per, was near the woman and
IGlldIen who lost their lives. He
lorTard IN an endeavor to save
~ be too was thrown into the
us oody was the first recovered.
ven roasted almost TO cinder.
uny -Four Escaped.
lour OF the men working in the
aa0n escaped, and their escape
sIrrEable. They were Arthur
i'ank schwold, John Crane and
aa laborer known as "John. Z"
s'n were digging near the open
iSor:foot sewer and the force
I1lloslon blew them TO the en-.
= " strand was hurled farthest
pulled the other three men
ION the broken main began
'5lo the sewer and the four
asnger of being drowned,
p uu toward the river where
~ an outlet from the sewer.
N"S oi their experience as fol-
oaF chance was in reaching
y! the sewer and we ran
|,,,s.ii ~ iiiver; II was all dark, and
y, 1se l, and fell over things that
:, elt behind by worlsmen. The
\ = taTee blocks away. By the
nacaed the river the water
s.,, J, "st " waists. We found u bull
n,.' ne mat had been built TO keep
.fom coming IN while the
;psng bniit. We climbed to
|.s , IT,s Tl aud from the top reached
! Nor NJ "aIer hed reached our
Terrific Explosion.
AgTSaou Taou Shook houses Tor blocks
.ss1isands OF persons were at.
"a, i ;.ie scene and the police had
Is, 20 10 keeplng tho people from
|si. .,a c!ose 10 the smoking pit
dhying il The neighborbood
q. "Slen a had been on the street
H., Ecs main blew up rushed to
,, ,Ln Iqn about the excavation
/ M. hands and calling for
|knS ones. In many instances
4 i, o"elf children after a brief
~ ,.tu =; number OF BOYS and girls
~ n,se sseh INTO 4 school nearby
Itsy Ve's psnts were frantic by the
,ty .'a as water supply were Turned
& t,,atc alter the explosion. 4 - force rec
a. ih was tUen put 10 work
lrlg ,oMies, but the task was
st,s5w LOW because OF the nature
AAge which had to be re.
rsessss, rss arrested seven men who
p Of I ~ 70 the city department
II,