The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-17
EXPLOSION N
INJURIES A
MAN
BROTHER OF PROPRIETOR OF
ELITE CAFE THE VICTIM.
Ammonia Churn In the Ice Plant of
Packing House Bursts With
Serious Results.

BARNARD Foley. brother OF Thomas
and George Foley OF the Elite Cafe,
was fatally injured in an explosion
in Salt Lake Friday afternoon.
AS the result Of the explosion OF an
ammonia churn, part of the Ice
plant in the cellar OF the Intermoun-
tain Packing company, 3GS West First
South street, Salt Lake, Barnard Fol.
ey, aged 43 years, an employe of the
company, Is lingering between life and
death at the l.. d. S hospital. The Ice
plant In the cellar of the packing com
pany is wreck.
Immediately after the explosion the
cellar was filed with ammonia gas.
Realizing the danger, comrade per-
formed an act of hcroism In entering
the poisoned cellar and drawing the
unconscious man to the air. DR.. w. f.
Beer said that Mr.. Foley's lungs were
filled with the gas, aside from which
he was badly burned, and that he
could not be expected 10 live many
hours.
Mr.. Foley was in charge of the am
nfonIa churn, and was the only person
near the machine when the explosion
o.
the company. was working In the eel
lar about 100 feet from the machine.
He said he heard an explosion, and i'm.
mediately a cloud OF ammonia vapor
took his breath away, He was near
tho door, however. and managed to
get out. The explosion caused the EN-.
p;oyes of the plant to crowd around
the opening to the elevator shaft, and
1t was Immediately rumored that Mr..
Foley was still in the cellar Then F.
j. Shavey, in charge of the packing
department, distinguished himself At
the risk of his life, for the atmosphere
in the cellar was thickly laden with
the gas. making 1t almost impossible
10 breathe. he went into the vapor
and along the, corridor for about fifty
feet, when he discovered the injured
man. He had taken rope with him.
which he tied about Foley's body. and
carried the other end TO the men
above. He was blind when he was
telped from the cellar Mr.. Foley was
then dragged out He was uncon-
scious and vomiting blood.
Force Of Explosion.
The ammonia churn is used to liqul.
fly ammonia gas and Is used in the pro-
cess OF cooling the storage vaults. A
great pressure is attained in the ma.
chine and heat from any source would
Immediately expand and explode the
gas The exact cause OF the eXplos-
ion. however, is a mystery. Hundred
pound fragments Of the machine were
hurled distance of one hundred feet.
and motor thirty feet from the churn
was completely demolished. A ton
end a half fly-wheel was shattered
and the entire end of the churn itself
was-blown out. From where Nh Fol
ey was found it is probable that he
was about ten feet from the machine
at The time Of the explosion.
Mr. Foley lives at 367 West First
North street, Salt Lake. with his fam
lily, a wife. three small daughters and
two sons. Mrs. Foley has ten
r,onths-o old baby and has been far from
well for some time past. She was not
notified at the time of the accident.
Barton Foley, aged 13 years. went to
the packing plant yesterday afternoon
after school TO get some meat from
his father He was told that his faith
er was at the hospital, badly injured,
and as the little fellow peered through
the broken window upon the wreck
in the cellar, tears streamed down
his cheeks. He was given dime by
q bystander with which to ride to the
hospital to see his father