The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-01
Immediately Following the Explosion, Flames
Burst Out and the Imprisoned Editors and
Printers Are Burned to Death=-= -=Nany
Jump From Windows and Are
Crushed to the PayenlentS.

debris in the basement of the build
ing. In the local room of the paper
all OF the editors ond reporters had
gone home, with the exception oil
two or three men Assistant City Ed
itor Harvey c. Elder was still on duty.
When the explosion came and the
flames shot up through all parts OF
the building, Elder was badly stunned.
but attempted TO escape Finding exit
by the stairway shut off. he ran TO
the windows. which opened out from
the third floor on Broadway There
was no fire escape there, and, hem
med In by flames. he was forced To
jump. Firemen below held a net. but
he missed II and struck the pavement.
He died soon aftcrward.
Night Editor Taggart was at work
In the composing room. He leaped
through a window and made his way
out across the roofs of adjoining
buildings TO safety.
Persons who were first on the
scene state that there we're three dis
tinct explosions. The first seemed to
be the heaviest and occurred on the
second floor, which is used as the
composing room The Times plant
was run by electricity throughout,
and. as far as is known, there was
no steam boiler OF any kind in the
building
The building occupied by the Times
Mirror publishing plant is located on
the southeast corner OF Broadway and
First street. fronting about 30 feet on
First and extending about 75 or 100
feet along Broadway The main build
ing OF brick. with heavy stone front,
was three stories In height, and back
of this was brick annex of two
stories and basement
The editorial department of the
Times was on the third floor Of the
main building, and the business Office
on the ground floor The annex CON
tanned the presses, linotypes. big job
printing plant and the Times school
for training linotype operators. The
Times employed non-union printers
and maintained a large battery OF
linotypes for teaching and training
operators In the use of the machines.
The flames followed the explosion
so quickly that those In the building
had little chance to escape Many
leaped from the windows and were
severely injured. The building burned
rapidly and before those awakened
by the explosion or at work in nearby
structures could reach the street. II
was a mass OF flames,
The force OF the explosion was eX-
erted on the mechanical department
OF the paper and most OF the dead
and injured were members OF these
departments. Al O'Clock % injured
h1 t1ly 20, h.
pital
Managing Editors Statement.
Managing Editor Harry r. Andrews
at o'clock this Jnornlng said:
THE Times building wns destroyed
by dynamite this morning by the en-
emies OF Industrial freedom The
Times itself cannot be destroyed 1t
will soon be reissued from its aux
lliary plant and will fight its battles
to the last
THE horror of loss of life and the
manning Of men precludes further
statement at this hour
General Otis. owner of the Times.
will arrive home from Mexico. this af
tcruooD."
Mr. Andrews said that in his opin-
ion the estimate of loss of life had
been exaggerated.
Men employed in most of the de-
partments had. l think, some chance
to get through the front exits. | do
not believe there were 100 persons In
the building ] was not there. Mr..
Chandler, the manager. was not there
Mr.. Won Blon, our city editor. got out.
also Mr.. Whitney, our telegraph edi-
tor. / feel sure that most Of our men
escaped
First Explosion in Alley.
According 10 another statement. the
first explosion occurred In an alley
way which separated the third and
seventh story y-parts Of the building,
Friday night, being an unusually
heavy period at the Times. something
over thirty men were at work on the
linotypes and about fifty in the "ad''
section Because Of the fact that so
many extra men were at work. II will
probably he several DAYS before all
| are accounted for.
Immediately after the FIRE heads Of
departments. and other employees gath
cred at the Herald Office. block
away. At that time there were about
fifty persons accounted for,
During the fire at the Times sew
eral surrounding buildings were
threatened, out hard work by the
Gremcn saved them. The Times plant