The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-02
Four Members of Salt Lake
Family Killed or Injured
in Explosion.
VICTIMS OF DISASTER
AT BOULDER LIVED HERE
Mrs. George Hart and Sister
Widely Known; Relatives
Stunned by Blow.

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tanned in the Associated Press dis
patches from Montana telling OF the
explosion ut Boulder i'll that state, Ill
which three were killed and one Ia
tally injured, and one dangerously hurt.
One of the three killed was George
Hart of Butte, who four years ago
was married in this city. Mrs. Hart Is
sister OF Mrs. j. NJ. Davis, who re
sides at No. 357 South Fifth East. MIS-
Hart was reported fatally injured. Miss
Gladys Mi6in, also at first reported Ia
tally injured, is also Il sister of MIS-
Davis. Mr.. and Mrs uart's infant
daughter was instantly killed.
The first Intelligence Of the terrible
affair reached Mr.. Davis Thursday
night in a brief telegram from a phXsi-
clan. No details were given In TINS
dispatch, nor in any which has slncc
been received Friday night the AsSo-
ciated Press dispatches amphhcd the
account sent out Thursday, saying that
it was Mr. Hart who fired the rifle
ball into the building where the pow
der was stored. The dispatch says III
effect that feeling ran high against
the man who was responsible for the
presence Of the dynamite i'll the heart
of the city.
Relatives Leave for Butte.
As soon as the first dispatch was re-
NIain, mother Of Mrs Hart. left for
Butte. Friday night Mrs, Davis, ac-
companied by her brother, Will MlHln,
also left for the north.
Mrs. Hart was about "a years OF age.
She and her sisters were born in Idaho,
but had lived long in Salt Lake. Miss
Gladys Nii1in only recently returned
from China and the Hawaiian islands
and was in Salt Lake about month
ago. Only about week ago Miss
Mi1in and Mrs. Hart completed tour
of the Yellowstone park, on which oc.
casion Mrs, Hart was the guest OF
Miss Mihin.
Mr.. Davis is not informed as to why
the family was at Boulder, as Mr..
Hart s home was in Butte lie be-
lieves, however, that the party went
to Boulder on pleasure excursion.
There are hot springs at Boulder OF
wide reputc and many excursions are
run from Butte and Helena during the
summer season; Boulder is about mid"
way between the two places. 1t Is on
the Montana Central line of the Great
Northern and the Northern Pacific also
has branch line to the place.
NlT- 11drl was eIHDlONcu DIS du dC-
countant In Butte. He had not been in
Salt Lake since his marriage, but Mrs.
Hart had twice visited her family IN
this city.
Hope for Miss Mihin.
A dispatch received late Friday af
ternoon by Mr.. Davis was to the eff
feet that there was little hope for the
recovery of Mrs. Hart, but that Miss
Miflin had bare chance for her life.
Mrs. Hart and her sisters are cousins
of j.. C.. Johnson, who lives at No. 404
West Third South street. Mr.. John
son IS mother, Mrs. NJ. w. Johnson, is
seriously i'll at this time, and every pos
sible effort is being made to keep the |
news from her.
The Associated Press dispatch con-
tanning further details of the terrible
occurrence reads:
Merchant Is Blamed.
HELENA, Mont. July Mrs
George Hart. wife of the man who fired
n rifle shot into n frame building in
which was stored a quantity of giant |
powder at Boulder, Mont, last even
ing, is still lowering between life and
death. The woman is conscious, but
has not been told that her husband and
sion. Miss Mihin, Hart's sister-in-
law, is also in the hospital, and will
probably recover, as will the other Sc
riously wounded.
a coroner's inquest will probably be
held tomorrow. l.. H. Graves, manager
of the l.. III. Graves Mercantile com
pany, which had stored the powder in
the frame building almost within the
heart of the city limits, is still in
Boulder and no proceedings have heeu
taken against HIM.
Last evening, shortly after the e1-
plosion, ugly threats were made against
Graves, who is the leading merchant of
the city, and he started to walk out
of town, An automobile, en- route from
Helena to Boulder, picked him up
few miles out and took him back to
School for the Deaf and Blind to spend
the night
The earlier reports of the explosion
which reached Helena were of the most
alarming nature, and many automobiles
made the run to Boulder, thirty.seven
miles distant, over the mountainous
roads, Among those who went were
Gov. Edwin l.. Morris, who chartered
4 machine and took n number of trained
purses to the stricken town
This afternoon S reports from Boul-
Ter are to the effect that the property
damage will amount to between $1,000 !
md $4,000 Every window facing the
main street of the town, including
many pieces Of plate glass, was broken
oy the concussion, while several build ,
ngs were badly shaken up.
Immediately after the disaster the :
saloons were closed and there was no
disorder of any kind
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