Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-13

road The side Of tine mountain was
covered with smoking pieces of wood,
which had been hurled 500 and 1000
feet away
BURNS AN OBSERVER.
The powder was owned by the salt
Lake Hardware company and WAS com
signed 10 the company powder house
"a half mile away from where the cA-
plosion occurred. The cars were placed
on the siding about 8 o'clock Thursday
night just as Charles Burns the n.ght-
watchman. was inspecting the proper
ty which De is watching for A. Fred
Wcy lie read the consignment card
Thursday night and saw that the two
cars contained powder.
Burns. who lives a short distance
away. noticed "a little thin cloud of
smoke above the car while hc was site
ting ON his front porch He watched
il carefully and decided that the car
was on fire. lie hurried up to the
siding and found that the north end
OF the car was burning brskly he
Immediately decided 20 take no chances
and notify the people in the vicinity.
The flames were creeping insidiously
into the car and he knew be had no
time To lose.
BAREICADE AND WARNINGS
lie ran back Co the house called mp
the railroad offices in Salt Lake and
then the quarry Mrs. Burns ran out
into the street and stopped a couple
of teamstors who blrricaded the road
and allowed nobody To- pass John
MacDun who also lives within few
feet of Burns. also assisted iu the
work. He ran north along the road
and notified the campers who were "a
rIHArf Distance LTHnHHIWnr dine
uer.
George Dickson and p w Bryant
who were camping there with their
families. tore up their tent and packed
their things and moved half mile uu
the street There they formed % block
AIDE in the street and allowed nobody
Co pass. a work train which was near
the stockyards pulled down toward the
Hot Springs and Dickson bed the run
OF his NE to stop the engineer
THEN THINGS SHOOK.
When the explosion occurred It.
smashed every window In tho north
side of McDuh house. Burns also lost
several windows. ST. Marks hospital
was Jared To- IT'S foundation but no
windows were broken. Tho Warm
Springs bath house was also shaken
but no damage was done.
The explosion tied up the street cas-
service for "a few minutes and shut
down the elevator service in several
of the big buildings From the Jordan
plant. however. the power was turned
on and service restored in about half
am hour. The Utah Light a. Railway
company sent AN emergency gang I'M
an automobile TO the Hot springs. where
the compauy's wires We're soon re-
paired The telephone companies also
had emergency gangs al work and the
wires were connected before night.
Two Wrcckiug crews Were dispatched
10 the scene by the oregon short Lane
and the Rio Graude Western Railroad
companies The tracks were set iu
position again and service was con-
tinucd after delaying several trains IN
the afternoon. The Salt Lake & ogden
Railway company was also able In get
out one or two trains ON the track late
ina the afternoon.
ELEVATOR DROPS.
several accidents I'm the Mccormick
building were prevented 10y good for
tune. AS it was, one of the elevators,
which are operated by electricity from
Weht company's wires. dropped one en-
tire floor only the elevator conductor
was .n the ear az the time, but ne was
badly shaken The other car was on
the ground floor at the time OF the eN-
plosion When the explosion occurred
the wires supplying electricity were
ont off and instantly the elevator be-
came beyond control The car had
nearly reached the first hoor on us
tourney down so that the fan was only
a short distance.