Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-13
,.,.d Of Fifty Near BeCk's Hot
Springs Stand and Watch
II Explode.
1.,FFIc STOPPED IN TIME
s,,,t From Engine Sets Box Car
IN Siding on Fire. and Warn
nu TeIephoned to City.
pu,,- save. Probable Loss
mIife-wircs All Do"n-"uge
Hole Torn in Track.

mIne-Wircs All Do"n-huge
Hole Torn in Track.
y-.1s being watched at a safe dis
s,. breathicss audience Of 90
and women. a box car filled with
5~r,ni,e. which was set on fire by
y, oregon short Line passenger train
.r,1ss M Bcck's Hot Springs at 1920
.-L,.t this afternoon The detona-
~, was heard Tor miles and Jared the
br1sIres i'm the business district M
,s. e.tv. Several men who stood ha't
nile rom the car were knocked down
Il. che concussIon and the box car was
t.,ris5 into pieces and carried in the
air for O. mile: many windows TN North
salt Lake were broken. Where the box
car stood there is a hole which meas
p-ss % By so feet In width and IS foot
in depth. Every telephone and electric
wire was severed at that point by fly
me rails and poles. The tracks OF the
Oregon short Line railway were torn
hin and put out Of commission. The
tracks OF the salt Lake & ogden rail-
way were also thrown out OF plumb
ana traffic blocked pending repairs.
ALI TRAINS HELD.
Before the explosion occurred,
Charles Burns 2S years old, watch
man at BecEs Hot Springs, discovered
the car on fire and knew that il con
uaed powder. He tclcphoned to the
Oregon Short Line railroad offices and
tde Rio Grande Western 20 stop an
train service The salt Lake & ogden
Railway officials were also notified
The dre department was also called up
and Chief William r. Glore with a
company or men rushed 10 the scene.
The wagon road which passes within
10 feet Of the sidetrack where the box
car stood was harricaded. Burns also
notified the quarry men In the Jones
quarry and some campers who were
eating dinner about 20 yards from the
4 ear These men established outpOsts
4 en- the wagon road and notified AN pc
detrians and transfers and allowed
nobody 10 pass.
From position about a quarter of a
mile up the mountain side the men and
women gathered and waited for the
explosion. Chief Glore decided that
lha carload Of powder which was part
81 T eneloped IN flames when he ar
l'el there. was 90 much OF a risk TO
ile lives Of his men 10 attempt TO save.
NNrIH.aI#.H
were within a short distance Of the car
BE- realized that it meant death.
MEN BLOWN DOWN.
After the men had decided that every.
Thing had been done that could De to
save property and protect lives. they
sll aoWn and waited for developments.
mere were several women and chill
'Itn in The crowd when the oXDlo-
son occurred, "a fountain of flame
s.'l'td mp in the afr fully 100 feet It
va. ioNoWod hy dcafening roar
..i,h shook the earth and Knocked
e''a several people in the crowd on
u' NIL The men who stood guard
~ lae tracks were taken by surprise
Dl 'ne concuseion and toppled over
on 'ne ground. A cloud of smoke
"II aust shot in the air ln "a great
'o'lmn and "mushruoming" swept
,'tf me point Of the mountain. OBJ
,u7ng The view NJ the wrcckage. An
instant later it fainod earth. dust mud
s'ee' rails and small rocks. The box
& & "as hurled into fire brands which
~ IN small pieces an over the hill
''e ana INTO the Hot Springs lake
SECOND CAR INTACT.
When the smoke had raised suf-
al4' the men discovered that the
An. NJ ,ar on powder which was stand
.y,l -soll TO feet from the car which
r1g-4,' was partly intact The
had not exploded which was
XIV uL me most remarkable features of
e.tF but the car had been forced
W." lne track fully so feet. Tho roof
go aiuf blown of and the sides
Hcmed To bulge out
several minutes Chief Gior,
riN hot allow anybody 10 20 near
IN, & which had not exploded yy.bcrs
Il Tuner ear stood thcv soy Inc
vtb a mole which was rapidly Guing
RULES MOVED DOWN
A.. .Ie mole was blown out directly IN,
N.Y. rsns "neIe 10 stood on the rack
ana bnr.s ~ twisted into scrap iron
r51 .,. 100 feet In the ain one
'f tbo 80 'he telephone wires west
A fall In V-Is where the car stood. and
sls-,-l the lake Five telepbonc a,,3
sb.,. wire poles were cut aauaro 49,
aD,tb.' lee rect above the rround by
rss y, t'l which buried itself in M,
vay.r ', nlI on the east side Of tba
b, ROAD The wires yyero th,o,',,,
lhar.t u9iih aud the south ia feat =,
-.,' 1l'F had been caught by, n 90
s,s.. guy wrapped up There ,-,s
M ovo feet which was sv-eut &C.,
-o, y, 'hing. The tracks III ~, a..
I'D, ,.9 Line the Rio Grandc vyest
4 t-s5 ' 'he Hamburger road uere c,,.
r WIN Wud and earth "a foot p,t+t
M. Another rail went thro,,.,l
b. ~ .shboard which stands In era,,,
a1vr hot springs pool II no,,sd
hl5i- p' Ton 90 the old wall m ~.
on Tine north side
TRUCKS MISSING
eo WIF one set Of trucks OF ho ,,,
rrs.| p' round From Jobn Nte.,7 ,es,'
y.. N', which is about "a min, ,..'..'., =
Az ,el'reu by j. E. Mann y.b,. ,,'l,, J.
FpIssE quarry that b. san, a -,
~ lN Nhe middle of tho lals, s,li,'..,
A vst.- explosion which tbr.,,.
4 lieysd ,l.ial foet In line air Il, H. S..
tbs 49,, at THIS splash was carso.i A.
ont ir .lhs trucks which were -, ~ p,
other ue middle OF tho lei,o ~
nbon, t1ehs were found roii.a
plOsion lutas from where the 80,
aud iro, uire1 Pieces OF stool r.i
'Ou'u be found an along th,