Comments on: Powder Car Explosion, 1910 (Utah History)

By: Julia

Julia — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 03:11:47 +0000

It definitely raises questions. Do you know what happened to the house that ran away from its foundation?

Julia
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By: Maurine Ward

Maurine Ward — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 02:19:00 +0000

My great-grandfather, Alexander Carr, and his family lived just south of the old hot springs/Municiple Swimming building/Children’s Museum at 216 Fern Avenue. I don’t know how far north along Beck Street the cars were located, but if the Tabernacle and other places in the northern part of Salt Lake were inconvenienced by the blast, then this home would have been also. I don’t see any mention of it in family records, though. As a side note, the house is still standing.

By: kevinf

kevinf — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:29:23 +0000

A true blast from the past! Nice call from whoever answered the phone at the Oregon Short Line RR to merely suggest that Burns should “put out the blaze.” Just as an FYI, parts of that old Pioneer Electric plant near the mouth of Ogden Canyon that provided electricity to Salt Lake is still there on 12th Street, just below Harrison Blvd.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:40:53 +0000

Init, though? I don’t want to encourage a political debate, but when I hear people complain about government regulation, I think of events like this and remember that there are good and sufficient reason for most of them.

By: Douglas Hudson

Douglas Hudson — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:33:23 +0000

Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?

Glad no one got seriously injured. Looking back its amazing how lax safety standards were.