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Thomas and Zion Smith Identified as Victims-Igni tion of Gasoline Vapor Be lieved Cause The bodies of both of the victims of j the Marietta street explosion which I jarred a section of Atlanta Tuesday aft -1 ernoon and demolished half a block of buildings. were positively identified Wednesday, hut the cause of*the explo sion has not yet been definitely estab lished. although it is believed to have been caused from the ignition of gaso line vapor. At 7:30 o’clock Wednesday morning a 'charred and mutilated body was dragged front the debris and identified as that of Roland A. Thomas, proprietor of the Thonias Vulcanizing company shop, 598 Marietta street, where the explosion oc curred. and later in the morning the body which was taken front the ruins Tuesday night was declared to be Zion Smith, the seventeen-year-old son of Mrs. E. S.’Smith. 9 Griffin street. C. F. Sweat, a painter, of 36 Wheeler street, identified the body of' young Smith by the shoes worn by the acci dent ' icrtm and the riding coat which Smith had cn at the time. Sweat de clared that he saw Smith just ten min utes before the tremendous report.-was heard, and when he saw the disfigured body at the chapel of H. M. Patterson & Son Wednesday he said he was con vinced it was Smith. The bpdy of Thomas was identified by his hrJther. Dr. Elxie B. Thomas, who was at the scene early Wednesday. Zion Smith was employed at the Atlanta Metal Bed company and rode a motor cycle frequently. Chief Cod’ and Building Inspector C. J. Bowen spent a large part of the morning at the scene of the explosion, and while many theories were advanced as to the cause of the catastrophe, ap parently no light had been thrown on the mystery. * Tank of Gasoline Near City officials, detectives and secret service men investigating the cause of the explosion seemed to be of the opin ion that vapors escaping from the open ; top of the gasoline tank which stood j on a flat car at the rear of the vul- I canizing shop entered the windows of . the shop, and in this way caused the : explosion. It was learned that a gas stove was . : urning In the shop at the time. If I the fumes from the open gas tank caus- j vd the explosion, the investigators de i la red. it was a miracle that the tank I itself did not explode. •'lf that tank had blown up." stated : an official, “there wouldn’t have been , much left of Marietta street, and hun- ; dreds of people might have been killed. Carlos 11. Mason, United States ex ’osives inspector for Georgia, was one > •»f those on the scene Tuesday night and Wednesday, but refused tn make any statement concerning his investiga tions. Defectives and city officials question ed many persons in the neighborhood in an effort to throw light on the mys tery. The buildings demolished tby the blast were from 590 to 612 Marietta street. They were all occupied by the Southern ■ 'homical Products company except 598 Marietta street, the site of the vulcaniz '-:g plant 5:45 Tuesday afternoon pedes- Tians along this part of Mariet ta street state that a pillar of smoke and fl.'.me shot up from the roof of the plant, there was a stun ning concussion and a lightning flash of flame leaped forth, seeming to en velop the entire neighborhood. The air fairly rained with debris —flying planks, bricks, sheets of tin. bars of iron, pieces of glass, falling for blocks around. Firemen Check Flames For miles around, people felt the force of the explosion. Houses were jarred, window panes broken and people went rushing into the street, to turn and watch the flames that were roar ing up from the wrecked buildings. Thousands went to the scene on foot and in automobiles, choking Marietta street, already made impassable to 1 | street cars and other traffic by the wreckage strewn around. It was not I long before firemen had the flames un der control, preventing their spread to [neighboring houses. The injured were taken immediately to Grady hospital. Here it was stated Wednesday morning that none of them was seriously hurt. All but two were discharged after having their wounds cared for. The two in the hospital Wed nesday morning were D. G. Hyatt, of Simpson road, a clerk for the Reed Oil company, and Jim Stevens, of 57 Hil liard street, an employe of Grady hos pital. D. G. Hyatt Burned Hyatt was standing on the railroad tracks behind the vulcanising plant when the explosion occurred. His clothes caught on fire and he ran wildly down the tracks until people caught him and held him and beat out the flames. He is painfully burned about the head and shoulders. Stevens was standing on Marietta street, some distance away, waiting for a street car. He is burned about the head and body. The others who were taken to the • Grady hoe pi tai, but later sent home. *rc: W. S. (Wood! Almand, a stock dealers, of Conyers, burned about the head and face; R. L*. <Dee> Stowers, of .Conyers. brother of Paul Stowers, former pitcher for the Philadelphia Na tionals. burned about head and thee; Mrs. Amanda Pennell, who owns a gro cery store at 592 Marietta street, bruis ed; Claud Haver, 123 Wheeler street, employe of American Can company, cut about hands; Samuel Moton, colored. 56 Wallace street, slightly burned; Dean Russell, colored, slightly burned. Al ma.nd and Stowers were pasHing in an ...itomobnle. on their way to Conyers. Stow' <hut off his engine as the ex ploe- occurred and leaping from the car. aggod Almand with him to a place of safety a hundred yards away. The top of the car was burned away. Samuel Moton was on the roof of the lOvansnlle Brewery building, doting some painting. He saw the wave of flame leaping toward him and jumped to the ground, hurting his leg Several others who were hurt, but not badly enough to be takep to the hospital, were: M. F. Jonas. 202 Mil ton avenue, chemist at the .Southern Chemical Products company, burned about face and hands; Clements Jones, 202 Milton avenue, chemist’« assistant, burned; Perry Ginsberg, employe Sou th- THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1918. • SOME OF THE WRECKAGE LEFT BY THE TERRIFIC EXPLOSION WHFCH OCCURRED Tuesday afternoon at the i Thomas Vulcanizing company’s shop, s<>S Marietta street, is shown in the large pictures, while the inserts are photographs of the two victims who lost their lives in the explosion. At top, left, Roland A. Thomas, proprietor of the vulcanizing shop, whose mutilated bodv was taken from the ruins Wednesday morning; bottom, right, Zion Smith, the seventeen-year-old boy, whose body was found Tuesday night and identified Wednesday. The picture at the top shows the remains of the vulcanizing shop and’in the background a tank containing 10,000 gallons of gasoline can be seen. Below, group of men digging in the debris for the bodv of Mr. Thomas, which was discovered about 7 o’clock.—Photos by Winn and Mathewson. ' I"- 1 • . r .v . <-■ . zzz.:- -•/ IK • ; ” - A Spy ! x ** \ ♦ '■» 11 ’J 'iWML -A, .pi/- jester ~ j • -CiMI • "" aJESSE! wiMKJB'(•/ > • /~"\-ch ’XA Mgg ■ yW a fir s <gk wWW IW W HI £ .• aWte yIMK ' KB A- W. aX< i&A * y , ‘'%’S «Mftk i/’cA 'j* ern Chemical Products company, hit qy flying timber and slightly hurt. G. W. Gorman, president of the South ern Chemical Products company, had just left his place of business in his automobile, with several friends. The car w’as almost turned over by the shock, but he and the others had a mar velous escape from the fire and the whirling debris. Mr. Gorman said he is sure the explosion was in the vulcaniz ing plant. Mr. Thomas was thirty-nine wars old and is survived by four sisters, Mrs. .1. T. Howard. Dallas. Texas; Mrs. H, W. Fairbanks; Dallas; Mrs. E. W. Pease, of Ohio, and Mrs. H. D. Bolles. of At lanta. and one brother. Dr. Elzie B. Thomas. He was the son of the late Dr. A. G. Thomas. The funeral will be held from I’atterson's chapel, an 1 Interment will be in Oakland cemetery. The time of the funeral has not yet been determined. Besides his mother, young Smith is survived by two sisters, Miss Clcx> Smith I and Mrs. Vick Hughes. His funeral ar rangements have not been made. 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