Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 July 1951 — Page 1

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Other Pictures on Pages 2 and 3

By HEZE CLARK and TOM HICKS Military censorship blanketed the highly-secret Allison jet-engine plant in Speedway City today following a thunderous explosion that killed seven civilians and critically injured another. The Air Force office of special investigation and the FBI immediately joined with plant officials in the investigation as a military guard swarmed around the blasted area The mighty explosion rocked the Speedway City area at 3:50 a. m. today, illuminating the skies for miles around. The blast came just five seconds after an Allison fireman reported he had found a fuel leak in the experimental jet engine testing section of the plant. Force of the explosion ripped out 40-inch-thick concrete walls of the

{bomb-shelter-like building. The interior was shattered. Hours after the blast, ° ® workmen were still digging Dead in Allison Blast «i Carl Gardner, 1617 ‘Allison Glenn Ivan Naugle, 25, Pittsboro. Ave., 33-vear -old chief of Robert E. Cunningham, 24, of 110214 N. Sterling. guards at the plant. was Keys H. McConaghy, 30, of 5030 W. 16th St. rushed to Methodist Hospital John B. Glass, 25, of 1317 Olive St. in serious condition. He was Harry Clark Jr., 33, Danville. burned over his body above Leonard R. Nyman, 24, of 4728 W, 10th St. the waist. Harry C. Welborn, 14, Maxwell, - A few hours after the explosion,

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a! 4 Fought Like ‘Hell’ — : {surrounded the area. Néwsmen : . were denied admittance. | ~ Maj. H; arold Wilber, commands

Blast Survivor Tells [vias mer

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. | He said there definitely was “no ’ By FED ENAP : :,- indication of . sabotage: It fs Carl Gardner. survivor: of the: ae blast, was swathed strictly an industrial accident.” in "dressing from toe ‘to head ase ToURNE Yor his lite jn Twenty test cells were favalved, . Methodist Hospital a tb th 17 he explained. They afre‘tells used pi gainst burns at covered 75 per cent in World War II for reciprocating of his body. : engines and have been recon-

| The 33-year-old worker, who lives at 1617 Allison Ave. jyeried fo Jost let nen he

Speedway City, said from an inch-wide slit in his bandage. as wide.

| “I got beat all around the One big explosion, ‘tollowed by | . Half an hour later the patient several ‘smaller ones, robably place.’ ' He was describing the again remembered the blast, say- was caused by gas a nors ante initial jolt. ing “My four buddies got in some unknown manner.” “I fought like hell to get out killed.” A cordon of military police— of the place,” he said slowly. His His first concern was about his stationed every 25 yards—guardsevere Injuries left little doubt mother as well as himself. ed the roped-off blast area. that Mr. Gard- “Don’t let her come down here! No one but police, firemen and ner was in the alone. Her heart is kind of bad,” service personnel was permitted {test block and he said. in the restricted- area after the {caught the full Hospital and Allison officials Air Force ordered the security {force of the ex- had trouble finding his mother, crackdown, {plosion. His doc- ! |Mrs. Theresa Gardner, 4310 Ber-| At 10 a. m.—nearly six hours {tor ‘said Mr. | tha St Hours after the blast, after the blast—1st Lt. Damon |Gardner had a JRE SE ¥ she still had not reached her son. Cromer, assistant to Maj. Willerushed foot, a $ / Dr. Allen K. Harcourt worked ber, released negatives of The deep gash run- a over the victim for an hour and Times photos taken by John ning the length". a half in surgery. He was given Spicklemire, after they had been of his back and a heavy dose of morphine, rubbed de veloped ahd screened’ for pospossibly a brok- «EEE with an anaesthetic cream, sible secret information. en back. . scrubbed with soap and water An Allison fireman had been In his state of Mr. Gardner and then “mummified” with called to the scene to check a serious shock, the young worker dressings fuel leak in the testing block area. {didn’t realize the seriousness of Blood Is Given The Allison switchboard re=his injuries. A pint of plasma was given ported he had called to say he had Far From All Right this morning to be followed by found the leak “I am not hurt bad,” he said./tWo or three more today, his doc- Five seconds later came the “Tell mother I'm all right.” tor sald. More plasma, then plast, | But he was far from “all right.” blood. is planned for tomorrow The hospital listed his condition 30d Saturday. as very critical. The vietim’s unéle and aunt Indinnavolis finally. got the fire The flash fire seared his body Mr and Mrs R B. Whitehead under control : 5 3 : {from the waist up. Below the visited him briefly

ist hi 1 1 verely This was Mr, Gardner's seeend Hours after the fire was out, | waist, Ss gS were severe ATOR oY vel til icing i ¥ roe 1 . stay at Methodist Hospital this? rk WOT id 1g In the urned. : vear. In Mav. he was treated for rubble for t} odies the It was labor for Mr. Gardner to victims k. He waited a | time after & fractured forearm, also received ah 8 J y WE ed a long ne er... . f r t} maoldering = m > | Spea e wal 3 [Ong in an accident at Allison's After ¢ ldering shambles {each question—and sometimes an had co

|swered not at all, ag though he LOCAL TEMPERATURES failed to hear or undérstand. The ¢ . 1 70 10 a few answers he gave were con- - Ly 11

Firemen from Allison's own fire department, Speedway City and

ed, giant cranes were moved into the area to lift the $ heavy slabs of concrete that had + been toppled inside the window= 1 7

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INFERNO—Moments after the blast rocked the Allison testing station this tidal wave of flame engulfed the area, in- | flaming the skies for miles around. :

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Reds Ignore UN ‘Ultimatum’ Inside The Times

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olis Night” at the Cincin- Movies By EARNEST HOBERECHT [had been received, and Red ra- UNITED NATIONS AD- | nati Summer Opera, and a Frederick C. Othman United Press Staff Correspondent {dios had failed even to mention! VANCE CAMP BELOW KAE- | special car will leave Union Radio, Television ... UNITED NATIONS AD-/the malig v; | SONG, Korea, July 12 (UP)— | Station at 3 p. m. . . . The Bert Fah CAMP BELOW KAE-| As of this morning it appeared’ Allied correspondents wefe | party will dine at the Ter- Ed Sovola VANCE 3 4 {nothing further could happen un-| alerted tonight to be ready to race Plaza before attending Sports SONG, Korea, Friday, July 13—i4) the Reds replied to Adm. Joy.| go to Kaesong tomorrow, How- | the performance of “Il Earl Wilson Negotiations for a cease fire in| It was hoped the breakdown ever, so far as was known no | Trovatore” ......coshees the Korean War were laterrupted was only temporary. But the ne-| assurances had been received ‘Busy men and women of 148 Thursday when the Commun!stsigotiations already had been sus-| from the Communists that the a ria rie Rummy deo refused to permit the Allied freeipended for one full day, while| free press would be admitted to | tooks time out recently to press to enter Kaesong where the soldiers died on the fighting line,| {pe city. I ne tod lo the Red HAMILTON, .0ft.. July talks are behind held, jubq quick Red action was Heces- Nor was there any definite | Cross blood bank . . . Read 12 (UP)—The naval cusMig i ehietluy o Derm! 3 resuPHOn ta] Indication that’ cenne-fire vege. | “What Goes on Here"-a | tom of issuing rum to sail- |

United Nations negotiator, sent day. tiations would be resumed to- | capsule report on happenings rs was condemned by a the following ultimatum to North First Test of Hells Morrow. in"and around Indianapolis. dEn today as “the start of

Nam Il, the chief| This was the first test of Red Bopean Ju. negotiator, by heli-|good faith and the first direct op-| Kaesong. The trucks turned BoP Ruark comes through many a young man’s drink-

with an intimate, earthy re- » m. Wednes- portunity to find out if the Com-'back. When it became evident | ing habit. te Sa munists really want a cease fireths Reds did not igtend to admit Port on the age a The Magistrate John Robin“There will be no further ne-\—not a sham conference whichit correspondents, Adm. Joy, comparison, he says son, hearing the case of a gotiations until and unless the might cover a double cross. {senf his ultimatum: | The place specializes i" cats ‘ former ‘sailor charged with Communists cease all interference | The Reds happen a truck con-| It was believed Be seted on. oy and bums > bicycle theft Suring 2 ations autho- voy containing 20 newsmen, structions from Gen, Matthew B.| GIrarrertananinas 7 drinking spree, sald rum is- ; po r. Roy T . rafts skin in reali a the wpe hy ” along with other United Nations Ridgway, supreme United Nations Amusements ....... 26 | ues should be abolished. . TREATS VICTIM At ‘Methodist Hospital, Dr. Ray Tharp pe ng Carl Rian hours later no replyipersonnel, nine miles south oficommander. : Crossword ........s 27 gui badly hurt in the Allison explosion.

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