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Day in the Life

Apr 5, 1876

Journal Entry

April 05, 1876 ~ Wednesday

April 5, 1876. [FIGURES]
[FIGURES] This afternoon at about 5 oclok the great explosion
[FIGURES] of four powder magazene on the Hill north of the city
took place, when forty tons of Blasting, sporting, & giant Powder
was burned which shook the whole city to its foundations and
done tens of thousand of Dollars of Damage in glass alone. I do
not know of one house in the city that Entirely escaped damage

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Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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March 23, 1876 we Administered to Bulah by the laying on of Hands prayer and labor with her and with the blessing of God her life was spared
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Apr 5, 1876