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Show .B0Y8 PLAYED WITH EXPLOSIVES (Hchr and Seven Pupils Arc Dead B as Result 1 I tswrcnoevllle, III.--Eight persons v' Km dead and another probnbly fatally n Wared as tho result of tho explosion a' Boll can of nitroglycerin nt the Cross- Mmti school, two miles west of here, wi taortly after noon Mondny. 'j Crossroads Is n two-room country fB"boolaod n small stream runs through MH'" grounds. At tho morning recess "BJwic boys saw n can lodged against wpj'ie bank of tho stream nnd began fcjvrlng stones nt It. At the noon In- i & mission ono of the boys " 'led tho :h io out of thb water with n stick and t! w It ncross tho ditch to ills com- ills ns. They wero nttemptlng to nf ?n It when It exploded. The boys ctW we blown from ten to twenty feet by wplos'on. Tho tenclier was com- inlt ! our of tho schoolhouso when tho tlrfli iplosloit occured nnd wns killed. Tho otU "I'm of tho victims wero crushed nnd prf tilled almost beyond recognition. |