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Show Fri3 TfeAJU&l E HTfe In M fl fl K n Kl A I H w n Five Hundred Soldiers Were in Danger of Death New York, Feb. 12, A powder magazine mag-azine on the government prolng grounds at Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook, exploded today with a report that was heard for 10 miles. The magazine maga-zine was set off by flying sparks from a small fire which had started two hours before near a storage house nearby. Five hundred soldiers from the garrison who had been sent put to fight the flames, were within a few rods of the structure when its roof shot skyward. For a time It was thought that scores of lives had been lost. Officers declared later, however, that, so far as could be ascertained, no one was harmed hy the terrific blast. a This miraculous escape was duo mostly to the fact that only a small part of tho stored powder ignited. The bulk of the ammunition was simply blown skyward and scattered about the vicinity une.ploded. Experts Ex-perts declared that had this been ex ploded few of the soldiers around tho building would have escaped. oo |