Show POWDER HOUSE HORROR four white men and twenty eight blown to atoms berkeley cal with nith a force that shook the entire bay region like an earthquake and a detonation beard tor for mlle tf the judson packing house of the hercules powder aliks at pl PI role nole fourteen miles north of here blew up at 4 0 clock thursday after aloon and in the explosion tour four whito men and twenty four were killed ten tony tonu of dynamite went up in the terrific blast shattering chattering thil sheds to dust and splinters W W stillwell foreman 0 of the packing house was blown to atoms at his big post pos of duty not a particle of his body bod was recovered manuel enos joseph grace crace and W A were tho the other white men killed the twenty eight dead include every man who was aas at work in the packing bouse none escaped the hercules plant la is owned by the tha du pont font de mours hours powder trust and Is used for the manufacture of black powder of high explosive power ahe loss to the company due toi to tho the acal dent la Is placed at about AP A is usual in such buch cases no definite cause tor for the accident can be ba given |