Show U EXPLOSION KILLS KILL MANY r Chicago March 7 From eight to ton tort people were reported killed and seventeen seven seventeen teen were Injured many of oC them probably ly fatally In a terrific explosion pI son 1 at the works of the American an Maiza Products company com pan at Roby Ind inq tonight The explosion occurred l in n a detached building of or the plant and an was preceded by bya b ba a fire that soon enveloped a large three story warehouse Starch in an over heated kiln is supposed to have hava been the cause At midnight lh the tle fire firo was so S Intense It was as Impossible to enter the place or to determine the number of dead It was known that twentynine workmen were In the building at the time Seventeen were rescued terribly burned Of the he twelve unaccounted for some may ma have escaped unhurt Roby Ind md Is just across the Illinois boundary not tar far South Chicago The TILe plant covers several acres and employs ToS men menThe menThe menThe The fire tire broke out suddenly after a force of men had bad prepared a kiln filled with starch The starch a a moment later blew up like Ilka gunpowder So great was the force foree that some of the tile injured were hurled through windows window and doors ann ana annIn Lin in that way escaped death In the flames fJames Soon the whole building was on fire and the roof root and the upper floors were blown skyward |