Show r MANY ANY KILLED i AND WOUNDED IN EXPLOSION Tons of Dynamite Set Off by Accident in Panama Canal f MOST OF THE VICTIMS SAID TO RELIEF TRAINS SENT FROM COLON TO SCENE OF DISASTER f CAUSE IS UNCERTAIN r 0 r Washington Dec 12 1250 So far as 0 s 0 official advices show there were 0 only two Americans killed in the 0 I 0 explosion at Bas Obispo today toda j These were John J Reid ReEdy a fore foreman foreman j man of or Indianapolis and James 0 S SL L Ij I Hummer steam shovel crane 0 t e man juan of N J Today S ST 0 T accident is only one of several 0 5 premature explosions of or dynamite 0 S 4 0 reported during dur the recent stages 0 i of ot the canal construction A AColon 0 0 0 00 00 0 Colon Dec 12 A giant blast of dy dynamite dynamite dynamite was prematurely l exploded In Inthe Inthe the th canal can cana l workings at Bas Obispo to today tod today day d y Ten men were e killed and fifty in injured InJured It may be that others were killed for the debris is piled up In all directions Bas Obispo cut is about thirty miles from froni Colon and the shock of the ex cx explosion plo ion was vas distinctly felt here Loss of Life Unknown Numerous reports are current current as to to the cause cauSt of or the accident but the of n ial version from Culebra which gives an nn estimate of or ten killed and fifty wounded states that during the load loading lug ing of the last hole of or the blast the dynamite in this cut was discharged and the remaining tons were exploded by concussion The holes hoes had not been connected electrically as the th discharge of the blast was set for 5 In the afternoon The last hole was las being loaded under the supervision of ef If one of the most efficient powder men in the employ of the commission Passenger Train Had Just Passed A passenger train had just passed when hen the explosion occurred but it was as not in any way damaged Most Mosto of o othe the victims are Spaniards Relief trains were sent to the scene of the disaster and one which returned here I several hours later brought back the I report that of the injured had hd been sent tt tb t Ancon con hospital The officials on the train stated that eleven dead had been found while many others In the gang sang of or LO Lf who were lere employed In the cut were missing It Jt was also reported by the trainmen that tuat the explosion was due to a n pass passing ing ng steam shovel which hooked the theire theire theire ire leading lending to the Immense charge of dynamite Whether ether or not this was the cause of the tho accident nt a shovel and andr r n w which happened to be on the thelen theene vene len ene were practically burled buried under tl ti o mass of rocks and earth thrown up u I Searching for f r the Dead i Parties were wen soon searching for foi the load dad and assisting the wounded Elec Electr ti tr lights wore were set up and tonight team tam shovels are arc at work removing tons upon tons of debris Many of the men have been seriously injured some me ot or them probably fatally fatall Tradition thin tion has it that the tho Panama railroad lot tt lI t t one human life for every ever tie what with accidents Insurrections and dis disease diseaSE disease ease and the construction of or the canal has lias not gone along without exacting its toll There have been a number ot of accidents In the last two years ears chief among which was as the premature ex explosion explosion of ot dynamite at Pedro Miguel in June 1907 1007 which w resulted in the thel l ath of seven men and the Injury of or 1 number of others |