Show THE DAYS MISHAPS TEaB TEnn iriO iric EXPLOSION 03 OS A I 1 POWDER HOUSE shoe shock felt for many miles burning of an oil ship explosion on an oil train rort smith ark aug auff IS 18 tonight to night it t 8 the four powder houses of 0 the speer hardware company located two miles from here on the poteau river exploded the hash flash was waft seen been several era 1 minutes before the report of the concussion was as felt the powder houses 1 e are a total wreck A small email cabin near w by the home of 0 ills cook was b blown 0 to pieces mrs lira cook her daug daughter ter and an infant were hurled into eternity mrs cook was cut nearly in two tise the powder houses contained 12 1200 00 pounds or of dynamite and kc kegs ss of powder the th shock was felt at van vanburen burt Burea J A alneil inga greenwood hackett kavanaugh and many plates neaily twenty miles away in fort smith thousands of dollars worth of property properly wis destroyed the lall b u swayed to and fro and the crash brash of falling and cracking SASS win was alk like the llie of artillery the opera iromae 1310 store area arcade de J J little ayres co vaughan co hardware fagan bart burt and the western Beier Bee ely rely damaged while along airth street and garrison revenues are arc nany many wrecks nor no exalina flogs has ha been found for cor the explosion it could not have blen been an accident and many rumors are flying around one la IS to the effect that a remnant ot of the lh dalton gang la about to rob a bank here i |