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Show jifFlIJXPLOSM. .Nil j?e people Instantly Killed And as 1 L More Eeoeive Wounds That I ' Will Be Fatal. edJ fAETEJPGE FACTORY BLOWS UP. r h J I . fceu and Children Imprisoned in I "fa Debrw Which Were Enveloped I iu Flames. w-ati. Jn!.v IG.-The following I ; tf lh Ml1 at tU(! ePloslon I 'enhvstKingsmills: . I !iks. James Peacox. I l: nr KEVNOU'S. I .ruSTM-HKX!.. hoJ toJAMMoMBiiJohiW. rn J FitKD M irxF.it and child, mill fi'l'it-WA'. brakemau. : , - efonl jawiWituAJts and baby.;.. I VkSsypkh. I fnowii mmi. 1 .i, joen wore injured, some of whom I ... I ;,,.ni l'roctor. a well known resi-I resi-I ..."afl'oltimbiw, was an eyewitness I "in. terrible affair, ami gave a vivid I Aunt if tho xplosion. Tho gcntle-J gcntle-J ,n is still suffering from the effects of I terrihlo experience, , and trembled st J jblv when talking. - ' ' ' ": ihanllr know how I can describe ?'A mv'iil occurrence. I am still dazed ,, I ni the effects of tho shock. I was , -iliui! a friend near Kingsniills, and mil .fins the aUornoou sauntered up the I id to the cartridge factory. When a W'l hl trail) came along I started to-''"'j to-''"'j iril my friend's house, and on reaoh-10i reaoh-10i -the tup of a hill, I turned around j w th" freight train- was- making . a m'J tniug Mvitch to a side track. I saw J brakemau on ouo of the cars as they 1 i ok to the side track. lie was wav-!'' wav-!'' .his hand to some oue ou the. train. lv j "lluokedl saw two detached cars e,' -u) against what I supposed w as an SJJ !,)y car on the side track. An in-tl.l in-tl.l .tat later there was a rumbling noise, op .'u the very ground beneath me I nieil to open. I saw a I of smoke, which was followed "J ond later by another, and the cars .'J appeared. The station and powder ( J jsc and dwellings seemed to follow, rJ lithe work of destruction only just I iiaieiieeil. I stootl rooted to the h mini. I had an idea, of course, of !(' .at bad occurred, but I could not rea-!iil, rea-!iil, J knew that many lives were jo j -iitjf out, but I was powerless to lend ih.j -islance. Then dense volumes of ml iinc 'came pouring from the doors and y.l udovvs of tho cartridge factory, and I :tw men, women and children tearing j I each other ia frantic endeavors to p'j cape the explosion, and.. the nil at the cartridge bouse seemed to be fifl miltaueous. The building did not t i'.cIi on lire in the ordinary way, but "I ie flames seemed to penetrate tho A mi's ami windows from all sides. I n !.t a uiiniher of women come out, but ,1 -me certainly perished iu the flames. s A dwelling house below the cartridge s "iwe was blown from its foundation, id dashed to the ground. In this "I iilding a mother and child lost their J I cs. How long I stood I don't know. 1 1 it I managed to make my way to the ,1 ,ue, others in the neighborhood also ; I lihering. The scene was one ' I i the awftilest I ever witucssed. ; I ie railroad tracks were twisted ( I ad torn like so much paper, , I : d tlio telegraph poles and I ires were burned as so much I mler. We got to work as soon as pos-I pos-I )le and I know we got fully a dozen I omen and men from the powder I use. There was not one but who was I jured or bruised, and they seemed to I oblivious as to the surrounding, as I I "i't think they realized what had I eurrtiil. Some were burned and I hers were cut and bruised by the I "co of the explosion. To add to tho I ''vible scene there was a coustaut I ;l"l'phig of cartridges and the rescuers I fere in danger of being killed at any I f ;"e. I don't know how many were I I'lled, but I am of tho opinion that ten I I1- least lost their lives. The number I t oumled will be double that number. |
