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Show EXPLOSION OP QtAttT POWOMB. It Shook I n tlie Bustling little Tow n of Salina. The Salina P)-os says: "Last Saturday evening a little after 8 o'clock a terrific explosion ex-plosion took place at the artesian veil, which caused hundreds of people to walk dow n there to see what was the matter. Five pounds of giant powder had been left near the stove in the shed, by the men, when they went to supper. It demolish) i the shed and the stove disappeared in the event subsequently. sub-sequently. It was a gentle reminder of wloit it could do if it tried. Two hundred pounds were stored within twenty feet of the shed, but it did not explode. It was frozen at the time, w hich no doubt saved it. We have heard of people warming iriant powder before, be-fore, but they seldom lived to repeat the operation." |