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Show Four Hundred Pouods Dynamite Is Exploded Two Men Killed, Seven Others Seriously Seri-ously Hurt, Much Property Destroyed. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct 2S. By tho accidental ac-cidental explosion of -ICO pounds of dynamite dyna-mite in a blacksmith shop at Council City, Alaska, on October 7 last, two men wore fatally injured, sevon others wcro serlouH-ly serlouH-ly hurt and a largo .amount -of valuable property was destroyed. Nows of the explosion ex-plosion was brought to this city by Robert Rob-ert Vlckers, a mining man of Council City, who arrived on the steamer yictorla. Mr. Vlckers was In tho explosion and narrowly escaped losing his life. Fire Chief Dying. Charles Sellers, chief of tho volunteer flro department, was crushed under falling fall-ing dobrls and, wIicd Mr. Vlckers left Alaska, was In tho hospital in a dying condition. Fritz Peterson, a young man who had been In the city only a short tlmo, had a portion of his head blown away and was dying. Seven others wcro taken from the scene of tho explosion to the hospital suffering from broken legs and arms and other injuries. Blown to Splinters. The blacksmith shop of tho Wild Gooso Mining company, in which the explosion occurred, was partially destroyed by flro due to tho explosion. Tho big barn of tho same company and the remains of tho shojj, were blown Into splinters, and tho glass windows In almost every houso In tho city wero blown to atoms. |