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Show EXPLOSION SHAKES CITY OF ELIZABETH Guncotton Plant Is Exploded; Workmen Work-men Are Killed; Panic Is Result. ELIZABETH. N. J., Sept. 18. The eitv of Elizabeth wns shaken this afternoon aft-ernoon by an explosion of iiuncottou at the plant of tho Wright. Chemical company com-pany at Springfield, five miles away. Five bnildings'at the plant were blown up. The ruins caught l'iro and several workmen were killed. Thousands of pounds of guncotton were sieved en the premises and it is believed that it all exploded. The houses that were destroyed were nne slorv buildings of wood an.l brick. The loss of life was difficult to ascertain ascer-tain this afternoon, but it was snul at least, three men were missing. |