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Show TWO MEN KILLED IN PLANT EXPLOSIONS PKORIA. IJI., Nov. 13. Two men were killed tonight in several explosions in the plant of the Western Powder Manufacturing Manufac-turing company at Edwards, 111., sixteen miles northwest of here. Fire which broke out In the factory buildings and spread to adjoining timber sent hundreds of Inhabitants of Edwards fleeing from the village in the fear that the great powder magazine would explode and destroy de-stroy the town. One man was reported missing. The danger was later averted. The dead: Keech Sclirader, Jack Stewart. Stew-art. Missing: Chris Franks. The shock of the explosions was distinctly dis-tinctly felt for many miles around and caused the belief in many localities of central Illinois that the tremors were those of an earthquake. |