Show POWDER HOUSE HORROR Four White Men and Twentyeight Chinamen Blown to Atoms Berkeley CatWith a force thai shook tho entire bay region like an earthquake and a detonation heard for miles the Judson packing house of the Hercules powder works at Pi note fourteen miles north of hero blow up at 4 oclock Thursday afternoon after-noon and In tho explosion four whlto men and twentyfour Chinamen wero killed Ten tons of dynamite wont up In the terrific blast shattering thq sheds to dust and splinters W W Stillwell foreman of tho packinghouse packing-house was blown to atoms at his post of duty Not a particle of his body vas recovered Manuel Enos Joscpl Grace and W A Rodregues were tho other white men killed Tho twenty eight dead Include every man who was at work In the packing house None escaped Tho Hercules plant Is owned by tho Du Pont Do Mours powder trust and Is used for the manufacture of black powder of high explosive power Tho loss to tho company duo toI tho accident acci-dent is placed at about 100000 At Is usual in such cases no definite cause for the accident can bo given |