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Show rOWDEB HILLS BLOWX Tjp, Saiy renona Killed and Fatally Wounded. WiLMnscTO.f, Del , Oct. 7.-Sev-eral startling explosions In qnlck lucceaslon some counted five, others seven at SSU ' p. m. announced an-nounced a disaster at tbe Dupont Powder Works on tbe Brandywinc. A ruh was made for the telephone, but nothing could be learned beyond vague reports of damage. An As-sotUted As-sotUted Press represeuUllve hastened has-tened to the scene and has wired tliat the whole section of tlie- works known as the "upper yard" is a complete wrevk, and at least six lives lost. One of the magazines went off first, acd the rolling and drying mills near by were i et otT by tho concussion, followed In rapd succession. There wire at least seven distinct, successive explosions. Icry dwelling In the uelghtjurbood Is reported wrecked or unroofed. Telt phonic Inquiries from Westchester West-chester statu that tho explosions were dlsUnctly heard In that sec-Unti. sec-Unti. Littr A messcngtr has Just brought In the follow tng diitch, widen shows that tlie wrt lias not et be-ru learned ot the owder mill cxidcsUiur: Ten kllhd; twenty wouiided. Rockland a complete wreck; none of its hou-s.a left stand-Ing stand-Ing TTio Dupont powder mills extend along the Rraudyninc, chittly tn tne Meat bank aul cloee to the water, for about tv.0 miles. TTiey are divided Into the upptr. Hag ley and lower aids. Tlie furmtr Is three miles aud the latter five miles from Wilmington. The report of damage done at Rockland proves Incorrect as to locality, the name uf Rockland belug erroneously used for the buildings build-ings eluslered around what is known as the "Uper Vard." There are some rift houses, inhabited by employes em-ployes ot the jwwdtr mills, elu-lered here, and llieeo weio all wrecked, file damage to property cannot be thorough! eilin.ated tonight. The force of the concussion even broke uimlQwaiusoino-artsof Wilmington, Wilming-ton, four or five mile away. The oftice of tho Duul Comny is a complete wieck.and six mills are In ruins. Several members of the Ddpont firm were Injured by falling walu and broken ghv", but uoue of them seriously. The dead were nil em-iloycs-of the company aud wereiii and about the mills that exploded. Several workmen are inisslug and are believed to have been blown to fragments. . . lliu Itr-t explosion occurred In rue of tho packing mllli where t workman named Gran was receir-' Ing a can of hexagonal tmuder, to I shlpied for the use of the United hUlrs government In someway a spark wni communl-catet! communl-catet! to the can and it blew up. Instantly the packiiigmlll exploded and the other mills in the upper yards seven or eight In number, followed at lntervaisof lea thauoue second. All these except one were rolling mills" In which the In gredieuUa.-epolvrrizetlby vertical rollers of stone, turning slowly around a center poet. Immediately after the txploIou a large building, known as the "refinery," "re-finery," localtd near the center of the village, took fire. It was a mat ter of li'e snd death to the whole i co) le that the fire should be ex-tinguLbei ex-tinguLbei tefore it comuiunicateu Un tbo powder that the building contained. The Dupont fire brigade bri-gade weeveded In extinguishing the flames. Had the roof fallen in, It Is doubtful If any man, woman or child would have ceai-d death or serious lnlury. About fifty fam-lliesare fam-lliesare rendered homeless by tbe disaster. latnlue In Ireland. London, O t. 7. Sir Michael Hi ka-lleach, siaklngat Olou-ct-r-ter tonight, cliaracleiUed Morley's story asa"trivelers tale." A recurrence re-currence of the famine of ISK was Imroseille. The government bad taken iniaiun to ire rent any tx-t tended butririigou account of failure fail-ure of tlie rotato crop. Secretary of State stanhope, In a .pecch at Horncastle, declared the alleged fiiulue in Ireland only tx-Uted tx-Uted in the Imagination of the Iar-nellitu Iar-nellitu leaders and the American angleis for tho Irl'h vote. Referring Re-ferring to tlie new Cnited Stales tnntf", he said It ws dliectcd sgalnst England and Cinadi and woul 1 do (Jana ia m rkuis injury. The greatest Injury, however, would be done to the Aiueiicana tbentHlveie. Sulorlona ontlatt aplnrrl. Pj-ktJlJkf Ala., Oct. 7 The notorious outlaw and train robber, Rube lijrrows, was captured this afternoon by John McDuUV and others, nut out by the Southern ExpieM Company. He had besu seen III Uie Iciiiit recently, and today to-day tvok shelter in a house during a tonu Twncolorol men aid-ting Mel) iffee went lato the lu-use and eiiai,cJ lljrrotrs lu v.nv.ritlon su Ideiily they grxspe-1 him by the hnuds pre-ieutliighlm from retch-Inghliwa retch-Inghliwa on. A terrific strusrgle ensue.), but MiDuftVeaud the others came in and overiwerrd hill. The Southern Exprrsa people are greatly elated. McDutrro and the othtrs will receive large rewards. f hey thAusrtX l'oslllon. GllLL.NvII.1.1, S. l OcL 7. 'Kill" lluwanl. who is under a detth sentence for tLc murder of a -oufevJer.le lu the tuoou-hlue -thla'ty hu!ni' ovt r a year ao, ere.el from rri-on here lhk morning. morn-ing. Hovart'swife was allowed to "I e id the night ill the eel) lili her !nisl , " i .ornlng Howard Iressed In Lis wife's ci thing, came down the stairs of the Jail with au i-faiit inhhnmis and, l-tlng Ihe ty at i n lattve'o Iioum-, he lied tieforu tlie Jill Jr had dhcovcred the irickUiat had bee 1 played (in him. Mrs. Howard who is a buxom .louiittlii girl uf swvcntieu jears now oceuies tile cell vaatetl b the husband. John Slbrlry Sipeaka. LoMDo.x, Oct, 7. In au address at Si'lndon tonight Morley re-lied to t'i- cr'tlims of his re-teul speech. He rldlculetl Ihe 1 'ea that b. cause he had been a eabiuet rulc-Ister rulc-Ister h should hUn-lfoU I Imself to aualrs In Ireland l.vcry w rd he hai tol I wan the truth, aad he was gild to have helped In an xpeure of the nngrterial aut'iorillrr. After describing tlie distn-ss In tliecor-gistcd tliecor-gistcd districts nf Ireland, Morley Migqrsled Hist a remedy was available avail-able by renewing the p-mpojils made as to Irish land In ISa . |