Show EXPLOSION OF at ORT fORT IT HANCOCK e POWDER MAGAZINE Report Heard for Ten Miles but No One Suffers t r I Injury DJury v L' L lt r NEW YOUK YOLE Feb l 1 12 lA A A powder magazine on tho trio government proving pro at ut Tort Fort Hancock San Sandy Hook exploded early to today ay with a report that was heard for ten miles The rho magazine was set off bj hr flying sparks from the embers bers of or a small lire fire which had IS started two hours before be be- fore tote in iu a fuse stor storage c house nearby F l- l Five lc c hun hundred re sol soldiers ics from the tH gat arri ri son Eon on who had bad been called talle out to fight i bt the flames were ere within a few rods o ot of t the e structure when its roof shot hot skyward skyward sky sky- 1 ward U and for a time timo it if WillS was believed Cd that scores of lives Jives had been lost Officers cers declared later however cr that so SQ far as could be ascertained no one ODe ODeTas was Tas Tash h harmed by the thc terrific blast Tho miraculous es escape po was If due mostly most most- ly J to the th fact that only a small part of the stored powder cr i ignited The hull hulk of the ammunition wa wu simply simply sim film ply JIb blown skyward and aud scattered about the vicinity unexploded It was a as explained ex ex- hail had this exploded d law f w soldiers would have o escaped |