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Show A SPARK FROM AN ENGINE ttsltcjs One of the Largest Floating Bills In the World. a sunin u oi- i.uks rosr. jt Eiri',on "", sl'",'c, ,h v"nutri Like an l'artriiiskf. Millions tt Dollars Loll. l,iTCllfi. "I., March Sl.-Tho tnott frlgbtJt cnlnmlty In Hie hlilory "jljclijcccurml at an iarly hour iblinuMin a'"! resulted In Uic loss of ,l dollars' w0'11' of l'rP"'y .j i cumber of lives, practically srircilos ''jlof "1B ,ow" Hl111 a,n),B-pj-fjroperiy for mites arounJ. rjnortly after 3 o'clock 111 la morning j-e wai discovered In Keillor's Planet" Hleam Flouring Mills, tho Ureitof tbe kind In tho world, local-rJ local-rJ In tbo southwest part of the city. T flro doparlmunt Imil scarcely tilted on thescenowlion ntir-xploslou of terrific violence shook llio tailh lor miles around, llio ilinck being fell even as far as Decatur, fifty nillcs dlitant. It liroku tho plate-glass wlndowa In n nu-irlly nu-irlly of ttorrs In tho city ad prostrated almcat uvury ouu on the street; ehcok liousta loosu from lliu foundations; Jarred tun machinery In llieLllcb field lar and machine shops tnuchnn extent that workhaltobo suspended till tho uecoisury lep-ilrs can be made. Itlssuppoeedtliattheflre originated from a s ark from a rasslng locomotlTe aud tbe subsequent exploilou wai caused by tbellames coming In contact wltli an accumulation of mill tluat. It looked al one tlruu aa If tbe entlro south end of tho town tbould boooii-tumid, boooii-tumid, but tho llro department after a hard fight nf three bourn managed to prevent llmilimes from spreading. Head Millwright John Carvu of Waterloo altirupted to save aouie tools from the burning building; huwrts itunned by thu explosion, thrown against a smokestack and pinned tberu and LUUNtll TO DEATH, hlallmba being burned oil. It li not yet known whether any other fatalities occurred, though a numbor of aurloua Injuries are reorted. A grain elevator adjoining tho mill, cootalnlnga quarter million buihela nl wluat, ni hurnel to tho ground Willi Its content, together Willi a dozen Wabash freight osra atandlng along-tide. along-tide. Tho track Is blockaded aud thu telegraph wires disabled. iunncuLT to cit-r tub details. A dispatch from Ht. Louis ya the exploilon practically wrecked every butlneit liculo In tbo town. Thovlllag la In erfect panic, and theru li groat diniculty In getting any dotalls. DvJUUKU, Mrr, V, llofl'mnn liaa n leg broken, Mr. li Jtlchelroth, Hr., head rut. Thu mill wai owned by ICohlcr Bros., Ht. Louis, and Lal a capacity of two Ihouiand barrel! ol Hour dally. It employ cd a hundred and llfly bauds. Thulmurancuon tbouilllaud tlovator ll tSoU.UOU. Kthlor llroi. ritlmato their low In the LllcliOcId lira at half a million. |