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Show -.OF ?Q7DBiv Twelve Killed and Hone Survive to Tell Story of 'Accident:;' ':; - , i- NANAIiTO, B. C. Jan. 13. A terrific explosion ex-plosion occurred at the Hamilton Powder company"s works. Departure bay, at 8:40 "yesterday. Twelve people were killed. Only one body, that of a Chinaman, waa recovered. The others were absolutely blown to fragments. ' f ... The guncotton storage-house -exploded first, the concussion exploding the mixing-, hniiu im foot iviv. where the rreat loss. of life Is supposed to have occurred '"' ' The ground was excavated to si depth 'of six feet where the buildings stood.. The buildings wf-re blown Into kindling and ecattei ed, wth fragments of human flean,- over several acre9. r ' The tramway was torn up ana a lengin of stel rail twined spirally around a, tree like whip lash., - WoY The werka are three miles from Nasal-mo Nasal-mo and broken windows here testifsr to the tremendous force of . the exp loslon.. Tbe management states that It la utterly. Impossible to assign any cause. ro wit-, nesses survived. ..'.' ' . . ' |