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Show DYNAMITE EXPLOSION One; Man Killed and a ; . Panic Caused in House of Corrections. s : ; V ssisii PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 10.-One man was killed," half a dozen Injured and the Women's wing of Ihe bouse o correction partially wrecked by the explosion of. several sticks of dynamite In No. S shaft of the new filtration-plant at Holms-burg,, Holms-burg,, a suburb, of this city,. The dead man was blown to pieces. , ' The women's wing of the house of cor-lectlon cor-lectlon adjoins the shaftbouse. The women wo-men were at breakfast when the explosion explo-sion occurred, and when - the building began to shake there was a wild rush to get out, resulting in a panic. The women wo-men were gotten out In safety and quickly escorted to another part of the building. Eight hundred panes of glass in the north wing of the house were broken and the force of the explosion was felt for many miles. . . The Injured were taken to a hospital after having their wounds dressed at the house of correction Infirmary. |