Show TOWN IS OUT OF E appalling accident in indiana two score persons being killed and Hun redi injured dupont powder works blown up and a town of 1000 people wiped OR off the map farm houses house miles away wrecked by the explosion fontanet ind dy by the explosion ot of the dupont powder works on oa tuesday between timi twenty lity five and fifty persons persona were killed COO injured and fontanot Fontan rt a city of I 1 people wiped out oat the dead and more injured have been taken away I five lye hundred inhabitants all more or less wounded remain to gather scattered hout household goods and sleep under tents tenta guarded by soldiers of the state elate without arning the ponder seven in number blew up at 9 15 on tuesday morning I 1 ahey hey employed in men n and of thee seventy five wet eat at voik when the first explosion occurred occur in the press mill in quick succession the glazing mill two tuo corning coming mills and the powder magn zine ble blew up tip followed by tho the cap will mill in the magazine situated several bun dred bards ards aiom the will mill were stored kegs of powder the concus sion bion when aben it blew up vas ft as felt bilics away awal heiy house in this town was destroyed rat paim na houses two tao miles nail ell ami and school houses equally d dla is tant ant were boin to pieces and their oc cup aits nits injured find and even cincinnati felt tho the shock A passenger tiala on the dig 1319 rout out i lall ial al road tour four miles ania had acry cery coach window bicken ln olten and several pabs ligers were injured b ang glass the mills milla located one inal south of town tonn with the sion elon the employ en ran for safety but hobt of them were killed hilled or wounded by the hie quick following explosions in tho the othi mills lebn allien the heat from the buining mills exploded the giant powder nia jaylne lazine ninety mill minutes utes later tho the town by the con cushion cus bion many of those engaged in naine aik oik acie badly injured and several reveral killed superintendent mona han ban of tho the plant was wiled killed while abile in his big omie offie and LN his wife nife and sister in law killed in their home some distance iwa IA a that the death ait is not far great or er if 14 due to the he fact that the people of the town had lert left their houses at tho the first explosion and beio eie not in ili them alien the explosion of the 4 ak liei keiu of powder in the magazine hurd thor their homes to pieces and scattered behold goods in heaps of debris abri 3 among tho the buildings totally destroyed dea troied in the town were the and christain Christi in churches two school bull 1 angs the depot all bu business blics blacks including a large block just corn cona pleta a large warehouse and rao GOO homes go governor hanle ordered the icare erre haute of indiana national guards to the mined joined distinct an and d to piolet life and pi the goc gox ci nor inor ailed tuesday evening lie he blought with him tents and cots for ti the a care of the home homeless less ili 11 ice ce school buildings were pre de stroked at fontanet ron Foli and coal bluff two milc away all nicie filled with school children and every ever one of t U em cm was A as mot iloie a or less ingui e I 1 b bv the col lapse of the A four room building was bolit to lo ces and not one of the lie chialdi n P es s capald unhurt thou h non wa wah fital I 1 injured A two rw m school bulldis at coal was turned oer tin an collapse rhe t achor acher and ninety pit plis more or leis lebs injured tit th force of the explosion ed al 31 telephone hone communication with out ide town ton and it wis with nith prent ili dl faculty that aid was summoned terrt terri haute and braill bant BIK am nurses with supplies in carriages di i automobiles italian made up tip and run on the big nil foai Tail load for the care of the injured |