Show BLOWN UP LA JU JUNTA 1 TTA colo may 10 Sp special ocial to to rocky mt jowsa frightful accident took place horo hero at thia his iv evening by which ono man lust his lifo and many others only escaped death by a few minutes of timo time at tho the hour named a heavy explosion took place that eliat was heard for miles i shaking every jituso house in iii the city an invest investigation gation showed that that la junta electric light plant hai had blown up not leaving et or of tho largo building standing the night engineer charlon 1 shep herd her was blown A leot feet away doing boing carried sixty feet into tho the air striking tho the large flou oring mill adjoining at that distance from tile tho ground as n blood on tho the building sho shows s his clothing wits was antiro entirely y stripped from his hia body bod and when picked up was a horrible looking ho lived lied for about ton tail minutes Deco deceased aRod was a single man coming hero about a year ago from loveland ill chero his hia parents parent 3 livo live A young boy lestor edmunds was wag struck by flying of timber and afla maddio y die the pi an i was vw owned by 11 mccomb brannon of donver denver and was valued at a total loss the case of the accident IP it supposed to have been too high pressure pros sura in one of the boilers boil orp which r was as being mado made to do tho the work of two boilers whilo while the others was undergoing ro repairs pairs oue one ol of L tho boilore was hurled entirely through tho la junti 4 mill building fout feet away making a holo through which w aich a transfer tian wagon go c could drive loss to the building and machinery about the four story stone florring flouring flou ring zing mil I 1 building adjoining ICO foot feet on tho the north was shaken and wrecked somewhat although tho the damage v is not thought to ho bo ver very verr r great pie pieces acs of dobris wore carried for two blocks six mon men only twenty minutes bo fore tho ox explosion had quit work borkin in tho the platting mill and gono home only five minutes before manager bontly bently had bad left tho the plant for home the plant aill ill be at rebuilt on a more extensive scalo scale the body of young Shop shepherd hord will vill bo be hold held to await word from his parents |