Show HEROISM IN POWDER MILLS men who manufacture explosive A apparently P patently ly fearless of danger 1 I always like to read of the heroism 0 of foremen firemen and policemen but I 1 think that E vir virglnia Virgl nii can pride herself on having more heroic acts accomplished in a year than any other state stale in the union said ro roger er harriss Harrl ss of char lottsville lotts villo ville va the virginias Virgin las and carolinas CaroI Inas have SO do per cent ar the powder mills in the country and aad tile the iu du pout pont people alono alone the govern livent with a large ani amount otilit of explosive tho the mixing process is an 0 extremely dangerous 1 ono one anil and there are many instances cheo the powder r has exploded from seemingly no cause when hundreds 0 of kegs 0 of powder fire plied piled together in a warehouse tho the effects of an p e are too terrible for comprehension when wo we do have a disaster it genc generally rally is an awful one but hardly a month passes when tho the heroism of an 91 employed does not save the plants from destruction and the lives of oe hundreds 0 of workers about two month s zo so the du pont font mill near norfolk car caust it fire from tho the outside and within feet of the scene of 0 the blaze was a warehouse containing several tons of giant powder with scarcely a thought of the lie great danger the workmen workmen secured the firefighting fire fighting apparatus and quickly sol got the fire under control when tho the danger seemed over a sudden gust of wind blew a number of the burning brands directly on the root roof of the powder house beffie the root roof could catch afire a halt half dozen of the he workmen were upon it and extinguished dished the blaze with brooms and pails of water this I 1 think is true heroism |