| Show f 4 appalling accident in indiana two score persons being killed and hundreds injured dupont powder works blown up and a town of 1 people wiped off the map farm houses miles away wrecked by the on fontanet ind B the explosion of the dupont powder worl s on tuesday beaw een twenty five and fifty persons were killed ired and fontanet a city of 1 people wiped out the dead and more seriously injured have been tal en away five hundred in habitants all more or less wounded remain to gather scattered household goods and sleep under tents guarded by soldiers of the bbate without warning the powder mills seven in number blew up at 9 15 on tuesday morning they employed men and of these seventy five were at work when the first explosion occurred in the press mill in qu ck succession the glazing mill two corning mills and the powder maga zine blew up follow ed by the cap mill in the magazine situated several hun dred yards the mill were stored 4 kegs ot powder the concus slon when it blew up was felt miles away aery house in this town was de stroked farm houses two miles awai and chool houses equally dis tant were torn to pieces and their oc capants injured indianapolis and even cincinnati felt the shock A passenger train on the bg lour bail road four miles awa had every coach window broken and several passengers were injured by flying glass the milis were located one n 11 south of town with the first elpio sion the employed emp loye ran for safety but most of them were killed or wounded by the quick following explosions in the other mills when the heat from the burning mills exploded the giant powder magazine ninety minutes later destroying the town by the con cassion many of those engaged in rescue work badly injured and everal killed superintendent mona ban of the plant was killed while in his office and his wife and sister in law were 1 hied in their home some digance di tance away that the death list is not far great er Is d e to the fact that the people of the town had left their houses at the first explosion and were not in alem when the explosion of the 4 OU kegs of powder in the magazine hurled homes to p aces and scattered house old goods in heaps of debris totally destroyed in the town the methodist an christian churches two school build nga the depot all business bleci s including a large block just corn plated a large warehouse and homes governor hanley ordered the feire haute con pany of ind ana national guards to patro the ruined district and to i protect life and i property the governor arrived tuesday evening he brought with him 00 tents aej cots for the care of the homeless three school bu edings were de troied at fontanet and coal bluff t m les away all were filled with school children and every one of them was less injured by the col lapse of the buildings A four room acl ool building was torn to pieces and not one of the children es unhurt though none was batall injured A two room school build n at coal bluff was turned over an collapsed the teacher and ninety pu pils were more or lesa injured th force of the destroyed al telephone communication w th out side and it was with great dif that aid was summoned terre haute and brazil sent physicians ai nurses with es in carriages f automobiles while special trains wr made up and run on the big fo r railroad tor the care ot the injured |
