Show T A DIRE E DISASTER I FLO FLOURING MILL EXPLOSION Tho bo Town of or Lt ehte Illinois e early Demolished J by y n a n Series of Disaster An explosion r an earthquake and destroying worth of property occurred at 11 oa the The Tho lose losa los of onn ono Ue c an and l Ib tb o Injury of a a nu nuber num Dum her ber or people re resulted from the c catastrophe Practically every verr In was wrecked eke and kores scores o v f dwelling rendered uninhabitable PAil reigned for tor hours and details of th the the terrible affair were obtained 1 dl eul About Abot Abot 31 a. a m an en alarm lar of fire fr was wa turned tue In and u upon apon Jon It developed that at the Planet 3 Mills located In tn the southwest part of t the thu te city and said eald to be one one onet of t f the te If it I not ut Jt the largest single InIe flour making establishments In the ho world word worl was In Before ito tte arrived upon the ibe scene ceno Icene the had hetI gained such headway that for or some time thuc nothing could be bc done It U I and it as n. If I he entire couth part of the town would bo be consumed The he fire b 13 supposed d to have bave originated by a a spark from a n pissing passing locomotive In one of the tho du dust duet t rooms 1 The he Lose boc and hook rom and ad ladder companies hn bad bardI hardly succeeded In se getting their apparatus In working order en an explosion occurred appalling in vie Jenc lence which was WI caused by the lameD su sudden sudden- e contact with wih pent up mill mi dust dust The explosion expo sloe sion flon shook the earth over Oci a 1 singularly wide areas area ara while the atmo atmospheric concussion was WIS felt as a far as n Decatur a I distance of lCt fitly miles antics The with wih the flames dames for three thre 1 long y na subduing them to ta towe juch we uc a 1 an c extent n that I adjoining Jo property was wa syed yc Eh Tho o n broke large plate glass fn In a n majority oj In lu the tho city j prostrated almost every on the st street t shook houses bouses IC loo e c front from foundations and nd jarred the Ibe machinery In the tho Litchfield Car a and l Machine company to such an ti extent r. r tI tl t work bad hod ba to t be bc suspended I The rhe head ead millwright bt Mr Ir J Jon Carve arve of oC t Waterloo o Iowa Iowa In II air effort to save sate 11 ob tools In burning ingwl stunned 1 b by bt the tho explosion In and to t escape L'- L' was s a pinned against against- the stack smoke am nU burned to n found about three houis after d his legs les were were were- burned oil off of at atthe It r the hips hips acm and left hand band were 2 Consumed a fid f body kody wits was wa burned humid e to t Wa a n p l t crl crisp p. p fi g k e or standing Immediately J aero cerO I i tHe and IDd 3 r ont l om bushels of pc wheat wn ivas lc di jl flames me and nd together with its ts t C X d v e cont nL burne to lo the ground Ten cn Ii Ii t r t s pf f wheat standing on the house ous t l 1 j In Cell toshes A large luge pile pie of t of of en o 0 0 on main ln t I in un an n Crack of pt the ah ah h railroad and ad- ad as 1 n a cont conn consequence con- con 77 t sequence eq c c on 01 1 was Im i r 0 paired d. d The he h Western tn Union telegraphy wa e wires I Ter er ilso ues CS c tha IS ISI te of o P i ug I I 0 n 1 Wolcott- Wolcott D tn tho ens of d all tho Teas fennel 1 novation as a w wh h abd badly inured Window sv glass were broken and s v hown down In lii towns ten miles distant every house within a radius of F of the i ni was badly wrecked All plass la the stores on Main and blown out 4 |