Ephraim Enterprise | 1915-12-25 | Page 5 | Destruction of Hopewell, Munitions Boom Town

I DESTRUCTION m OF r Ii HOPEWELL MU MUNITIONS BOO BOOM M TOWN TOWN I AM T I 1 r jj a I 91 yg r Sl nha ia r d dI yr 9 Y JM r. r FY r L I i l fl i y rR 4 S 'S y t. t 4 4 t b r t Q Q y a l r. r Q yr Hopewell Va where the Du Pont Powder company has one of ot Its many plants where ammunition for tor the warring warring war war- ring nations Is being m manufactured was destroyed by a fire fare which was caused by the accidental overturning of a lamp Twenty five thousand were left homeless when the collection of ot flimsy wooden buildings in which they were housed went up in the monster bonfire bonfire- While the ruins were still smoldering plans were made t to rebuild