Eureka Reporter | 1906-08-03 | Page 1 | Carload of Powder Exploded on Saturday

carload of powder exploded on saturday A carloa I 1 of ROW der consigned from the judson powder any the centennial eureka mine at this place i caught afire a couple of miles the other side of goshen on saturday the fire started from a hot box and the clew of the freight train dincov ered it in atme to cut the car out from the bal ance 0 the train before the explosion occurred it i said that the pow der burned foi nearly an hour before ex and that this no doubt re lu ced the explosion As it was the ex tore up about two hundred feet of w decked an adjoining frame houe and shattering windows in and around goshen had the ex occurred while the car was up on a siding at some depot it w no doubt have resulted in a heavy loss of life when the fire w as dis 0 ered the freight tr ain v as just jeanng warm creek to the east of goshen the con ductor signalled signal led to the engineer and the tram was brought to a stop As quickly is possible the car of powder was cut out and the balance of the train was run ahead out of the danger of the explosion the trim crew displayed wonderful presence of mind and ner e in cutting out the burning cor f powder knowing that an explosion might take place at any minute the railroad corn any rushed i le pair gang to the scene of the accident and within a few hours after the ex which took place at about ll 11 30 the morning a temporary track v as laid so that the e ening pas trim aiom bait lake came through to gintic tintic almont on schedule time fhe car contained about 80 tons of dynamite aich was at 0 er ta after the exi labion the trucks v en all that remained of the car