Show POWDER HOUSE HORROR four white men and twenty e echt blown to atom atoms berkeley cal with a force that shook hook 6 the entire bay region like an earthquake earth and a detonation heard for or miles the judson packing house ot of the hercules powder works at PI nole fourteen miles north of here blew up at 4 0 clock thursday afternoon and in the ore explosion tour four white men and twenty four were killed ten tons tows of dynamite went up in the terrific blast shattering sheds to dust and splinters W W stillwell foreman of the packing house was vas blown to atoms at his post of duty not a particle of his body bod was recovered manuel enos josepf 4 grace and W A Rod were tha the 1 other white men killed the twenty eight dead include every man who was nas at work in the packing house none escaped the hercules plant Is owned by the du do font pont de mours powder trust and Is used for the manufacture of black powder of high explosive power ahe losa oss to the company due toi tot the acci acel dent Is placed at about ar A Is usual in such cases no definite nite sause cause for the accident can be given |