Show I THREE SCORE AND TWO TO HUNDRED BADLY HURT Exploding Tons Ton of Dynamite and Gun Powder Hurl Sudden Death and Destruction Through Wide t l 1 Area in Southern Indiana ir V VILLAGE OF FONTANET WIPED V OFF THE MAP k 1 As Awful Catastrophe Thought to Have Resulted From Ignorance or A J of Newly Employed Workmen Who Had Been Added to Regular Force x Terre Haute Ind md Oct 15 Forty Fort Forty 1 V thousand kegs of powder and uHl 50 tons v of ot dynamite In the Dupont powder mills at Fontanet 1 s from this this' city exploded this morning killing from froni 50 to Ui 60 GO persons person Injuring 50 GO more vo so badly that at least half haJ the he number will wilt ell die and Inflicting injuries ries s of or a l II is serious nature upon mor more Every EvelT house hOUR In th the village of oC Foni Fontanet Fon- Fon i was waA as wrecked Not OL a single i building remained standing and the lie f 1200 inhabitants of or the place arc re camping tonight in tents or sleeping y i In the open air nii K Both the hospitals c rJ Terro Terre Haute are full and surgeons rushed to Fontanet Fon- Fon anet from all th the towns and anti cities within m mIles 11 os arc supervising a afield field hospital erected a few hours aft r r the accident IJ by company G o of ot the Zhe i. i Indiana National Guard rushed to the scene cene cen on a a. special train from this J 1 city n An hour after neter th the reports arrived Go Governor Gornor and his adjutant r general reached Fontanet on a ape ape- rf train from Indianapolis and th th It governor go ha has hns a assumed personal charge L of oC the situation i Thought It An AL i The explosion c was the M severest Merest in inthe I the history of oC Indiana and probably I. I the most extensive o the country countr has J t ever over 1 0 known own Cincinnati and Louisville Louis Louls- 4 ville felt cit It the shock am and observers of ot In instruments In those two tuo cities clit cit cli- t I los ies J announced that there had been a ar r sharp earthquake A low few minutes of dl disaster tel Informed later bulletins th the 3 1 them torn of 01 their mistake t Tho The mills occupied oc three e acres a rc res of or ih rhe ground half hH 11 pIle mile lutt th the tho I i v lunge lag Qt vC Fo h m center I rf i I t l ti n J i lt alt t U p i W- W N llo f 1 vt r. r w v t 1 the general d nt h had doubled d his It is believed 1 Hl trot t this ls was the in In- Indirect I direct e Ca of th the explosion lon the lh theory or being that sonic some green re n wor work wor- workmen men unacquainted with the precautions I I Imen lions necessary ry In such employment em em- L l J InQ 1 sprang the t tor- tor r- r mine Whether this was ns the co case or no not no on one will ever know definitely for forthe forth forthe th the pretty prell little hollow where the four main buildings of or the mill stood t Its three Isolated magazine buildings F. F tr anti and It Us its side tracks and Its sheds shell is lS 4 only a groat croat black hole In the ground t now and u a heap of oC burning debris S. S School Children eu Crushed In th the tho school hou house which e tan stands tanIst tJ t nearly nearl three quarters quarter of a mile from mills mills n two story frame structure f 4 the a laid had gathered for the 1 children They hall had hardly morning session i t. t f been seated when wien there was a l mighty roar and the ground shook the buildIng build build- rn lag Ing reeled the windows crashed nail and I j the ceiling cracked el A gigantic black cloud flew fiew and spread outward up UI mill Every from the direction of oC the child In the building knew what had happened A All 11 Fontanet knew that It was living JIving with a n volcano so o to speak and Fontanel Fontanet knew instantly that the mills had gone up 4 Screaming with fright the pupils wildly for the tho stairs t rt and md teachers ran V nd as us th they did so the additional strain of a stampede caused tho the roof i I of oC the school house to collapse an and X 4 C 40 O children were WIC crushed under It threw themselves out L The Tue he others other of or windows fell down stairs and trampled trampled tram tram- pled one another In the light fight to get ct 1 r out nut of or doors It was the wildest kind kindL L L 1 of or a t panic and the tho marvel mar is that none of or the children was killed Those who 1 were caught In the fall foll of the root roof and Vi- Vi I jv tho thoo e who suffered in the stampede taken laken out and put under medical I 1 were 1 A treatment and anti It Ii I Is 15 b believed that l W If t nit of thc them m will ivill el die dle II I BC lIl It jt Is strange e beyond bonel comprehension that an explosion so terrific that windows win- win Danville GO CO COmiles dows were wert broken In lii miles away worth of or damage lone done In the town of oC Dr Brazil 1 12 miles mUes off fully ull 2 worth of property ruined ruined In Terro Terre Haute 17 miles nilles awa away amount of damage dam- dam corresponding un und anti 1 a 3 Sg ago age done in 24 surrounding towns town villages l and anel cities that attune anyone could have escaped from the very ClY center of oC It ft and n 1 yet It was so 80 One man mall Thomas Parr an In the yards got ot away without a dazed by 1 although he was so scratch cannot give the that he his experience how hon I. I happened or I what of or st Idea Iii owa When hen he was asked away he got stared confusedly he ho to tell bout about it i- i waved his hands and amI cx- cx I into saCe went vent up und ju Just t Oh e everythIng upla In anti and things I 1 v efe punched rt In mv ears cars were Wf my tumbling from Crom everywhere c and amI anda came caine a all I know J I ran Sn ran That's Killed Superintendent Monahan Superintendent sup the old oldest t and most experienced of or nn one company's n was waR I of or the Dupont he lie r Last summer his Mice m i in killed f yards about cottage tage built a t nit little lillie e co millS and his wife and sister from the with him him ut the gates or of lived lI thor destructiOn Mrs 1111 Monahan Mon lon or of the On n ler In the cottu cot cot- h Her r sIster flisler were nod and ahan han J was WM in and th the in e tu tugo tuge C which II he lie used th the front remit roon o of one som of the theas iuen a as an o chIco c to consult c over had hal om coi workmen o'clock this evening c him for at nt coc 1 approach were able to o when and anel Mrs lr of oC Mr l in time thc e i debris the tho and live Mona onn anti ami Mi corpses were re tale taken n from froni other chart They el hall had ad all probably died 1101 I tilt thc It without a detailed tailed nc cc To 10 get count of or tho ho accident out of or Fontanet I tonight was vas out of or time the question Tho Those e eIn In the town who are arc not among amon tho the In Injured In- In I jureti 31 are busy looking after those thoo who were ere and they were ere all too much macli stunned d to KI give a conn connected story All 11 Down Moreover cr tho Iho telegraph anti and telephone telephone tele tele- phone wires are arl down Tons Ions of or de debris le- le hills bris e t bC been n thrown over the tho nl Big Four Four tracks track blocking ln all through traffic and anti the only means of or communication between Fontanet and anel the lie outside world are horses hores and auto alit mobiles At It was wa said that there were five fi distinct explosions but now it seems certain that there wore were only two WO and that the second one lid did the tho greatest damage If It It Il had b been en the theother theother other way va about the loss of or life would have ha boor boon much greater grenter but the first explosion frightened th the village e folk and anti sent them running Into the lie streets so 10 that when hen the second came and the buildings began hegan to swell stroll outward and antI collapse as buildings ng do llo when demol- demol demole e by 11 violent concussions of or the 1 kind th there rp was as no flo one ono In them Most ost of oC those who were ere crushed were pre found In the streets A few occupants occupants occupants oc oc- oc- oc j of or private houses were bold bold boldI I I enough h to remain Indoors after oCter the lie I first shock and they were welp omon among those who ho make malce up tip the seriously I Injured The Tho most connected reports show how that the first explosion occurred ed at 8 85 45 o'clock That was an c explosion lon of 01 IO OU kegs of oC powder In the main building It killed the superintendent and his ram family II shook all the other buildings from rain their foundations and started a a. fire 1110 Between the tho first t upheaval nl and the 1 second l explosion ron tJ ts r on an of ot 23 t J during during- hJ I t 7 l. l upon lIo t W h. h tl I. I ur hl c. c t t. t r nt nn to to td u C ald 1 ot U the workmen who had haul bc been beon n hurst t in the t first O explosion Ilo- Ilo sion 1011 and ond were were- menaced m by br tho the spreading spread spread- adIn ad In big ing Oam lames flamos 5 Vives I c mothers mother or sisters were wen inthe In Inthe th the thron throng who had hael r relatives In the mill It was Avas an awful scone scene cene The They I dashed furiously furlo at nt tho the burning hurning pile I only onh to he h. driven rIven back by th the ll fierce heat The They tore tOll at al their lieu hair beat I I t their blen breasts t and screamed creamed at the tIme top of th their lr voices f calling for husbands husband j fattier father or fir hi cr other by bv name 1 ome one one orio In the thC crowd was sum- sum I 4 collected to remember that 1 there ther were GO 50 tons ton of oC dynamite in ono nf nr the magazines mag over o which the flames and ahil sparks were flying and anel to recall that the tho explosion of or fO roo tons of dynamite would produce a concussion In comparison to which the one ono that thai had preceded it would be he Insignificant cant Run nun for your lives s ll-s was the cry at moment moment mo mo- The Thio dynamite mo may go any ment meat Man Many ran a few stayed among them several bra brave physicians who II went on with their work of merc mercy as coolly as ns though the they were In the tho operating op op- op- op orating room of oC a n private sanitarium Then carno camo the second explosion at 9 Th The dynamite let go It I tore down into the earth and seemed to push out the tho ho ground In waves It I threw thres' down ana anu Billed a child in Egypt five fi e miles mies away from the tho mills mis It I broke every evol window In a n Big Four passenger train speeding westward a aa at ata ata a distance of oC four miles mies from Fonta Fonta- n net t. t It 1 ripped up UI the foundations of or houses and amI sent ent th the walls wals already tottering tot- tot crashing to the he ground It I laid waste ate In the twinkling of oC an eye OC a thriving village and left lef a seething ra ravine r- r ra- ra vine sine where half halt an hour before peo pee pie had been buying and arul selling nonchalant nonchalantly nonchalantly non non- passing th the time of or day swapping stories or lazily frittering awa away time lime Gave v l' l Their clr Lives lies I It I ground Into pulp five fy ten twenty nobody can tell yet exactly how v many many man of tho those e devoted re rescuers cuers It I I twisted and tore them and amI hurn burned d them much worse vorse wore than the ho victims haul had been for whom they gave their thou lives It 1 sprung the walls of or a n school building at 13 miles mUes a aa away a and tl threw the thc children there there into a I panic U. U n F F. Carver Canor managing editor of the Torre Terl Haute Tribune who was one on of or the lie first frt to reach thin tho ll village after the explosion raid that oil ill l tho thio way from o Haute to Fontanet he lie saw signs of the catastrophe As s soon as a he found out what had hall happened Mr 1 Carver arid and ane a physician clan cian started for l' l Fontanet In an un auto auto- can mobile moble J I i never saw such a scene 0 of devastation de tIe- said Mr tr Carol Carver livery CI we Wt saw showed signs of or having hex hav ing suffered from fron the te shock The Tho ver very cattle in t tio lO fields felds seemed filled filed with wih cat o panic paric As we wc went on and anel on conditions conditions condi comB grew grei worse until at la last t the ruins of oC the village came Into view a heartrending heartrending heart heart- rending climax to the time picture Work of All Al day dar long relief trains have havo har been coming und anti going on ozi 01 both sluice eides dle of or Fontanet nail and aid aie has been hurried to I the village in automobiles and car- car j Several deaths have havo occurred j jon I Ion on trains bringing Injured el to TIO Terre Terro Haute Excellent work Is being done dono b by the emergency ho hospital upon the scene c ne and Governor Go Hanley probably will wi Issue lastie an on appeal for Tor assistance tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row for Cor the 1200 men mono women and anel who ho r are homeless penniless I and ami without shelter heU r tonight |