Show filANT POWDER LETS ETS 60 KILLING Ri f i TIE THREE MEN urn 1 I Tons of Explosive Ignited Wrecking Plant and Nearby Nearby Nearby Near Near- by Buildings Morristown N. N J. J Feb 18 IL men Inca were killed at Wharton near here today b by tho explosion of or pounds of ot giant powder In the packing room of Qt tho the General Explosive company compan The Tik Thede de dead ded d are arc Joseph Joueph Hough one ono of 01 the members of 01 the firm James Severn an Jeremiah h Utter an employs The Tho plant was formerly tho the Hough blasting powder works and is within a short distance of or the Lackawanna railroad tracks The chemist had left the mix mixing In and packing house about I ten minutes before the explosion oc occurred occurred occurred oc- oc and the cause of or the tho accident IsI is I not known Nothing was left of ot the tho building and at work vork in It IE I tho the three men who were Tho The nitrate house about feet feet- and away was completely wrecked about an acre of ot ground was torn up anti and a number ot trees uprooted The school house was badly shaken and portions of 01 tho the ceiling and all tho the windows In the building were knocked out ou t. t Nearly every window In Wharton was smashed The Tho Lackawanna New York and Buffalo Express going west was passIng pass pass- passing Ing on their tracks at the time of or the explosion lon So great was the shock that nearly all tho the windows In the train were shattered and pieces piece of tho the flyIng flyIng fly fly- Ing glass Inflicted Injuries on a 0 number number num num- ber her of ot passengers S 3 |