Show SMALL SMAL TOWN HIT HARD Nitroglycerine Explosion Followed Followed Fol Fol- Fol- Fol lowed by Electric Storm and Fire Washington Pa June 23 Follow Follow Following ing the explosion of or one hundred quarts tl of ot nitroglycerine lu last t night when the town was shattered from end to end Cross Crot Creek twelve miles illes north of or here was this morning visited vis ls lied d by an electric storm that destroyed do- do six elx large buildings man many small ones lm ama and almost wiped the community off ocr the map rime Tho Inhabitants panic stricken have fled to the fluIds fields where I Ithe the they have taken temporary quarters qUarte At 5 Ci o'clock this morning three buildings building were struck by lightning and und shortly afterward a u half halt dozen n more mort r Fire swept along the thit streets of the village vii vil lage being assisted by an additional lightning t stroke The Tito Inhabitants after af after after af- af ter the Ow first few tow minutes mn made no tue erfort ef effort er- er fort tort to subdue the tho flames antI and fled nett from ruin the town The Tho loss from fire fire- Is estimated at ut |