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Show POWDER WORKS ULOWN UP. Three Thousand rounds or Bmokeleta I'ow-der I'ow-der Kiploded. Tcnn's Grove, N. J., March 24. Over 3,000 pounds of smokeless powder exploded ex-ploded Wednesday, nt the H. I. Dupont powder works, Instantly killing threo workmen and injuring a number of others slightly. The shock from tho explosion shook the country for miles around, and In this town heavy panes of glass wero broken In many houses. The drying houso and tho storehouse wero demolished and other .imall build ing about tho works damaged. Tho works, have "been running "On"largo government orders for smokeless powder. pow-der. Tho cause, of tho explosion hay not been determined. |