Show Blast Knocks PS Injures Two An explosion caused by an unauthorized mixing of chemicals rocked the Physical Science Building at a.m. injuring two shattering and demolishing experimental Roy Alan an 18 year-old received severe facial and abdominal lacerations from the Behunin was taken in a police ambulance to St. Mark's Hospital where his condition was reported as late Also injured was Charles another freshman student who was standing about four feet away from the explosion Butcherite suffered leg lacerations from flying He was treated at the Student Health The explosion in a Chemistry 4 lab class when the mixture concocted by Behunin blew up in his The chemicals contained in the mixture probably were red sodium and according to Lloyd E. chemistry mixture was definitely not a class Malm chemicals are not dangerous unless in and this highly explosive mixture was not Behunin had mixed the concoction from chemicals available in the laboratory without according to reports from other students in the who was working at the table across from Behunin at the time of the likened the impact to that of small He said he looked up and saw the shattered windows and billows of smoke before he felt the pain in his legs where the glass Two fire engines were called to the explosion but the small flames resulting from the detonation were extinguished before they had time to |