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Show EXPLOSION AT POWDER PLANT Threats Had Been Made to Blow Up the Works at Emporium. Emporium, Pa., Oct, 6. An explosion explo-sion of nearly E000 pounds of guncot-ton guncot-ton tonight killed at least four men and injured a dozen in the Aetna Explosive Ex-plosive company's plant. The death list may be greater. The blowup was In the guncotton drying department. This building Is Isolated, consequently tho rest of the plant suffered only from flying fragments frag-ments of masonry and steel. No reason for tho explosion has been established. The Aetna plant hero is a product of the war. It is manufacturing for the British and French goernments. urowtn ot me piant on mia uaouia has added about 600 to the population popula-tion of Emporium. Constant patrols of guards have j been maintained at the explosive I works since tho war orders caused their enlargement Threats against the plant have been reported. No trace of tho four men known to have been In the building at tho tlmo has been found. Their Identity I has not been established. It is possible pos-sible more men were with thorn. The injured were taken to the company's com-pany's hospital. Tho building Itself was reduced practically to dust. |