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Show Iftfl IS BLOWN UP Four Explosions Occur at H Nemours, Virginia Work- i H man and Two Chil- j H dren Killed. I ir Bluefield, West, Virginia, April 12. I ; jH Three persons were killed, a work- f ' M man and two children, when the plant I H of the Du Pont Powder company at , H Nemours, Mercer county, eight I jH miles from here, was blown to pieces I H by four explosions early today. I i jH Houses in tho llttlo village were 1 H wrecked. The dead children were I H buried in the ruins of their homo near 1 VMM the powder mill. I J jH "The principal damage was done by &J iljH the first explosion, which is said to ' IH have completely destroyed the build g ymM ing in which it occurred. The plant H had been working on war orders. I lllH |