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Show TEN DEAD, SEVENTEEN INJURED. Terrific Explosion In Malta Food ; Products Factory. I Chicago. From eight to ten people) f wen! reported killed and seventeen j! were Injured, niany of them probably 1 fatally. In a torrlflc explosion at tbe 1 works of thn Amerlcun Mulxo Pro- j duds coinpany at Kohy, Ind , Monday ' nlghl. 1 be explosion occurred lu a do- Inched building of the plant and waa preceded ny a llro that soon enveloiicd n a large three-slory wurehoune. Slatch ' In nn overheated kiln la aupiHisud to ' have been tho cause. Th fire broke out suddenly after a . force of men hnd prciaircd a kiln niled wlin starch. The starch, a moment liner, blew up like giiiiiowdcr. So ' great was Ihe force Hint some of the Injured were hurled through windows and doors, und in that way cscuiicd death In the Humes. |