Show OFF THE MAP chesterfield ind rocked to its foundation i nitro glycerine explosion that destroyed the town and was heard for fifteen miles in all directions Auder sonvIlle ind nov 26 chesterfield ter field ind was almost wiped off the bep mep at an early hour this morning by J the explosion sion of go 80 quarts ot of nitroglycerine I 1 glycerine in an oil field a ball half mile broto rora town marion marlon mansey and sini sim laguire SI were wele working at a gae gas well nearby when the explosion occurred mansey was thrown fifty feet but was not fatally injured maguire was thrown a hundred feet in the air and rod badly injured but will recover jamea james golds house about rods distant was torn to pieces the explosion tore a hole in the ground to the water line A three ton engine was torn to fragments and every animal in the neighborhood was killed instantly the little town of Cheser chesterfield field is a mass of ruins rains every house wa removed I from its foundation windows 1 shattered doors smashed i in every light put out and the plastering shaken from the wall several people were I 1 shaken out of bed at Danes ville two miles away and at yorktown five miles distant the damage was almost as great many people were injured and it Is a miracle that nore were killed outright the jar of the ex was felt for fifteen miles in all direct directions lons the gas in the vielle we 1 was all blown out and a workman named Cooper lighted it and caused sed another nother cap explosion oi ion in which be was fatally burned the damage cannot be estimated |