Show EXPLOSION DESTROYS A PART OF CLEVELAND 0 unknown number of people ki fed and injured torpedo factory blew injured taken to the hospital soon after the disasters Disa sterA family blown to atoms cleveland may 2 the kohl torpedo factory at case avenue and crane street blew up after noon today resulting in the loss of many lives A large number of persona are reported injured th e explosion was terrific and the factory was completely demolished several nearby near by buildings were also destroyed and windows broken throughout the entire neighborhood tire broke out in the debris and a general alarm was turned in the flames were soon brought under control however and the firemen turned their attention to the rescue of the victims later reports sa that at least a dozen people were killed and possibly many more and from 50 to 70 injured there is said to have been fully 30 employees at work in the factory at the time of explosion nearly all of whom were girls it is said that no trace can be found of th ese employed emp loyes W G kohl son of silao kohl the owner of the factory was at work in the office when t explosion occurred he ani blown out into the street and badly injured an entire family residing in a house ad joining and directly north of the factory was blown to atoms there were three in the family occupying the house all of whom are missing their names have not been learned up to 2 about 30 people had been moved to hospitals and a score of firemen and policemen were at work in the ruins searching for the dead and injured victims from to houses in the vicinity of the factory are badly shattered and wrecked and the windows within a half mile radius were blown out thousand of people are at the scene of the disaster and nearly aery ambulance in the city is in service up to a late hour this afternoon it was io lim the number or the names of the victims of the explosion so much excitement prevailed around the scene of the disaster that definite information could not be secured the police and fire officials were however 3 to believe that first reports concerning the of killed were they said that all told probably thirty persons had lean taken hospitals to I 1 of these probably from BIX to 10 will die from their injuries up to this hour only one dead body lias been taken from the ruins it i believed a number of otters will be found when the debris is removed the explosion is said to have been caused by one of th e employed emp loyes stepping on some powder on the floor of the factory the list of the dead and injured as far as known follows DEAD sirs conn died en route to hospital mrs J P hiuer miss fannie leipsic two unknown women unknown man two boys about 8 or 0 years old two small children all are unconscious stunned by f explosion sirs anna and two children mra A W II william kohl son of the proprietor of the factory left ann blown off unknown boy aped 10 unknown man aped 23 the two latter will affie |