Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-04-21
Details or the salt Lake Powder Ex.
plOsIOn.

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sion about ti,irtv hove y,nro ,lo,,irC, bail
on The Deserat Ioso holI rrro,rs p"I 'nS bSh;ad Go
the ola citv wall TLny sd SUu9 ,,ro ~ ,hrno
boye werc no,icod at ,So ,,,o,eo,inna u, oa'
ab9rt time before tho occ,,rro,,oe and H.
thoir otton,ion ,as d;rootdd 10.
the fir;nT oS run ,yhioS ,,on on"i t,'nd way ~
atcly foiioued 6y tIo 6rst o,,,J,1;a, a.
cnncussion of which LnocL od the,,, do,sr, s,r0
About The fine thev were seetin% a I oI"nc
or safety tbe second eynIosion 6cc,irrod
knocLi5g Them down aGni,, and sIn,,'or
ing aboni them rocks of ali siaps Tbov
had timp 10 get hehind tho oiJ o;,,, ~,
and lie down before the lest nnago1ine
blew mn and tberc ,bo,, ror,ain9d Co..
some minutes when Ieaying their coots
and hats thev fied in the wfIdost ovcite'
ment last EVENING the boot on ono ~
ibe lecs nj the citv hall was pecogri1ad no
being that worn Nv q six,een vea1 old cor
ofthe widow Richardson. of tbe Fourteenth
Ward Yesterday tbis vonng man 90
COMMANDED bv another of ohont bis own
ACE The son of Archie Hill tool a 1,,,,
aStI the two wont ~, ti,o hn1,oh 20 s,,oot
they both failed to onnear at thair bnn,os
last night. II is snnnosed that one of
them fred n ball which nossed tbrorgh
ctrsting a keg NJ noyydor IN ehootad %n pon por,
dition. irnited II causing the exnIosion
Tho annearonce of tLa cih, af,or tLo nv
nlosion b6re strong testimonv to Tho nov,er
nf forty. .five tons 9f nowder tbaro he;na
scarcely n house which woe NOT rnoro or
less DAMAGED hv Tho shock Tn tba T,yor,
teth Ward there Ia HARDLY n house tbo
windows ON the north and uast sidos Of
which are NOT comnleteIv demolisbod
First and Secand Snrtb sireeta SnfTnrod
very severely Tbe nortb windows In Tho
Emnorinm bn;Idinr yyora oli ,,,oro 1r ~. Ioss
shattered, and the Exchange bniIdinG
the Deseret National Rank and the bniI3
ings of Calder & Coreless bwver CnIn,er
~ Co w RanbonId The Websatcb
drug store and ths now or. onoro,;vo sIoro
eoc6 Iost from ono to three ier,,o i;Ibt0 ~,
Mate GLASS Inv the shocks w6iIa wheel
haTrnu nf hrOl o1a 1,n
sboveled mn anvwbera alone Moin st-oat
Vetepans Of Any war oau ao ,hs, SaG s.lJes
hurg amor hoing honhardad Gov a ,,no,,tI,
did not snow snch s;gns of vupact as Sii
Salt Lake from tho effects of tho Great
tlow.un
Five nersons are known to have boon
killed and TossihIv thoro ara rnoro
There wore manIy inc;dents IN tho oit,,
and narrow eaconas from fly;nc ,,,;ss;icys
A woman IN tho Twart;a,h W. nttor
the first concnssion nicl,ed her cbiid mn
from its cradle and rnrsbad ont ot doori rP
On retnrning n Che found Tho tabIe cr,ob od
and covered with debr;s from, tho co;iingr
MANY citizens were standinr m tho cor
ner of First East and First Sonth streets
onnosite the theoter when n can of now
der came down on the theator corner nv.
plodinr and throwing rocks and dirt all
aronnd them. .Iosen6 s Raddon aged
five or six wears SON oc lanes Raddnn of
the Twentieth Ward. was sit,in@ in his
father,s yard nIavinT wLen ;, stono
WEIGHING fonr or FIVE 55ocunds struck him
naesing fhrnngh his cbest and cuttinn omi
his besrt and ungs howIder I,,s;ob
inc fiftv mounds str1cl, tbe roof Of MaSnr
Lilies new honso and nassed ongb he
floors A rock went fving throngb the
roof of Georoe SaviIia,s bonse 3n tho
twentieth Ward and knociied the chin.
nav down. Matiiessen S Johnson 70
wagon denot near the theater was yisitad
bv a en.nound rock which went crash.
inr throriph the roof A woman in tho
Ninth Ward died of frirht bon,,dar
came near killing n lady bv the name of
Bird, residing three doors south of the
Tovnsend House The rnck watched
eighteen nounds and dasbed thr1ngh
The adobe walls like n cannon
hall. Mrs. Mary lane Vanatta residing
in The Ninetertb Ward who was at q
pump getting wafer was struclx Inv n
bowldeF and Instantly killed A r9ck
weighing fifteen mounds struck the root
of lie residence of p PAGE on North
roof landed in a bedroom just vacated by
blocks west OF the powder-house, while
helping his wife and children out of the
house, W as severely injured in the hand