The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-04-07

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AZ expl6ion a the ilcsn Powder
WORKS. nssf Oakland CT March 37tls le.
suited 81 thd death ofAive Ute men azt1siz
i CHI nen, md probably ~ fatal burning
3oek1our other white mems A. 10 .. II. AFs
was seen to issue from the granulatina
Iheusav and almost inseanfiy- . dun sxplestou
oil lowed, spreading wreck and desolation
on all sides. The scene was . mass Of burn.
ing ruins, In the midst Of which were several
IbodIes 'iisefsliy roasted to . crisp. In one
place, where the side Of the building had
been strongly braeed with iron bars, these
bars were curied up and formed huge
gridiron, On which lay the bodies Of three
men, twisted into the most horrible shape.
! In front Of the boilerlay the ghastly corpse Of
| the engineer, blackened and partially burned,
living upon its face, with the heels touching
the back Of his head. Near the corpse were
three more bodies. Every vestige of flesh
had been burned Of the bones, and near by,
deep In the burning embers, lay the
chArred bodies Of two Chinamen. To the
right was the naked body Of . white man, 30
fesrfully burned - to be irrecognizsble.
Near this was another body, evidently blown
from distance, with the legs burned Of to
the knees the bonesprotruding from thefesh.
and eyes starting from the sockets. -Four
men were dragged from the ruins still liv-
ing, but the doctors think there Il no chance
Of their recovery. The white men killed
were: n. c. Lamb, J. Stewart, L. w.
Starr, Thomas Mills. The injured are: w.
III. Ferris, W. e. Dales, Gottlieb Koch,
Louis Schaffer. ~
DURrNa q severe gale on the 9th a
three-story brick house in Evansburg, Pa. |,
was blown down, and two men. VIM. Hunt
and Frank Mcdonald. were killed; John
Houser and VIM. Sharle were fatally in.
iured, and five others slightly hurt. I, A
frame house In Pittsburg was demolished
and John Atkinson and Patrick Gavin were
fatally injured. At Wheeling, w. Vs.,
hailstones the size Of walnuts pelted west
ern fronts like volley Of rife balls. Win
dows in the State. house, United States Gus.
tom. house, Female College. Linsby Insti-
trite, the large hotels and factories, all the
ward school buildings, and many business
houses and residences were riddled. Hot
beds, green houses and skylights gave way
like egg-shells, and many valuable plants
were destroyed. Persons who were exposed
to the storm and not in reach Of shelter were
badly bruised about the head, and horses
in many instances became frantic and ran
away. The street.cars and railway coaches
all suffered more or less damage to the win
dows. N -A
FOUR colored men, John Sanders.
VIM. Opleston. Isaac Bailey of Arlington.
Va. and Gus Countree of washington. d.
c.. were drowned by the svampine Of a
boat at Rig Falls. near Iavton,s Station.
Favette County. Pa. ON the a6th.
EnwARn McNAMrNv. a well.to-do
,.,,,,.. 49, 1u.h., ,.....,-,
tiIled nv ! train IN TIA Wsh..h s. Tonis
& Pacific Railroad. March %. while w.lk;nv
bomeward an the track. -. v.s n.rti.,lv
deaf and f.;,ad,to hs.r The s,vu.l n. w.s
thirty wear, ~ .re and had 'rec.n+lv haer
married. :.
v,oIr xr,. etorr,s - .++ardad u;+h 1o..
..s.. ~. 80
=. nao anu 'U VS. uS.'o" =. Ppo
oi nun i'u" '' s''l' ~nu 11ouiS'
AAIiAiA' ~ AioSAa Anulan muluer-
or was exeeuted ~ for!sno' Ore:' Marcn
~ ne ascendea the sceA oio nrmiy, Dade
al present gooo,Dy, anu snakng nanos.
ooJected 10 having ms arms pinioned ana
1ofce was required 20 CONNIE tnem. his
neck was broken ~ the IAN. he oied witn-
our ssruegie. = p'.'
ID. y. EARLY, an attorney ana well
known local politician, OF Leadville, Colo,
shot and killed Policeman Sam Townsend,
March %. They quarrelled about the costs
OF q replevln sun, IN wnicn Early acted as
counsel , m, ne 1917 - - sa'u' .olceu .ne
lus..s.. n'' '' .u .. W. un.."oo snu ellso
80 a. "'nP' " ''"'" r'~f'y
was .us.1q.
wM. W: LAlns INES iolineriy resiuent
OF west oaiem, Vnio' became SO trouble
some IN the sieepng.car OF an ONO MIS-
siss'ppi ualn' ON tne morning OF the zStn,
ne was removed 10 FORWARD coacn' wnere
no conoucseo n'msen very Wen lo1 snort
Ime' De'wsen oparAssnle ana Medofe'
nnu, Nc suu aus y. u..m i ss ano'
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