Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-06

| Fearful Powder Explosion at Oshkaloosa.
Iowa-Three Boys Using Powder Maya
zine for Target, Exploding 500 Kegs Of
Powder-The Boys Killed and Horribly
| Mutilated.
QUINCY, ILL.,, Jan. 5.-During the fun
eral of Rev. Simon Kuhlehenhoelter, at
the Salem Evangelical church this after
noon frightful panic occurred. In the
rush for the street some forty persons
were injured, six ladies seriously. The
church is one of the largest in the city,
and was filled with friends of the deceas-
ed. All the seats were filled, and stand
ing room in aisles and about the doors
was occupied. Soon after the services
commenced panic occurred. 1t is said
that seat in the gallery broke down;
people in the vicinity thought the gallery
was giving way, and a rush commenced.
Men, women and children poured out Of
the door leading from the main floor and
gallery into the hall leading to the
street. All efforts to stop them were
fruitless; the people were frantic, and
would listen to nothing. In less than
two minutes the door was blocked up,
and the scene that followed was indie
scribable. Women who were caught in the
crowd were thrown down and trampled
on Their shrieks and the shouting of
men who seemed to be frightened out of
their senses, were fearful. For fully ten
minutes the doorway was blocked up,
and during the greater part of this time
a half dozen women lay on the steps under
the feet of the frightened crowd. A few
men who had not lost their head, went to
work heroically to rescue the women, and
succeeded in getting them out after they
had been walked over by q
large number of men. AS fast as
taken out the victims were taken to adj
joining houses and cared for. 1t was
found that several were
SERIOUSLY, PROBABLY FATALLY HURT.
Mrs. Shelker, married woman, aged
about 45, received internal injuries and
it is supposed will die.
Maggie Meyer. young woman, was
bruised in the face by boot heels and was
injured internally.
Mary Keys, Mary Ann Ritter, Minnie
Bundy and Miss Dick Hut, young women,
all received serious injuries and their re-
covery is doubtful.
Mrs. Doliman, an old lady, Mrs. and
Miss Lehman, and Miss Wiseman, were
badly injured.
Rev. Hollenbrack, who was caught in
the crowd, had rib broken.
Many who were knocked down and but
slightly injured, were taken home as soon
as they escaped, and their names were
not ascertained. There was no occasion
for the scare and no cause for the panic.
After the excitement, which lasted for
half an hour, the funeral ceremonies were
resumed. Up to s o'clock this evening
the victims were all alive, but there's but
little hope for Mrs. Schliker, Miss Meyers
and Miss Bundy.
FEARFUL POWDER EXPLOSION.
OsKALoosA, Ia, Jan. 5.-An explosion
occurred at 4 p. m. to-day whereby 500
kegs of powder, the property of man
ufacturing powder company, went up
with terrific noise. 1t was caused by
some boys using the wooden magazine as
a target for breech loading rife. Three
boys, John Phillips, son of the mayor,
whose father drew the rifle as prize on
New Years day, Gerald Joyce and John
Stedman, were the boys engaged In the
target exercise and we're all instantly
killed, being fearfully mangled
and burned They were caI ried
from so to 100 yards away from
the magazine, and mutilated almost be-
yond recognition. The explosion caused
great damage to windows, nearly all plain
glass fronts in the business quarter of the
city being wrecked, while many houses
in the north part of the city suffered Sc
verely, the damage aggregating not less
than $40. 900. Many other persons were
injured by falling glass and debris.
The body of young Phillips, was found
fifty yards down the hill, his clothing nearly
all gone, and the back portion of his head car
ried away and body otherwise horribly
mangled. John Stebman was blown through
a wire fence 100 yards away. Gerald Joyce
was found in creek $50 yards away with his
head almost completely gone. The boys had
been warned to quit. The damage to the city
is very great. Most of the houses in the north
half are badly wrecked, both the windows
and woodwork broken, barns completely
from top to bottom. The wreck of plate
glass on the principal streets of the city are
nearly complete and cannot be covered by
$4,000.
KEoKUK, Ia, Jan. 5.-The shock of the
explosion at Oskaloosa to-day, was felt at
Menroe, on the Keokuk s. Des Moines d.
vision of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
ciic railroad, a distance of nearly thirty
miles from the scene of the explosion.
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