The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-08-11
ATERRiBLE EXPLOSION.
a Can of Powder Bursts in Oubre's Store
Building, Smoke Bend-Fonr Men


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A Can of Powder Bursts in. Oubre's Store
building, Smoke Bend-Four Men
Hurt, Two Very Severely.
| At $50 o'clock this evening terrible &C
cident occurred at the Oubre store building
in Smoke Bend, mile above Donaldson
ville The store is kept by Messrs. A. Glenn
ent Dugas and Amadeo Dugas, and the
building is owned by Mr.. just. Oubre.
Mr.. Clement Dugas had just sold some
powder TO customer and had not closed
the can when colored man came in and
bought some tobacco, asking for match
with which to light his pipe. Mr.. Dugas
was smoking cigar, and as he reached IN
der the counter for the box of matches,
which was sitting alongside the powder, a
! spark from the cigar fell into the can of
powder, causing an explosion that lifted
| tho unfortunate storekeeper up and dashed
| him across the counter against pile of
barrels of flour lying in the middle of the
| floor, forced out both sides Of the building,
allowing the ceiling and roof to cave in,
blowing out the sash and breaking every
| window pane in the house.
MIR. Dugas was picked up in an uncon-
scious condition, with his clothing on fire,
and was carried back into Mr.. Oubre's resi-
denca. The left side OF his face and head
were badly charred and burned, apparently
destroying the left eye; the muscle Of his
right arm was laid bare by two deep gashos,
and several cuts were visible on other por-
tons of his body, one in the pit Of the
stomach. DR.. Hanson says the wounded
man may recover, but his condition is pre-
carious.
Mr.. Amadeo Dugas, who was in the back
part of the room, was cut on the left side of
the face and neck, probably by flying pieces
of glass. He is not seriously hurt.
Mr.. Klebert Oubro was sitting OF the
front gallery of the store and was slightly
cut back OF the left ear by a piece of win
dow pane.
Tom jackson, the young colored man
who bought the tobacco was thrown out
the front door into the road, striking on his
head His right cheek was burned, his
forehead cut, q piece OF glass or other sharp
substance passed clear through the muscle
of his right arm, and he had bruised cash
on the right breast. His hurts are severe,
but not dangerous.
The noise and shock of the explosion
were plainly heard and felt in Donaldson
nd i,,4o
excitement in the Smoke Bend neighbor-
hood
SMALL PO1.-Our Town Council and Po-
lice Jury have gone to work in right good
earnest to crush out the small po1, as will
appear from their proceedings as published
elsewhere in to-day's CHIEF. Their COM
bined efforts, aided by those of the Assem-
sion Guild, and directed by the experienced
and slSillful physicians chosen as Health
Officers, ought to be crowned with success.
The first weeks experience with the policy
of isolating patients and guarding infected
premises is encouraging, as we lave only
four new cases to report, and one Of these
originated in the parish Of st. James, and
another should have been reported last
week, but was overlooked. These cases
are
Edward Claiborne, Jr., coiored, St. Pat
rick street; John Johnson, colored, taken
sick in St. james, now in pest house; col
orcd woman on Houmas street, between
Taylor and Conway; Joe. Cato, colored,
same block.
The deaths have been four, as follows:
Duncan Grimes, colored boy, Lessard
street: Mrs. Joe. Cato, colored, Houmas
street; Isaac Knight, colored, Opelousas
street, between Lafourche and Chetimaches:
Sam Jones, the colored prisoner removed
from the jail to the pest house.
One patient has been discharged from the
pest house cured, and five cases are in a
well advanced stage of convalescence-Fred
Leon, Edward Claiborne, Jno. Solozano,
and two children Of D. Gonzales. The to-
tai number of cases in town is about ten.
Acting Mayor Gustaye Israel has appoin-
ted the following special officers to guard
infected premises, they being all men who
have had small pox: Adam Conway, Eugene
Leblanc, Isidore Foster, Henry Larock,
Shedrick Hubbard, Henry Bergan, Philip
Williams, Seph. Carroll, Henry Wilson,
Thos. Lewis, V. Gabrielle, Jr., Jos. Beau
fort, Chas. Burns and L. A. Landry.
Capt. DE. Jones and Rev. r. S. Stuart,
members of the Ascension Guilds commit
tee to solicit funds to be employed in aid
ing the work of eradicating small pox from
the community, canyassed for subscriptions
this week, and when we last saw them.
Thursday evening, they had obtained about
1925.