Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-31
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A Powder-Mm at Cummins,,,,.
Plodes, Killing Four Men and wonnnt'E En-
Two-The Headless Body OF . .%'uundins
round In n C:stern Near Trov woman
Three Men Overwhelmed by Molt, ind' -
In a Tennessee Blast-Furnace. Metal
TORONTO, Can, Oct. 10.-A torr;c.
plosion occurred in the mills of the HanSS
ton Powder Company at Cumminsviuo "1'
miles from Hamilton, at 1890 yestern l's
Nearly all the men employed in tho m;y
were at dinner when the explosion m 'As
pened, or else it would have been cce n"p'
panied with a frightful loss of life. ssm a'
buildings were almost totally demolishss'
and large pieces Of timber and narts
heavy machinery were hurled a ouarter y.
a mile from the scene by the force Of ~"
explosion. OF the six men who were in t M'
factory at the time four We're killed and ,,'s
badly injured.
The anne of those killed are Win,r.
Murray, Henry Tibbles, George Matth"n,ln
all married men with families, and WillissSsa
Hetherington, a single man. The womndaaa
men are Albert Culp, badly burned. ANU
Daniel Dougherty, badly burned, with so,na
limbs broken. There was intense excitemanii
at Hamilton when the news was receiynS
there of the explosion. The shock felt y, y
Hamilton from the explosion was quite ~
we're, and it was thought it wa the resnN
of an earthquake. There are broken pana.
OF glass in almost every house in Cummins.
Vile. The cause of the explosion is a mvs,
terry. The damage will probably be $500 oo
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 10.-1nforma.
ton of q horrible accident reached the civ
Yesterday from Warmers furnace, in IIicb..
man County. 1t is a rule to give a sigma,
before tapping the furnace that the Mas
may be shut off and all get out of danger
The Taper, through neglect, tapped the fur.
mace before the signal was given. Three men
standing near We're covered by a scethinp
mass OF melted iron. Two of the men
were burned to death instantly. The othe,
man attempted to get out of the way and
waded through melted iron, walking over
one hundred yards. The flesh dropped of
of all their bodies, leaving the bones almost
bare. One lived two hours and then died
in great agony. The Taper was also
burned fatally. A mule and cart standing
near were consumed by the river of melted
iron which poured out Of the furnace.
Troy, Ind, Oct. ia horrible discoy.
cry was made by a small boy on the farm Of
Peter Book, near this place, yesterday aft.
ernoon. He was playing around the mouth
of a newly finished cisteln, and, peep.
ing in, discovered the nude body Of
a woman, with the head severed
from the body. He alarmed tile neigh
borlood. and search was made TO,
some clew to the murder. After an hours
hunt the head was found in a clmmp of
bushes a hundred yards or more from the
c%istcrn, and a barn near by gave evidence
of having been the scene of a terrible strus.
gle. Blood and hair were found all over
the floor. but nothing was found to indicate
the identity of either murderer or victim.
CLEVELAND, O., Oct. 1O.-Fram Vet
ter, a young German printer, stands an even
chance for death or a slow recovery from a
most peculiar attempt at self-destructioD
made Tuesday morning. Vetter, who il
twenty-one years of age, was sent by his
sister to the woodshcd to prepare some kind.
ling. After half an hours absence he. was
found in the woodshed with six terri.
Bile wounds in his forehead, from
which the blood was streaming. He was
also suffering from a blow from some dull
instrument on the top OF the head. Invest.
CATION disclosed the fact that he had intlict.
ed the wounds on his forehead with the
blade OF the AK used in preparing the kind.
ling, and that the blow on the top of the
head was from the blunt side Of the az.
Vetter has been looked upon for some time
past as somewhat demcnted, and this Us the
only explanation to be given for the deed.