The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17
4 CnAPTER on HORRORS.

A Powder-IIiII at Cumminsville, Ont. E1'
plodes, Killing Four Men and WoundinS
Two-The HeadIess Body of q Womah
Found in a Cistern Near Troy, Ind. -
Three Men Overwhelmed by Molten Metal
in Tennessee B1ast-Furnace.
TORONTO, Can, Oct. 10.-A terrific ex.
plosion occurred in the mills of the Hamil
ton Powder Company at Cunminsville, nine
miles from Hamilton, at 1890 yesterday.
Nearly all the men employed in the mills
were at dinner when the explosion hap
pened, or else it would have been accom-
panied with frightful loss of life, as the
buildings We're almost totally demolished,
and large pieces of timber and parts OF
heavy machinery were hurled a quarter OF
a mile from the scene by the force of tbs
explosion. OF the six men who were in the
factory at the time four were killed and two
ably injured.
The names of those killed are William
Murray, Henry TibbleS, George Matthews,
all married men with families, and William
Hetherington, single man. The wounded
men are Albert Culp, badly burned, and
Daniel Dougherty, badly burned, with some
limbs broken. There was intense excitement
at Hamilton when the news was received
there of the explosion. The shock felt at
Hamilton from the explosion was quite Sc
we're, and it was thought it was the result
of an earthquake. There are broken panes
of glass In almost every house in Cummins-
vile. The cause of the explosion is mys.
terry. The damage will probably be $50,0O0.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 10.-Informa-
ton of a horrible accident reached the city
yesterday from Warmers furnace, in Hick-
man County. 1t is a rule to give signal
before tapping the furnace that the blast
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 were covered by seething
mass of melted iron Two of the men
were burned to death instantly. The other
man attempted to get out of the way and
waded through melted iron, walking over
one hundred yards. The flesh dropped off
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
ron which poured out Of the furnace.
Troy, Ind, Oct 10-A horrible discov-
cry was made by small boy on the farm OF
Peter Book, near this place, yesterday aft
ernoon. He was playing around the mouth
of a newly finished cistern, and, peep
ing in, discovered the nude body OF
woman, with the head severed
from the body. He alarmed the neigh
borhood, and search was made for
some clew to the murder After an hours
hunt the head was found in clump OF
bushes a hundred yards or more from the
cistern, and barn near by gave evidence
of having been the scene of terrible strug-
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. 10.-Franz Vet
ter, young German printer, stands an even
chance for death or a slow recovery from a
most peculiar attempt at self-destruction
made Tuesday morning. Yetter, who is
twenty-one years of age, was sent by his
sister to the woodshed 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. nyesti-
cation disclosed the fact that he had infiict-
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 ak.
Vetter has been looked upon for some time
past as somewhat demented, and this is the
only explanation to be given for the deed.