The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-11-18
A Powder Factory Explodes
With Terrific Force
Near Toledo.
The Shock Felt for Many Miles
Mistaken for an
Earthquake.
Several Schools Stampede
Causing Serious Injury
to Scholars.
No Loss Of Life Reported, but
Many Miraculous
Escapes.

Toledo, O., Nov. l3 A loud explosion
occurred at the dynamits factory, situated
about four miles out of this city, this
morning 1t is reported six or seven men
were killed. The shock was III tinly felt in
town.
SECOND REPORT.
A violert explosion occurred at $50 this
morning, said TO have been n powder mag
szne 81 'uated three miles above the city.
The shock was felt at Fremont ADD other
places within a radius of thirty miles
Particulars later.
TgTRD REPORT.
A large lot of powder stored in a shed
on Delaware creek, four miles FROM this
city. explode ct tea o'clock this morning.
The report was heard forty miles In every
direction. The windows In the houses in
that quarter of the city we're generally
broken Al Broadway school, three miles
from the city, the windows were I'm ,sbed
and the scholars states holding the win
dows up were broken. Several persons
VOL king ia a shed were seen running and
shouting. Everybody nesr TOOK this as a
signal of danger and fed A terrific ex-
plosion follosed, but all were far enough
away 10 csc ape excep, al old man called
Fred, who had charge of the sled. he
had got some dis ance away hut ", thrown
down and his hair scorched by the .xplO-
sion. a spring wagon containing a man
and three women iu the road one hundred
yards away, wa> blown into dutch, but no
one was seriou,ly injured. Fences were
leveles In the vicinity and limbs blown
from che trees The ruios nited from the
explosion and men are fighting the fire TO
keep il from reaching Large lot of pstro-
leuW stored near BY.
TIE explosion was in the Giant powder
factory OF A. j. ard o. g. Rummel consist
ing of a packing house, magez IL aud
stock house situated on the crJwn Of n
little knoli on Delaware creek surround
ed ty a derse Ihicket of trees. The men
in che pack -ng house were thawing out a
Tub containing iwenty-six pousd> OF nitro
slvcerine ami sci il too near the fire The
Iub caught FIRE. The meD threw IT outside
aud gave the alarm. An instast after the
tub exploded the conclusion setting off the
mag zine containing len TOT of giant p W.
der known 10 the trade as great western
! owGer, The stick builiing was thrown
dewn imprisoniIg the men working
luSFelu anu C6uSnt tul dli
extric 4ted themselves speedily with
no greater injury ihsa bruises except
R'EnehOld Gsuli, who was badly burned
oil over has body. Getting out of the
blsc Rg ruins h dashed into the creek To
cxtll guish tile burning clothing, and was
taken TO house near by md medical aid
He will probably recover. A
house near by owned by man smed
Berch was badly shattered, and sno,her
belonging TO Mr.. Wilson was entiieiy
wrecked The house of refuge, half a mile
away, had the wall on that side Ell TERED
near the top and over eighty windows
smashed. One side was blown off the ice
house one hundred yards away, b rms and
fences near by were demolished and the
telegraph poles thrown down. There was
a panic IN two city schoolhouses of that
section of the city, and in the stamp de
many childsen were badly brui,ed but none
'erio isis injured. Total loss on powder
works and powder in stock about $4,000.
The ekpl sion was felt at Detroit, Mich,
';xty nj Is distant.