The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-09-02
NATIONAL NOTES.
Three More Anarchists Fail Into the
Clutches of the Law.
An Old Woman on Her Death Bed
Reveals Her Daughters Crime.
The Attempt to Blow Up POwderiy
Pronounced a Ganard.
SpeCulG:1Ons Of Correspondent OF
the War Question.
rsrrino Powder E1pIOsion.

CHICAGO, H., Aug. 1Ss-AH S:I6
O'Clock this morning in the midgt of .
heavy thunder storm the powder maya
zine belonging 20 the La1in-RAnd pow
der company in Brighton. 9 suburb, was
struck by lightning. An explosion fol-
lowed, which destroyed property val
ued at S75 900, besides killing one per-
son almost instantly, fatally iniuring
four others, and inficting painful In
iuries on nearly twenty-five more.
The combined efforts Of 8 hard fought
battle, . cyclone and the whitening
flashes Of lightning could not have pre-
sented picture Of more terrible desc
lAtion and destruction than did the
country for half q mile In all directions
from the exploded magazine.
To-day opened glOOmily. At O'Clock
rain began falling furiOusly. Flashes OF
lightning were soon chasing each other
across the whole armament and the
der was deafening.
When the rain began to fall this morn
ing the people Of the vicinity were all in
doors, many Of them prolOnEing their
Saturday nights rest. An occasional
wagon passing along Archer road was
about the only sign of life out Of doors.
just preceding the explosion q long
electric fame seemed to burst from q
cloud directly over Latin & Rand's
magazine. In an instant the air was
filed with flying missiles. Masses Of
brick and clay, sheets Of tin, large pieces
Of stones and timber performed inde-
scribable gyrstions, hundreds Of feet in
the air, some falling back close to the
points from which they started while
others shot on through space with q
frighiful velocity, only conforming to
the laws Of gravity after long flights.
Stones weighing from ten to fifty pounds
were thrown into fields two miles from
the scene. Trees were stripped, fences
by the mile laid low, telegraph wires
snapped and the prairie bore seams as
Of q thousand steam ploWs. Not .
building WithinA mile Of the explosion
escaped damage.
The shock caYed in two magazines Of
the Oriental Powder company and also
those belonging to the Warren Powder
company, the Hazard and the Dupont
The Latin q Rand company's was the
only. one which exploded. Where il
stood is now an immense excavation
nearly fifty feet In depth.
The exploded magazine contained, Ii is
estimated, 14O, 900 pounds of powder and
half IS much dynamite. In the neigh
boring ten storehouses were 5O0, eco
powder. Not one Of the eleven build
ings had lightning rod or conductor.
4 FAMILY TERRIBLY AANGLED.
The cottage of John Guhl with its sur
rounding Outhouses was laid low ana in
q moment parts of the exploded ware
house began falling on the cottage.
Guhl's family consisted Of himself, his
wife and Carrie AhernWorth, IA years of
age. The latter was instantly killed,
while Guhl and wife were dragged from
the ruins frightfully msngied. Their
horses, COW and swine were all killed
by the conclusion and the bodies blown
full Of sand and powder.
Guhl's left arm was torn from the
shoulder.
The body Of the girl was removed to
the home Of her uncle, August Ahern-
worth, on California avenue.
John Guhl was alive when taken out,
but in terrible condition. His right leg
was broken in two places, his back was
severely injured, the flesh on his face was
cut into ribbons, and powder, sand and
pebbles were blown into the ugly gashes.
his suffering was agOnizing TO behold.
Mrs. Guhl was extracted alive but al
most beyond hope. Her entire body was
mangled and bruised. The right side Of
her body was paralyzed, but the worst
OF her wounds was . gaping fracture In
the back Of her head, through which her
brains oozed.
Guhl and his wife were carried to the
residence of DR.. j. Lee Mills where they
were3treated. and were then removed to
the city.
The dead and fatally injured are:
Miss Carrie AhernwOrth. killed in
stantly.
Peter Kenn, . farmer, ribs broken and
feaTfully burned.
John Guhl, teamster for the Oriental
Powder company, ribs fractured, right
leg broken in two places, internal
wounds.
Mrs Guhl, skull crushed.
Mrs. Eliza DeURe, right leg crushed to
jelly, breast transnxed by Q strip OF
glass.
The following were injured:
John Jung, 81 years old, gardner.
Mrs. Jung, 46 years old, wife OF the
former.
Miss Kennedy, Is years old, living q
| quarter Of q mile from the scene.
Peter Ham, 2S years old, gardener.
James Shannon, 16 years old, lived on
Joseph street and Pearson avenue.
The Kelly brothers IA and 16 years old
respectively; i've On Western avenue,
near ThirtY-sixth street.
Madden, q small boy, whose parents
live on Thirty-eighth street, near Pear
son avenue. u
Philip Bowler, ca6tnetmaker, q
! South Union street; arm brushed by 8
| flying stone and Amputated,
John Lordey, Jr., IL yeAtT old, Of 16t
CanalpOrt avenue; leg badly crushed.