New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-08-30
A POWDER HOUSE BLOWN UP
EXPLOSION CAUSED BY LIGHTNING.
ONE PERSON KILLED OUTRIGHT AND OTHERS rAs
TALLY HURT.

ONE PERSON KILLED OUTRIGHT AND OTHERS YAs
TALLY HURT.
CHICAGO, Aug. 29.-In the midst of a heay1
sorm' about 9:lo today the DO wder magazine be-
longing 10 the Lain Rand Powder Company was struck
by lightning An explosion followed which des;rov.d
property OF tho value Of o00 besides killing two
persons almost instantly fatally inurns three and IN
ncting painful Injuries nearly twenty Ave otherA
picture Of sbect dssolaton and destruction WAS prs-
sented oy tho country for hafa mile 10 all directions
FROM the exploded magazine. Tho day had opeued
gloomily At q. m the rain began falling furiousy.
Flashes OF lightning wcre frequent and tho thundsr
was doafening. About Is FASH which all agrss va
much brighter than those precsdngit WAS followed by
report that shook tho greater part OF Cook County.
It sharp report but strange to say. by most Of
those who lived In the vicinity OF the explosion was
hardly disngushable from the series OF thunier csps
which had been the order OF tho morning All agree
that there was tremendous shaking OF the GARTH Ar
tioles Of furniture not stationary thrown about
II they playthings.
The scene OF the catastrophe about two miles from
the extreme southwestern edge OF the city, where
Archer-ave settles down into . country highway. On
ono side wave great folds OF rpening corn On the
other broad stretch Of prairie runs for nearly
mile in all directions. On this were
dozen plain but strongly built houses with walls Of
yellow brick roofs Of slate and strong doors Thess
houses were the magazines In which the bulk OF the
powder supply for Chicago and the territory
Of the humber class built their homes on the
prairie close to tho warehouses contain-
Ing the deadly stuff and lived without fear OF any
disaster Right in the midst of the magazines rose the
home OF NJ j. Terney police magistrate OF the town OF
Lake. in the limits OF which corporation the
stood. The house until to-day an attractive ookng
house, two stories high and surrounded by humber OF
substantial outhouses 1t overlooked Archer Road.
about forty feet away Three hundred feet northeast OF
the Ierney Residence was little cottage ruiey buile
and surrounded By sheds, stables hog pens.
The magazine Of the Latin and Rand Powder
Company OF the largest OF tho dozea
structures In the neighbordood. IL was substantial
brick house. 20 by 80 feet in Dimensions. with
slate root and one iron door OF strength. Tha
magazine 800 feet from the cottage OF John Guh
and 700 feet from the house OF Mr. Terney When the
rain began to fall in the morning the people of
the neighborhood were a indoors. An occasionsl
wagon passing along Archer Road about the only
sign OF life outdoors
Not building within q milo OF the explosion escaped
damage. The cottage Of John Guhl with its slrroun
ing outhouses was laid low without warning, aud In q
moment parts of the exploded warehouse began falling
the debris OF tho cottage. GuhPs family consisted o;
himself, his wife and Carrie Ahernwerth. ags four
teen. The last Instantly killed. while Gunl and hl1
wife were dragged from the ruins frghtfuy mutated.
Their horses, and swine all killed by tha
conclusion. The ruins OF Guhs house Immediately ooh
fire aud smouldering fragments burned out during the
day. Tho dead and fatally injured are:
AHERYwERTH, CARRIE. killed instantly
KEYy PETER. farmer ribs broken and fearfly burned
GUHl Jony teamster Oriental Powder Company rtbs
fractured right leg broken IN two places internal wounds
GULL, MRS; skull crushed.
DEvIxE Mrs. Eliza right leg crushed breast p!ercedbS
broken glass.
The shock wrecked the two magazines OF the
Oriental Powder Company and also those belong
ing the Warren Powder Company the Hazard.
the Dupont companies and the Forcte dynamite store
hotta laHin a. Rant CAmD
only one which exploded. Where Il stood is now a.
immense excavation. nearly fifty feet IN depth.