Telegram-herald., 1886-08-30
Tremendous Explosion
Shakes Chicago 70 It's
Center.
A Thuudesbo,t Which Strikes
Powder Magazine.
Death and Destruction Spread
Far and Wide.
A Stone Weighing $50 Pounds
Thrown a Mile.
A Churchfun OF Worshipers
Panic Stricken.

Cumsaa. Aas. -a-A severe shock ike
thaf of an earfseske vas feit in every
portion 81 Gle cty ibis morning The
cause VAS tte explosion of lhe Lain &
Rand P3sier Company magazine 90 The
Archer roai near lle MtCoruics Reaper
Works. lt is supposed tlas a 5oit of isht
u.as struck fle nas.zIne ana che concus-
sion set on .l- dynamite and gun powder
stored there Ii- shock eased in the TWO
magazines of tae Oriental Powder Com
pa0g ani those belonging t0 the Warren
PoRd-r Company ,he Hazard The Dupont
ana De Fosc.l dynamite store houses. The
Ena. which soal about about three.
quarters mile distant.
was anharmei The Latin & Rand Com
rarY F. maealine Nas ihe only one which
exploited The house az John Guhl. a
driver i0r thr Oriental Powder Company
Was daIteued alt uuou The ground a mass
of x.ndlIng wool. 0uhl and bis wIl- were
fatally injured and Carrie Ernmerth, their
servant girl. Was Instantly killed The
res dense ~ Mrs Divine vas demoi-
isled n lle same Way. Mrs
leFlle bad Der leg broken and her body
bruised nlf suffered boa other injuries. She
vas dragged Dlt from uuier the ragged
heap of sp.ln'ers ant taken to the hospital.
A farmer. whose name could NOT be learned,
was driving past faNarl the city when tie
explosion occurred His skui was trac-
iured and bis back badly lacersied Dy
blocks Uf sore. ii- cannot live The
horse he VAS driving was instantly killed
and fhe wagon smashed f0 bits Ire whole
side of Justice Michael rearneys house
near me OrrntAi magazine was ripped of
and the roof caved in. bat NOT one ~ the
household vas injured Little Tom
Ipafney. nine years Old. was lifted bodily
from the back sto0p onto an
oufhouss about ten fret from
The dwe.lrs The clubhouse collapsed. but
The boy came out unhurt Several people
received Slight Wounds from falling stone.
A number VI barns were rdtied. The
scene ~ the Disaster Was crowded with
people tlis afternoon. Where the Lailin
& Rand powder works bad stood vas a deep
h0lr in fhe clay, in which not a vestige Of
fhe huidirg remained over the prairie
Tor a half mile. were scattered bits II stone
aud s.ivers from fte roof umoers block
Uf stone sad f1 weigh near one hundred
and aifv pounds went through the wall %
tte Crane Trunk raUrd-honse. about mile
nor'h. ard another Dropped through the
roof. smashing in the Can of az engine.
A.f fN..a-N t Il .Ht FN4ll
house. ufarie d miie northeast was riddled
with small flaEmeuts and every window
smashed r1 pieces John -hanr0n. aged IS.
and William and Dan Kelley lads 0f about
ths same age found a can OF black powder
on fhe prUre about three quarters of a
mhe from the explosion 10 va. still '.0t.
and they bad curiosity to know It's
contents They pred .t open and the pow
ier exploded seorch.uE them severely about
the face aui bands They may lose their
sight on account of their curiosity
Throughout tle southern and western pOr-
tions of tae aiy many thousands oi dollars
damage was done 1g the eX-
pIosicrs. f.ate.gass wiu,iows all
8org State and Haisfrlsts. and
on Clark ard Madson and several
other streets fliv SIX miles distant were
demolished IFo riate-elass windows in
fhs Board ~ rrsde building aud one in the
johnson rl'.firE opposite were destroyed.
The e.nEff-1ners at ST. Fsfricks tLurcl .
corner ~ iesrIeines 8ni Adams. SIS and
81 fhe Iesrit Church. ou West Tweifth-st..
were stan reded Ar the Jesuit Church a
toV nau-t Fitzgerald was thrown from A
NIrdHw nT tHe c0uCussi0u. The farmer
rh0 vas Iured and whose name could not
he learned t.Fd f0ui1htaf the county hos-
pifsi. it Is also reported chat uevine viii
rnE recover