The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-09-10

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CnicAGo. Aus.. so.--At 6fseen nInu,o1
psst nine o'clock yesterday morning. d
ne midst q . heavy thunderstorn. ~
powder magazine belonging 20 The Lsflin
hand Powder Company was struck b
lightning An explosion followed xnic1
destroyed property valued q o7SoOo.
One person killed and four fatally injured
The desd and injured are:
Miss Carrie Aherenworth, killed =
st>ntly.
John cuhl, tesnsser for TIE OnentaI
Powder Company. ribs fractured; Fiehl
ieg broken IN too places; internal
wounds.
Ms. cuni. skuIl crushed.
Mrs. Eliza Dev.ne. right ieg crushed 20 Z
Jelly; breast trans6xed b. strip Of glass.
Besides the one dead. and four who
can not survive. The following II . partial
list q those Who are known 20 Be serious
y injnred-
Peter Kenn, tvensy-eighs years old;
gardener
James shannon. sixteen years old; par
ent< reside % Joseph street and Pearson
avenue
Two Kelly brothers, fourteen and sig
teen PEARS old respectively; parents re-
ace on western avenue, near Thirty
sixth street
Madden. small boy. whose parents re-
side on Ihirty-eizhth street, near Pear
oon avenue
Philip Bowler. eabinet-n,ker. -
South Union street, arm crushed By dying
stone. and stipulated.
John Lordey, Jr-. seventeen years old. Of
les Canalporf avenue; Lex badly crushed
John Jung. ffty-two years old, garden
er; resides south Of Archer road
Mrs jung. forty-six years old. wife Of
the former-
Miss Kennedy. eighteen years old; par.
ents reside on johnson street, = quarter
Of . mile from the scene
The shock cavet In the two magazines
Of the Oriental Powder Company. and
also those belonging to the Warren CON-
pany, the Hazard, the Dupont companies
and the Forcite dynamite <torehouse-
The Latin { Rand company's Was the
only one which exploded. Where Il
stood II now An immense excavation
nearly nifty feet il depth.
The combined EFFORTS Of . hard fought
battle. . cyclone and the whitening In
nuence Of lightning could not have pre-
eented 4 picture Of more abject des0la-
ton and destruction than did the country
for half mile In all directions from the
exploded magazine The day had open-
Cd xloomiiy- A. eight O'Clock rain be-
gan falling furiously from immense tanks
Of clouds Flashes Of lightning were
seen chasing each other across the entire
armament until the heavens seemed
ablake- The thunder was deafening.
About . quarter past nine = fash,
which al agree was much brighter
than those which preceded It, vas
followed BY . report thai shook the
greater part Of Cook County, II vas .
sharp report, but. strange 90 SAY. b. most
q those who lived In the vicinity Of the
explosion IL VAS hardly distinguishsble
from the series Of thunder-claps which
had been the order Of the morning.. All
agree that there Was tremendous shak-
ING Of The earth Articles Of furniture
not stationary we're thrown about q II
they were p:aythings m = giants power
Men women and children were tossed
around Il the will Of the terrible. resist
les force released By the explosion
Tie scene Of the catastrophe Il about
two miles from the extreme southwest
ern edge Of the city, near where Archer
ayeoue settles Gown into ! convenfionsl
country Highway On one side were i've
great fields Of ripening corn On the
other broad stretch Of pr1irfe runs for
nearly mile In al directions On this
are, o. rather were, dozen plain. bat
etrongiy-built houses, with walls Of vel
low brick. roofs % slate and stronx iron
doors, used - uagaxines-
The force Of the explosion srnveled
ecross the city In nortbcrly and easteriy
direction and left trail about three
quarters Of . mile wide The shock uas
distinctly felt In AL parts Of the city. and
many people we're greatly frightened
HE explosion played sad havoc q the
Brioewell- The female prisoners were
Terribly frightened. but none we're injured
ME- Armour. one Of the mafr0ns, Was 10
he upper hall in the rear part Of The
building. She was Frustrated By the
nervous shock, and will not Be able %
attend 70 duty for several Gays. The
ceiling n the upper 1oor Of the main
building Was cracked through from
east 20 west In : straight lire, and
patches Of the plasferinx fell I'm iii parts
Of the building. The greatest damage
was done 20 The ceiling In the main hall,
which was nearly al torn down Several
doors In The building we're blown from
their hinges, and about two hundred
panrs Of glass we're broken
AZ NcC0rmick's works about two hun
dred panes of glass on the river side Of
the building were broken, the building
wos shaken, and doors were blown from
their hinges.
me Board Of Trade building. although
seven miles from the scene Of the ex-
plosion, uas greatly Affected By the dis
turbed condition Of the atmosphere
The main hall on the second 6oor Il
lighted BY three sheets Of plate glass,
each about twelve feet square The
upper and lower Of these sheets were
shattered. none Of the fragments being
larger than fsiy >ent piece TIE nan
who cleans the eIectric-lIxht lamps was
IN the tower. which y $50 feeS high.
doing this work when The explosion oc-
Cured He states that the tower swayed
u : way fhsf led him 70 fear that
The structure would toppIe over. The
shock Of the explosion was distinctly felt
q The Palmer House and caused sud
den extinguishment d al the lights IN the
barber shop The substantial hotel vas
shaken from The roof % the foundation