Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-16
BLOWN TO PIECES.
Disastrous Powder Explosion Near
iIkesbarre-Four Men Blown
to Pieces.
Forty Persons Injured-Several VIII
lagos Terribly Shaken-Blizzard
Death List.
Three Railroad Accidents With Loss of
Lifs-Two Men Killed by an Explo-
sion of Dynamite.

WuKrspARRE, Pa, Feb. 1o.-At ten
O'Clock this morning severe shock was
felt IN this city. Shortly afterward 1t was
learned that a violent explosion hao CO
CURED at Dupont's powder works at Wap-
waIlouen. twenty miles from here, and
four men were instantly killed. They
were Peter Kishbaugh, George Stout,
John Ross and John Teets. The ex-
plosion took place in the packing house,
where several tons of powder had been
stored. The cause of the accident is not
known as yet. The explosion was the most
violent that ever occurred in the wyoming
valley. 1t occurred at 9:55 o'clock this
morning. The force of the shock was dis
tinctly felt here. The windows in ali the
buildings ratified and officials in the court
house here thought there was an
earthquake. as the building shook
violently. At Nanticoke and Wanna
ME chimneys toppled from the
roofs OF buildings, aud school children
ran in terror from the school houses. Men
and women hocked towards the mines, anu
where the members OF their families were
at work At Shickshinny, the glass In al
most every window was broken and many
persons were thrown to the ground. AT
Wapwallopen nearly every window was
damaged Besides the killed. over forty
persons were injured, fourteen or whom IL Is
said will die The bodies of the four men
VINO D6rlSleQ Wcfo OlOWH " PAOOSo, oN0
only small portions have been found
THE BlIZz ARD DEATH LIST.
MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, Feb. 1.-THE Ece1s-
inn Journal in a long article declares that
the reports of a thousand deaths by storm
in Dakota were much exaggerated, and
states that as far as learned the following
is an authentic summary OF the loss OF lie
il the recent storm: Beadle County, 9; Bon
homme, 10; Coddington, 3; Jerauld, o;
Clark, 2; Edmunds, g; Brown, 3; Hand, q;
Kingsbury, 8; Lincoln, %; Sphinx, 4; Tur-
ner, Is; Yankton, 3; total, ia
WRECK AND SUFFERING.
CLoNrARF, Mimi, Feb. 1.-THE regular
Manitoba passenger train going north was
wrecked here yesterday through a broken
fange on an engine wheel. Mrs. Bemis, OF
Crooksion, and Henry Cast, Of milwaukee,,
sustained probably fatal injuries and
dozen others were severely bruised. AS
the cold was intense, the mercury being
forty degrees below, the wrecked pas
seugers suffered severely.
TWO MEN BLOWN TO PIECES.
CINCINNATI Feb. 1.-Two men were
digging up some dynamite which had been
buried to protect it until wanted TO use In
a gas well near Bellevue, when one OF them
struck the explosive with his pick and an
explosion followed, killing the two men
and causing such q shock as to suggest an
earthquake at Tifin. Sandusky. Put in Bay
and other points In that locality.
AN OPEN SWITCH.
SALAMANCA, N. Y, Feb. 1L.-Train No. 8,
going east on the New York, Pennsylvania
& ONO railroad, ran into an open switch
near Salamanca at nine o'clock this morn
ing, derailing the train and setting fire to
an oil tank car. The engineer, brakeman
and one passenger were injured, the latter's
arm being broken. Several cars took ire
and were burned.
TWO sWITCHMEN KILLED.
CHICAGO, Feb. 11.-At the Thirty third
street crossing Of the Pittsburgh, Fort
Wayne q Chicago road last night, switch
man Thomas Muldarry was ran over by a
freight car which had been derailed. 1t
then kept on its course, plunged into an
other car and killed John Bell, another
switchman.
TWO MEN KILLED.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb lin Liberty
township. Wabash County, yesterday
afternoon J. T. Smith and Joel Hale were
killed by the explosion Of the boiler of a
portable engine. The explosion was caused
by pumping cold water into the super
heated boiler.