The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-09-12
Over 20Q People Killed and 500
HD5UTcd by an Explosion in
an Antwerp Factory.
One Hundred and Thirty Bodies and
al Immense Pile of Human Frag-
ments Gathered Up.
1.a Scene That EnSueS Beyond Parallel
in History, Except in the Big
Chicago Fire.
Explosion After Explosion of Cartridgesana
Oil Tanks Resemble Battle of Giants
Immense Loss Of Property.

ANTWERP, Sept. "a large quantity
CT cartridges exploded Friday in the
cartridge warehouse of NJ. Corvilain, de-
molishing the building and setting .
large petroleum factory adjoining afire.
The warehouses were in the vicinity OF
tie Bourse and the
loss pr Life Was Terrible.
how many were killed will never be
known, as many bodies were blown into
~ragmentz One hundred and thirty
curpses We gathered in the morgue, and
an immense pile of mangled and undis-
1inguishaIle remains. At the moment OF
the explosion and the outbreak
OF the fire many workmen on the docks
7umped into the Scheldt and were
drowned. 1t is estimated that 1900
tons of cartridges exploded. The report
of the explosion was heard thirty miles.
and the volume of smoke arising ex'
ceeded that of any of Europes greatest
battles. Heads, legs, arms and Other
fragments Of human bodies were found
-4:.!f q mile distant from the scene OF the
explosion.
$50 WHOLE CORPsES
were taken to the morgue and charred
heaps of human flesh and bones, repre-
aenling an unknown quantity of human
jjy, are also piled in the dead houses.
THE CATASTROPHE
took place in powder magazine belong
inr 10 Vi. COrvilain, a merchant who had
recently purchased 4O,OOO,QOO OF old
cartridges. intending'to sell the powder.
ri N
more than half of them being women,
were &C upied in the task of opening
desc car; ridges when the explosion took
lace. TO what it was due, there is very
1itsie hope Of discovering, for of NJ. Cor
Niiain'S employees
NOT ONE HAS BEEN FOUND ALIVE.
in fact not single corpse has been
found intact. 1t was not only in tbs
large number of persons were also more
or Iy%5 severely wounded by pieces of
class. and the roofs of several houses
lpu il. For great distance all around
1ruS StrewA with cartridges and debris of
q. Kinds. \ few minutes after the ex-
..,n vast sheet Of flame leaped into
. s1y. audit ao seen that a petroleum
....cu,;!,,. not far from the magazine
,v.- Gil i'll. Lven in broad daylight,
:. blaze g. 10000 barrels of petroleum
nu .ire vas
TISIBLE AT BRUSSELS,
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