, 1889-02-26
Death Comes Without Warning
to Eleven Young Girls
Through a Powder Explosion
at Plymouth, Penn.
Many Of the Remains Mangled
Beyond Recognition.

Teen severely injured.
WHKEsBARhE' "a feb,
squio factory was tnat OF j. .. foWeil'
employing many women and boys Fol-
owing are the names OF the nine girls
IN q Ionnl ~ oiisp T 1n9
Reese. MARY Walker. Maggie Richards
Mary Lake, Ruth Powell and Esther
Powell. George Reese was blown through
a window of the building and fatally in
jured. Eight bodies had been recovered
up to $3.50. 1t is reported that four girls
are yet missing. The cause of the explo-
sion has not been learned. Everything
about the scene of the wreck is confusion
and excitement.
W~uKEsRARRE Pa Feb. OLA for
I'll, pI.-~.t
'iD,e u,sAs'e, 'oui,ou d. iSinou.n' Jew
miles from here. this afternoon by which
the souls OF eleven girls and one man were
hurled into eternity. Back of the Gay
lord shaft stood the factory of John Pow
ell used for the manpf acture nj sop;bs
-
useu ny miners III ioosening coal III tne
mines. The factory employed cighty-tour
girls, ranging from ~ to 20 years, and
several male workmen. While the ma
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eating dinner the people were startled by
the deafening thunders ola
TERRIBLE
Thou u,sLo5 ,orror str;olon 10 ,ho;. dooza
Jul
ana d ana In the Instance saw
clouds of smoke ascending from the squib
factory. Soon a large crowd had gath
ered around ana the women began wiring
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Inon oieeutens, o'ne'e kaopi"s
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the adjoining %colIerv came mon the scene
and as soon as thew saw the bleeding
forms of The girls calling for and
thew rushed toward the building
in a body. But fate prevented their
proffered suscor. As Don as thew stepped
near the door another terrible exnlosion
took place and the entire building col
Iansed, burvipg in the ruins the forms
that n moment before stood q, wing for
assistance.
The bravest of the men. when the
smoke and Hyipp debris had settled.
rushed along the ruins and one bv one
the bodies we're found and taken ont.
charred beyond recognition.
mr. FrnrNo AVN En-
mo.ners %" ahu re1oHniEeI soIle
laMtiiar 0oAeu ~ a pieIe ~ ulsss ny
mmhloh lney oouiu Uu .nen oVeu 9nIe.
rue scene "aS que .ha' lepr9senteu tne
eA1rene 'nioes Vi soliow anu ueseluction.
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a row. iheir features were SO Daulv
mu'lia'eu 'neS "eio
SCARCELY RECOGNIZABLE
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a1"d Ie. Charlo,ta unmn aand 40
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