Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11
SCORES WERE KILLED.

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lssieinmD Cartridge Factory by yyllicl,
s s,OO lives Were Lost and 1000 Persons
' - ere lnJured-S Sixty. Three Persons Killed
In Mine Disaster IN Scotland,
ANTWERP, Sept IA terrible explosion
OF dynamite occurred In the cartridge
factory here Friday by which 15O persons
were Killed and 500 injured The explosion
occurred In workshop where old cart
ridges We're being taken to pieces Men
ana women We're actively at work break
Ing them up, and %, OOO, OOO had been par-
italy broken when the explosion occurred
The factory was situated behind the
docks, upon which millions OF cartridges
were being loaded. 1t was adjacent to the
petroleum stores, and two large Russian
warehouses, containing $1,000 barrels
OF OIL, were set on fire and are now
burning Other stores are endangered
Inc Bourse, which is in the imme diate
vicinity, was also set on fire by the burn
Ing fragments The loss will be many mill
Ion francs. 1t will be impossible to extin-
gu1sh the flames In less than twenty four
hours. Several vessels have been burned
owing to the Intense heat tho firemen are
unable to approach the flames nearcr than
100 yards.
Police, gendarmes and troops are assist
Ing In the work OF extinguishing the flames.
while priests and Sisters OF Charity are car
Ing for the injured. The city is enveloped
in dense smoke.
The fire il still raging and now covers
two acres. The flames shoot up to an i'm
mense height Amid the roar of the flames
there Is a continuous succession of loud re-
ports. supposed to be from the ignition and
explosion OF packets of cartridges Be-
You'd the Russian tanks and Hobel's sheds
there are numerous houses burning. The
shipping at the Africa and American docks
is in danger.
The Corviieian cartridge factory, where
the explosion occurred, had been con-
demned by the Common Council, but the
deputatlon permanente had allowed work
to continue The victims are mostly
factory girls. Windows three miles dis.
tant were shattered by the explosion.
MIDN1GHT.-The latest estimate ia that
there are 800 dead and 600 injured The
explosions continue. At the American
docks all the ships have been saved owing
TO the favorable direction Of the
wind The stained windows OF
the cathedral are smashed, and it ia
feared that the stseple will collapse The
whole vicinity is strewn with debris. The
dock sheds and hydraulic cranes are greatly
damaged. The soldiers at the garrison and
large number OF citizens are assisting the
bremen. Many are dropping from suffoca-
ton.
The scenes at the hospitals are heart
rending King Leopold has sent telegram
expressing sympathy and asking for par
tlculars. The people are incensed at the
deputation permanente for allowing work
to continue in the cartridge factory.
tAntwerp, one OF the principal cities of Bel.
GUM, is situated about fifty miles from the
open sea and twenty-five miles north OF Brus
sells, on the right bank of the Scheldt
which is there about 1900 feet broad
and has depth at cbb tide of from
thirty to forty feet. The docks
spoken Of in the dispatches have an area of
bout 100 acres affordng over 2l,GOo feet of
quay room. About 5000 vessels enter the har-
cor annually. the chief imports being steel, cop
per.iron and other metals machinery, COAL salt
soda, gun-cotton, and the city is given largely
to manufacturing. Ten years ago there were
twenty rehneries, seven rice mills, three sui
pbur refneries, several cigar manufactures
and number of tiistilleres, petroleum retiner-
les, stenrine candle manufactures and wooden
mills. The explosion occurred in a cartridge
factory situated near the docks, on which were
millions OF cartridges. The fire extended from
these to the petroleum refineres and the man
ufactories near, The six or e!gh: large docks
recently constructed communicate with
each other. The Business Exchange bu 1t
in 1881, was pronounced the finest building
of the kind in Europe. 1t was burned down
in IS and rebuilt in the same style as before
and opened for business in 1872 Antwerp has
population Of 1S0,UO0
sCoTLAND's GREAT CALAMITY
ED1NBuRG, Sept 7.--Sixty three men and
boys have persisted through the fire in the
Maurice Wood pit near Penicuik, Midlo-
THAN. Twenty-Five bodies have been re-
covered. The fire is one of the most dis
astrous mining calamities that have ever
befallen Scotland Thursday morning
sixty-tve miners, including contingent
of boys, went down the pit to prosecute
their calling. and all but two have persisted
From the time of the alarm till now re-
lays of men have worked at the task of res
cue, but without any result All through
Thursday night there was kept up q
struggle with Overmastering fumes in put
ting up brattice work to obtain ventilation.
Two or three men were let down an incline
TN truck and besides having to battle
with the current Of smoke so thick as
to obscure all vision, their efforts were
rendered almost of no avail by the force O.
the current itself, which threatened again
OIAA ~ Ola w NOoVAOJ UuC1 WOIA uS SOON Us
1t has been completed After shift the
men would come to the surface with steam
ing eyes and perspirlng faces Their OBJ
ject was to reach the eighty fathom level
from which 1t was hoped it might be pos
sible to turn the current to clear the in
cline.
The men about o'clock Friday morning
came on the bodies OF John Walker and
Hugh MCPHERSON. Both bodies were found
tn the vicinity OF the eighty fathom engine.
1t was part Of the duties of these men
to attend to it, and they seem to
have died at their posts DR.. Badger,
who examined the bodies on their ar
rival at the, surface, says the corpses
were frightfully scorched, not with actual
fire. but with hot air In the pit, the temper
allure Of which is stated to have been high
enough to melt lead. The flesh adhered
to their clothes, and the CHASTITY spectacle
was rendered the more hideous by the fact
that, on endeavoring to remove their boots,
the feet nearly parted from the legs
Shortly after 5 O'clock it was found that
the east side of the pit began to fall in, and
In order to retain the sides and roof large
numbers OF props were utilized. quantity
OF stuff, however, fell. considerably hinder
Ing the operations OF the rescuers About
o'clock information came that although
ak bodies were visible on the west side,
thew can not he annrOacha6 In tho east