Telegram-herald., 1890-08-23
DEATHS HARVEST.
ALanz List of Disasters IN Varl-
ous Parts OF the Weird.
x.a. Victims Of ENpiosioass Terrific
C,clones snd Wrecks ca
Rallssys.

ssa.slv killed an1 twsnty-six persons
zee sniusea At Ie.l5 THURSDAY nora'
~ Nv : terrific explosion ot powder II
- f-e,o~y of the Standard Cartridge
co-,nzuy. situated On tbs Ck-csgo. Rock
Tsl.oa 4 Pacific railro@d. four miles be
xoae Blue Island One 81 the injured
( - since Glsd
Through the earelessness % work
nan who VAS using hammer and
ehisel 20 open large iron keg Of pow
ser s. SHARK VAS struck, and instantly /
an OF the powder and cartridges IN the +
rom were ignited. There was an instan-
t.neons lash. : deafening re port and lhe /
building MAS shaken 10 It's very touaGs- 4
ton. whils the windows were blown &c .
fragments OF the thirty people en- .
nlovea In the factory all bat fen were
A. work on tie second floor,
where the explosion took place,
and Of this number nearly cre-
half we're girls engaged n filing
and hacking cartridges Hardly per-
soa in the building escaped injury.
Some Of the fsenE.ed people rushed
down the stairway with their clothing
ablsze, while others lay o. the floor
unscoacious. bruised ana harmed almost
70 a crisp. One was KILLED outright
The report OF the explosion Was plain
" heard q Blue Island, four miles dis
tant The men and girls we're hurled
violently against the wall or TO the
foor. the valuable machinery WAS broken
10 pieces and ruined, and the building
= ff.f-t ranr
by his presence of mind succeeded IN
extinguishing the blazing clothes Of tho
Shocking victims. ana the flames which
had started in the shattered and splia-
tered second floor were also quick
~ subdued. All this happened
in less time than IL takes
to speak the words. Then fol-
lowed a scene of horror. Many OF the
victims, almost naked. their charred
clothing hanging upon scorchcd and
blistered bodies, ran aimlessiy
about the buildings, crying out
with the intensity Of their pain and
begging for some relief Those who
were more seriously injured lay on the
floor amid the smoking debris, some
moaning piteously and others uncon-
scious. Charles Seidle lay dead where
he had fallen when great iron frag-
ment struck him in the abdomen. The
loss will not be over $500
DASHED powN TO DEATH.
RrADIYG, Pa. Aug. "a horrible
accident occurred shortly before II
o'clock on the Mount Penn Gravity
railroad. a mountain route enc,~-
cling Mount Penn. 500 feet above tho
city of Reading. Tho road was opened
FIVE months ago, and has been doing q
good business ever since. The cars
were taken from point on the out
skirts of the city TO the top of the
mountain, distance OF five miles. On
returning the cars were allowed to go
down the mountain by gravity, b. way
OF another route TO the point o. starting
About l0:30 o'clock q car containing
a3out eighteen passengers was taken
from the station 10 the top Of the
mountain. This consumed about thirty
minutes. On top of the mountain there
is high stone tower where the passen-
gers were allowed TO alight 10 en-
ioy the scenery for thirty miles around.
There are different stories as 10 the
cause Of the accident but 1t appears that
when the tower was reached, the point
where the gravity portion Of the road
commences, the engine was de
tached, when the car ran away while
the passengers were still on board.
The distance 10 the point OF starting IS
five miles, and it vas estimated thai
this was covered by the runaway car IN
about three minutes, the car attaining ;
fearful speed, estimated al eighty mile:
an hour. l. remained on the trach
TO the foot OF the plane going around
all the curves, while the passengers
shrieked in their fright and sovera
jumped of When the car reached
the station at the foot of the plane
II Jumped the track and rolled dowr
a fftv-foot embankment, whore it
landed upside down, with the passen
gers imprisoned inside. The creates
horror prevailed and soon a big crow'
gathered. Doctors aad the ambg
lance we're sent for and the dea'
and injured removed. Five were
taken out dead Among them were
Charles Rettew, aged IS. conductor o
the Inflated car, aad Edgar NJ. Levan
an attorney OF tais city, aged about 81
Two Others are supposed 10 bs fatal.
injured. and nun Der Of others serious
ly hurt.
OVER A HUNDRED DEAD.
I,oxDox. Aug. %. "A dispatch from
Geuesa reports a fearful cyclone in til
canton of Vaud. in which 15o person
were killed and nearly 1000 injured
Tho storm was furious and moved
swath Of destruction through Ia
center OF the canton Several hamlet
we're devastated and one IL rep0rte
20 have been completely wipe
ont. not a single building remaining 9
marx the scene % ruin Thousands q
people have been rendered homeless
and every thing IN the path Of -
storm was swept oEt q existence. Tci
ests we're torn up. vineyards dest-0yo
and hosses levelcd OF the inisfe
maav are fatally hart, and the deaf
list will he greatly Increased Paruc'
Lars are r7earer. and The people ~
dazaE bv the horror that hss befalle
thcu.
DEATH ~ STORM
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hsavr ss,rrs which prevailed IN ID.
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!. car eds occa pyinz the square boauds
3 f-v Taeiffs and TairteeBth streets an
soneaan-a avelge sn6 Daupa'
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