The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-16
DEATH IN AN EXPLOSION.
.,v LIVES sNUFFED OUT By a
o FLASH OF POWDER

TT. ASH OF ~ ~
rvelve or Fifteen other Feop.o
orLess Seriously Injured-A No.A4D-
o1Eactorv Cottages Destroyeo-in ne
pa,,yUav Tracks Fairly Torn Out OF
the Ground.
CINCINNATI. O., July ia terrible
avnlosion occurred late this afternoon at
Kings nowder mills on tine Little Miami
,oilroad. twenty-seven miles east OF this
city.
more seriously injured.
Two empty freight cars were being rolled
o,toa side-track, where two cars.containing
6oO kegs of gun powder were standing As
,be cars struck there was terrific explosion
I'd Immediately afterward another car
containing 800 kegs of gun powder exploded,
making thirteen hundred kegs altogether.
BRAKEMAN BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Um Frawley, brakeman in the service
of the Little Miami road, was standing on
one of the cars when the explosion occurred.
dis hodv must have been blown to atoms,
although no trace of it has yet been found
Five other persons, supposed to be en-
moves Of the powder company. were
The King Powder Company and Peters
cartridge works have works on both sides of
the river along the railroad. The explosion
occurred on the south side and the destruc-
tion was enormous.
There were a number OF cottages occu-
nied bv workmen in the factory, and situ-
sted close to the track. These were shat
tered by the explosion and their inmates
injured.
A DOZEN GIRLS HURT.
Twelve or fifteen girls at work in the
cartridge factory were crippled by the ex-
plosioD.
belonging to the Little Miami railway,
together with all the adjacent buildings,
were set on fire and totally consumed.
The havoc wrought by the explosion of
sixteen tons of powder is dreadful. The
track and ties of the railway are fairly torn
out of the ground and great hole plowed
in the earth.
Peters cartridge factory was burned to
the ground. Nothing but mass of smolder
ing ruins remains to mark the spot where
the building stood.
As soon as the news reached this city,
about o'clock, "a relief train was dispatched
to the scene of the disaster, with Supt.
Peters and large party of surgeons on
UDdI1t anu I6llel was t%uO4Ncu Luc ou41OTcLs
as soon as possible.
SEARCHING FOR THE MISSING.
The work of searching for the missing
and caring for the wounded is now pro-
crossing. AS most of the girls who were
injured live at Morrow and South Lebanon
It Is most probable that they will be taken to
their homes in these places. Peters cartridge
factory was large building, and fully sup
piled with great amount of costly ma
shinery, both for the manufacture of shells
and the loading Of shotguns, and ammuni
lion. A large force was at work at the
lime of the explosion.
News from Kings mill at 9 o'clock to-
lighti is to the effect that ten dead bodies
,ave been taken from the ruins, and that
thirty are known to be buried. Later news
more apt to increase the list of casualties
.han to diminish it,
A WOMAN'S BACK BROKEN.
CINCINNATI, O., July IS, II: 80 p M.-The
Panhandle train due here at $3.50 o'clock to-
ilght arrived at II As o'clock The delay
n hVe and quarter hours was caused by
the accident at Kings station. Passengers
On the train say that the wrecked district
presents a scene of utter desolation, and
give further information that in dwell
Ing shattered by the explosion an unknown
woman had her back broken by the ex-
NO OPNA - VI tlAAA ~ NOuAOO0 al .
also confirmed.
AS BRIGHT AS DAY.
CINCINNATI, o., July 16, A. MA mes
lenger of the Adams Express Company on
:he local train of the Panhandle road arrived
rom the scene of the explosion at 12:45
1clock this morning He says that when
10 passed Kings Mill station at II 80 o'clock
7 was as bright as day all around. Every
ming combustible was burning and the
people, everywhere for a great distance
Tound were fighting the fire. He says
reters' cartridge factory was large three
tory brick building, and that it was still
purning He says the roadmaster of the
.Ittle Miami road got on at that station,
"nere he had been for several hours.
THREE FAMILIES MISSING.
Inc roadmaster's information was that
mere were three families living in the
lttie cottages near the place of the explosion,
sna the six hours diligent search failed to
lnu any trace of them. He said further
more that all was confusion there and that
Uch thing as ascertaining names was next
10 an impossibility.
An Incident related by him was that
lgnt or ten girls in the cartridge factory
aVeo themselves from the flames by catch
hg mold OF rope that happened to hang
rom the house to the ground and sliding
G. nwn. his storyis that more than ten were