Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-07-16
AMONG THE KILLED.
Particulars OF Yesterdays ENpls-
sion at the Riag's Powder
Wills, Ohio.
oEPLoRAeLE DROWNING CASE
At NEWPORT BEACH.
Three More Bodies Recovered OF
Yirlins OF the Lake GcrYais
Cyclone.
BIZ Teicgr,rr % the EEES.l
THAT ENPLOsf0S.
LIst of the Killed and Descriptions
by Eyc-Fftnc~sss.

j ~ y 80 aAAAN
C1ScISNATI. july I6.-F0Il0wius
i list OF the killed n the explosion
yesterday n Ningsm.lis: AIrs.James
Deacon, Henry Reynolds, Samuel
STEPHENS, Nirs. James Mo>l aut
child, Mrs. Fred Miller and child,
VIM. Fruney, brakeman, Ralph
! Williams baby Eis.inc, Nick Suy-
der and an unknown man. = d11-n
were injured, some cd whom viii
die.
Joseph Proctor. a well known
resident o! Columbus, VS. an eye
witness Of tse tefrlei- affair. He
gave a very vivid account " Tie eE-
! plO=iUu. The gentleman is sill s.ii-
! feling from tine effects of his terrible
experience, and tremnled yisi9iy
when talking. He said: Il hardly
know how / cIu describe tire awful
occurrence. 1 am still dazcd from
the effects Of the shock. ! was visit
ing a frieui near King mills and
during tie afternoon sIuntcrCd up
the r0ai To- tine cartridge factory
When the freight train came along J
started t0HrI Wy f-igu4's house.
On reaching tEc hilltop 7 turned
around. Just ~ the freight t-ain Wa
making running % tne switch 60
side tack. / saw the brakeman on
one D! the cars rs tagy shot ON 90 l'le
side track. lie was waving his
hand TO some ore uu ihc train. As
[ lpolcI 1 saw two detached ears
bGu1u against what I -uVpl- d 30 be
an emily ear on tire side track. An
Instant llter there was rambling
noise, then the very ground beneath
me seemed TO open. saw a pull %
smoke, followed q second Hteg by
another. and the cars disappeared.
The station, powder house anu
dwellings seemei tD follow and the
work II destruction hal only just
commenced. I stood rooted 10 ;he
ground. | had E1 idea, %. oOu-sc.
VI what had occurred. bat I could
not r-al'zs 10. Snew many lives
were going ont, but Z WAS PJwcrlcss
o. lend SsSi-Ilucs. Then dense
volumes uf flame came rUuFInE f-um
the doors and windows Il the cart
ridge factory, and I saw men, women
and children
TEARING Al EACH orIFEE
in frantic endeavsr- 'o escape. The
explosion and fire al the cartridge
house seenr-! Go De simultaneous.
The builLiu. did ngt catch Ju fire
IN the ordinary way, ruJ the llutr
seemgs 10 IeGetrass tine doors and
windows from an sides. ! saw
number of women come out, but
some certainly Veri-hcI in tine
flames. The dwelling house below
the cartridge house was blown from
It's foundation, aud dashed % the
ground. In this uIiiGiug @ mother
and child los. their lives. How
long / stood / dsu'i know. bat l
managed "a make my WY % tine
scene and others IU the urigGrur-
hood were also gathering. Tine
scene was one ui tue most Gwiu. /
ever witnessed. The 1i.ulId trucks
were twisted and torn like so much
paper, anu the Gel g5uh poles ami
w!rys were burned a- aH much finder.
We get 60 work a- -UHU rs possible,
Inl | know 'vy got iulir a dozen
women ana Ugu ir.w Gin. luEGgr
house. There was BOO. u:g sUt who
was injured UT bruised. They
seemed ru J. ralvissS Of ii-
surrOundiag-. as / Gul'I th!uk
they reLiiy,-i what occurred. some
were burned ami Others cut, and
bruised Dy ilr ..r'r %: iIc yEVlU-