The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-10-21
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
Fearful Result OF a Dynamite Elk.
plosion at En1inRton, Ill
Five of a Party of Well Diggers Instantly
Killed and Five More Are Injured
EVERY Window Pane for
Miles Shattered.
BLOWN TO PIECES.

killed and five seriously injured Out
of the five injured only two have any
chance for recovery. The explosion
shook the buildings within radius OF
8 miles and not a whole pane of glass
is left in Emingtcn
The Victims.
The killed are:
Chris Eyer, of the firm OF Eyer Bros. well
ciggers. Dwight, H.; leaves wife and one child.
c. f. Fowler Emirgton. Ill., leaves wife and
two children.
James Cromwell, Dwight; single.
Fred Eyer. Olney. III: cousin of the Eyer
brothers.
Tom Eyer. Olney, Ill; also cousin OF the Eyer
brothers.
The injured are: James Wyllie, Will
liam Wyllie, John Kennedy John
Brown and Chris. Sherer The two
latter will die ALI are residents of
Emington except Sherer. who lives at
Olney.
Cause of the Accident.
Wyllle Bro. Of Etnington, who
%re we'll makers, had contracted with
the city of Enoington to furnish a we'll.
Having gone down to a depth of 305
feet their drill broke and they were un-
able to go any further. Hence they en-
gagged Eyer Bro, to use dynamite in
order to further their work. The lat
ter arrived Monday morning from
Dwight and began their labors. A
two-foot piece of 1 Il inch gas-pipe was
filled with dynamite. They had filed
the tube and were Gaping it with sol
der, when the pipe exploded.
A drop of the molten lead. it is
thought, seeped through the joints of
the dynamite's tin casing. There was
mighty crash, followed by strange
stiffness. In the fear of the ensuing
moment no one thought Of the workers
at the village we'll. Homes lay half in
ruins, as though marked by the vista
ton Of an earthquake, After awhile
the people went out ON the streets.
Shreds of flesh and bits OF clothing
lay scattered about 81 deep hole about
2 feet across and close by where drills
and derrick once We're 1t was sight
that for time deprived the onlool<ers
of speech or emotion. Across the
street from the well hole lay
two blackened figures. They were
those of the Eyer brothers. The
intense stiffness was punctuated by
a moan from one of the injured re-
covering. With that sound came re-
turning sensibiiity to stupefied by
ISLANDERS, Rough improvised filters
were brought out and the whole VIC
Tins of the disaster We're taken across
to WilSOff's drug store Doctors were
Found Shreds Of Flesh.
The killed and injured were near the
place Of the explosion and were thrown
over so feet by the shock. They were
SO badly that Identification
was almost impossible. Their clothes
were completely torn from their bodies.
Chris Sherer, who cannot live, has
pieces of iron and wood driven into his
body, which is the case with all of the
injured.
From the heaps of splintered tim bers
shreds of clothing and flesh were gath
cred and all were carried over to New
hoH Bros undertaking establish
ment. While the bodies of the dead
had been literally torn to pieces the
faces in three cases were recognizable.
The doctor on reaching the scene of
the explosion with the help of others
commenced to carry the dead and dy-
ing to the undertakers, Newhoff Bros.
Fred Eyer's left leg was entirely blown
off and cannot be found.
Shock Felt Five Miles.
The shock was plainly felt at Camp
us, 5 miles away, and the entire city
portion is badly damaged, hardly a
pane of glass remaining in the fronts.
Dr. E. e. Hamilton, the town physi~
clan, was sitting in his office when the
explosion took place and was knocked
down and his entire stock of drugs was
off the shelves, breaking
everything. There is not a window
glass in his office or residence.
Henderson's general store is COM
pletely wrecked. The entire north end
Of the store is caved in and no. a win
dow is LETT in the building, Conroy
Sisters millinery store, opposite the
place where the explosion occurred, is
the doors and win
aows all being blown out. Both Sis
ters were at work in the front end Of
the store at the time of the ex-
plosion and were knocked down by fly
ing debris Charley Drew's butcher
hop, opposite the place of the explo-
sion, was completely wrecked, Mr..
Drew had just left his shop for dinner,
thus escaping. j. F. Johnson's resi-
dence was also wrecked. Not window
Or door is left.
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Nominated to Succeed Chapman.
DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 1.-THE First
district publican congressional con-
gention was held at Germania hall
afternoon. On the second ball
lot James H. Stone, ex-internal revenue
collector for this district, received
twenty votes to his opponents
fourteen, and the nomination was made
unanimous. The convention was held
to nominate successor to Logan J.
Chapman, who died couple Of months
ago.
Another Victim.
JACKSON, Mich, Oct. 1s.-Mrs. limo
thy Donovan, of Morris Run, Pa, one
IF the most seriously injured in the