The Forrest City times., 1893-10-20
TERRIBLE DYNAMITE.

LEXINGTON, H., Oct 17.-Five people killed and five seriously injured, two of whom can not possibly live. This is what premature explosion of dyna- mite accomplished in Emington at Il o'clock yesterday forenoon.
 THE KILLED.
 Chris Eyer. of Eyer Bros, well-borers, of Dwight, H.; married; leaves widow and one child.
 James Cornwell, of Dwight single, in employ of Eyer Bros.
 C. F.. Fowler, of Emington: specta- tor; married; leaves a widow and two children.
 Fred Eyer, of Olney, cousin of Eyer Bros.
 Dash Eyer. Olney, also cousin.
 THE INJURED.
 Chris Sherer. Olney; can not live; was the only support of his mother.
 John Brown, Emington; not expect ed to live.
 James Wylie, Emington.
 Wm. Wylie, Emington.
 John Kennedy, Emington.
 The firm of Wylie Bros, who are both among the seriously injured, were engaged in boring well for Eming- ton. When down to a depth of 305 feet, not having struck good vein of water, as their contract called for. they engaged the Eyer Bros. to help them in fulfilling their contract. Chris Eyer and his men arrived this morning and commenced their work at once. They intended to explode dynamite down in the bottom of the hole already made by the Wylies. They had filled a piece of 114-inch gas-pipe ? feet long with the explosive and were engaged in cap- ping it when in some way it exploded. The two Flyers and Cornwell were so mangled that they could not be iden tified one from the other. Their shoes, hats and other clothing were torn from their bodies into shreds so that pieces of them were gathered up in baskets. Fowler and Fred Eyer fared somewhat better, but both died soon afterwards. The men were all thrown over fifty feet from the spot where they were at work.
 The dead were at once removed to Neuhof Bros undertaking establish ment, where, as soon as Coroner John Zimmerman arrived, he impaneled jury of the following men: D. A. Frailey. G. II. Telford, J. Conroy, Cal win Conroy Mike Conroy and William Scanlon. A verdict was returned in accordance with the facts.
 A sad feature of the affair is the kill ing of the two cousins and serious in- jury of Chris Sherer, who can not live. They had been to the Worlds fair last week and were on their way to Olney. They stopped to pay their Dwight relatives a visit. While there they took trip to Emington with them to see them work and Scherer, when able to converse. moaned out the wish that he had gone home to his mother last night.
 The damage to the city can not be estimated, but it is considerable, as it is doubtful whether there is residence in the entire town that is not damaged. The crash was plainly heard 5 miles away and it was not long before the little town began to fill up with people who had come to see what was the matter, and who all lent helping hands in taking care of the dead and dying. The most of the damage is in the business portion of the town. The buildings and stocks most damaged are those of Herb & Son, general store; o. Lewis, general store; c. Drew, meat market Conroy Sisters, millinery and dressmaking; Emington house. hotel; U. Shelly, grocery store; John Johnson, residence; Dr. Hamil- ton, office and residence. The doctor. in an interview, said that he watched the men at work, thinking they seemed very free in handling the explosive. He went directly to the house, asked his wife whether the chil- dren were in the house, and re- quested her not to let them out of the house, after which he went di- rectly to his office, which is east of the house and somewhat nearer the scene where the men were at work. He closed all the doors and windows and sat down to read. He had not been sitting there long when the explosion occurred, throwing him to the floor and knocking him senseless When he came to he realized at once what had happened, as his entire apothecary stock was one broken mass upon the floor. He was among the first on the scene of the catastrophe and at once set to work relieving the injured. O. P. Ball, the Wabash railroad agent, saved his life by leaving the place only few seconds before the explosion.
 The storm on the Atlantic Coast.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-The Herald's Charleston (S. O special says: While somewhat demoralized by the storm