Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-10-12
A BAD EXPLOSION.
TWO Men Killed and Eight Injured
In q Texas Opera House.
OVER A FORTY FOOT EMBANKMENT.
An Accident on the Pennsylvania Railroad
Causes Three Deaths-Six Children
burned to Death In . Fire at
Snyder, Ont.

C0RsICANA, Tex, Oct l0-At $3.50
yesterday afternoon terrific explosion
occurred in the Merchants opera house,
where the DEVILS Auction company
were preparing to play last night A
force Of stage workmen were engaged
in readjusting the scenery and other
wise getting the stage In shape, and
Harry Cooley, master Of Transports
ton and manager of the calcium
lights. was testing cylinder. There
arose some doubt rs to whether or
not 1t contained black gas, and a
bystandcr suggested that he try 1t
with match. lie struck the match
and touched 1t to the cylinder and the
explosion Mt once followed, wreclsing
the scenery and tearing out two win
dows 80 feet distant The noise
was heard for many blocks in every
direction, and in a few moments hun
dreds Of people had copyrighted. The
curiosity and horror OF the crowd were
fed from minute to minute byblackened
and injured men running frantically
out on the awnings and to drug stores
Tor rellef Tor their injuries.
The stage presented scene Of de-
vastation, over which hung cloud Of
smoke-scencry lay around In dis
orderly confusion. much Of 1t totally
wrecked. In the left fly there was q
hole feet square, through which
Arthur Sutherland had been blown
into the street. When the scenery was
removed and the smoke and gas cleared
away, Harry Cooley was found lying
in pool OF blood. He was discm.
bowled and one Of his legs blown en-
tirely of.
The following is list Of the killed
and injured: Killed-Harry Cooley,
master of transportation; Walter
Moore, property man Devils Auction
company. hand badly cut and other.
wise bruised. Injured-Arthur Suth-
erland, local stage manager, cut In
face and bruised; Bud Dibbles, colored,
blown through property room and bad
ly hurt; unknown negro, hand badly
cut and seriously injured; Alcus Man
sci, hand badly cut and seriously hurt;
Charles Ball, colored, face injured and
bruised otherwise; Roy Avery, hand
hurt and bruised about face and body;
two little girls, members Of DEVILS
Auction company, more or less bruised.
Walter Moore was one OF the best
known theatrical stage employees in
Kansas City. He was stage carpenter
of the Gilliss thcater during the sea-
sons Of lsoi-9a and part Of 1929.
OVER A FORTY FOOT EMBASRMEST.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct l0-A special
from Manor, Pa, says: While mail
train No. 10, on the Pennsylvania rail-
road, going west, was passing through
this town at z o'clock last night the
two rear coaches jumped the track,
swinging against an eastbound freight
train, which struck the passenger cars
with such force rs to knock
them over q 40 foot embankment
against q coal train standing on
the siding. Conductor j. w. Miller
was standing beside his engine and
was killed instantly. The one coach
turned completely over on its side.
Mrs. Thomas Donahue, OF Greensburg,
was thrown through window, but es-
capped without scratch, while her
husband, who sat beside her in the
train. was badly injured. About ten
passengers were seriously injured.
John Baker, assistant station agent ut
Manor, was struck by one Of the
coaches and is fatally injured. Mrs.
John Pace, of Allegheny. Pa, was
taken from the wreck in dying con.
dition.
Six CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH
TWEED, Ont, Oct. lO.-A fire, attend
ed with terrible results, occurred ut
Snyder, a station on the Canadian Pa
cific road, 80 miles north Of this town.
A house occupied by Thomas Lindsay,
his wife and eleven children, was de-
stroyed and six OF the children were
burned to death. Lindsay himself was
badly burned and was almost suffo-
Gated by smoke in attempting to save
the children,