Evening journal., 1898-12-09
A HORRIBLE
EXPLOSION
DUPONT Powder Mills. Go Up,
Killing and WOunding
Many.
MEN BLOWN TO FRAGMENTS

Burned and Blackened Flesh
Clinging to Trees.
THE SHOCK FELT IN THE CITY
SEARCHING PARTIES ORGANIZED
TO GATHER UP THE REMAINS
or THE VICTIMS EXPLOSION
WAS CAUSED BY A HORSE AT
TACHED TO A POWDER CAR
TAKING FRIGHT AND OVER
TURNING THE POWDER ON THE
TRACKS - MARVELLOUS ESCAPE
OF GROCER FRIzZLE, WHOSE
WAGON CAUSED THE TROUBLE.
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
IMMENSE DAMAGE DONE.
An explosion occurred in DuPonts
pawder mills in what is known as the
Hagley yards at 1910 O'Clock THIS
morning. Flo.cowing is the list of kiln
ed:
Robert McIiheny, aged SO, married,
Of Squirrel Run.
John II. Wright, aged so, married, Of
Rising sun.
John Moore, aged 4s, married, of the
Highlands.
The injured are:
Samuel Stewart, aged about so, mar
ried, Rising sun. He will die.
Thomas Mccain, aged 40, single, oi
Rising Sun. VIII die.
James Mclaughlin, AZ years old
married, Squirrel Run.
John Mulhern, Squirrel Run, mar
ried, aged 2S.
Thomas Knox, aged 80. married, o.
Rising Sun.
The explosion was caused by the up
setting Of a car used to haul p1wder q
. different parts Of the yard. Samue
Frizzle, grocer Of Rising sun, was driy
ing his grocery wagon through thu
yard of the powder works when th'
horse that was hauling the powder ca
became frightened at the grocers
wagon, shied and overturned the CA
and its contents. This occurred i'm
mediate.y in front Of what is known al
the press room. The powder on th'
s car exploded by coming in contact will
Z the tracks and the sparks ignited th'
70 powder in the press room, which i'm
4 mediately blew up.
81 In the press room at the time wer'
employed Robert AIcIlheny and Johl
H. Wright. They were blown to atoms
. and pieces Of the unfortunate men wer
o | found hanging from branches Of tree
r in the woods across the Brandgwint
100 yards away The explosion in tn
press room caused the grinding mil
s Immediately adjoining, to brow up, an
4 this was followed by explosion in fou
buildings in the vicinity used for stol
n ng powder. Fortunately there was n
e one in these buildings at the time,
p On the powder car at the time
!, the expulsion we're Samuel Stewar
10 foreman Of the men, Thomas Kno'
James Mclaughlin, John Moore an
be John Mulhern. These men were a
n horribly burned about the face an
A hands. Ste&arts eyes were near
% burned out and his beard WIGS burnt
= from his face. The man was a horrib
10 sight as he lay upon an improvisC
stretcher in the carpenter shop nearb
Calling upon God to end his suffe
q. lngs. He was later taken to the Del
wrae Hospital, and it is not thoug
that HE wild recover from his injure
- John Moore was nearly burned TO
a. crisp, and died shortly after he w
: moved to his home in the Highland
=, He leaves a wife and three childre
Thomas AIcCann was so severely bur
n, ed about the face and body that
u cannot recover. He was also taken
u the Delaware Hospital McCann
,so single.
Thomas Knox was burned about {
=, face and eyes, butt the physicians
n he win recover. He has a wife a
NJ three children. He WAS taken to
a. hcme in Rising Sun.
James Mclaughlin was burned abe
- the face and hands, but Will recov
He is married and has three childr'
John Mulhern was burned about
"a face and hands. He was taken to
home near the mills, and DR.. Swift
-. Chandler, who is attending him, 81
- he will not be able to state whet
- he will recover CT not before TWEEN
=, four hours.
FRIZZI4E'S MIRACULOUS ESCAl
Samuel Frizzie. the driver Of