The Iola register., 1902-04-11
HAS FEARS OF EXPLOSION
wditpr of the LEICESTER

WeAaA have very vivid recollec-
on of the explosion that occurred at
bhe branch magazine at the Cement
company not very long ago and every
body was extremely thankful that it
did not occur at the magazine proper
mudh damage was done as it was,
fhoAgh only few hundred pounds of
pow der exploded but what would
have happened had the - or 20 tons
of bowder usually carried in the main
INA gazine joined iu the destruction.
Exberts in the matter of explosive
~ il asltbeir opinion that not ouy
and property Of like character
Id have been destroyed, but that
dings as well would have been
= sdily converted into ruins, while
lives of the people wouldhave been
erious danger.
submit herewith an article taken
the New York Herald (Which
q seem TO be entitled to credit re-
ling explosives and urge that if
is true there is no sort Of an eX-
d for subjecting this people to the
3lgers arising from the proximity of
Q Cement Company's magazine, but
this new explosive is not what is
iaimed for il, still it does seem that
ne proper officers should insist and
ee to itthat the present danger should
10 done away with.
IL is not u justifable reason to say
lJhat the security of life and property
shall be put in jeopardy, because to
,,avoid that danger would be to sub
ject the Cement Company to some in
kconvenience and expense.
Respectfully
CITIZEN
!, From the New York Herald
I AS result OF Two years experiments
Frederick l.. M. Masury, % young il
ventor, says he has perfected safety
powder which will explode only uadcr
one condition. 1t will Withstand flame
and conclusion and resist all manner
of attempts to cause it to explode.
N That il is eflicaoious is shown 10y
n fence on Mr. Masury's country
iplace ON Long Island which was built
lentirely from rock blasted by means
.of s'Inasurite, Like that of Others
Iof the high explosives recently invent
ed, the formula of masurite is secret
In appearance it resembles cornmeal
and IL runs from the fingers like the
ground cereal. IL smothers flame aS
Enough it were sand, says the inventor
and in some cases it is actually t
good fire extinguisher. Mr. MasurN
/ taf
.-rused in the tunnel work there woulC
have been no such accident as tha
which occurred recently in Park ave
nue..
1t was his original intention to pro
..auee tlamelesss explosive for use il
coal mines. He succeeded ia doin,
$50, and then continued his experiment
until he had made a powder whic
should be safe to handle in all re
Rpects. Dynamite is IL compound o
sagdust'and nitroglycerin.
''To use a paradox" said Nh
Masury. ''masurite" is an explosive
| vet il is not explosive. 1t is set of
/ lBseith double strength illuminate Z
mercury cap of detonator. The dc
-tonator is itself exploded by means o
n fuse or electric battery. The masul
ite' goes of as q result OF the combir
,od heat and cOncussion. The methO
"a me same as that usually employe
in the explosion of dynamite.
The only precaution needful in tn
storing of 'masurite" is TO keep tn
,detonatOrs at considerable distanc
from the powder. Thirty tests wer
employed In demonstralingthat ''ma'
uritep would not explode except whe
the contractor wished to have it do Sc
nn n Nm
Masury's labortory on Long .IsanC
No explosion followed when one
eighth of an ounce of ''masurite
placed on an anvil, was sharT !
struck with machnist's hamme
several times in succession. Two our
ces OF 'masurite" placed on an anv