The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-08-01
SCORE OF PEOPLE KILLED.
ouNPowpgR MAGAZINES TX.
PLooE NEAR LOWELL. MASS.
Nearly 50 People lnIursd-tiousss
Wrecked 100 Yards Away-ssvsn
Caught Firs-Thrss People Burned
to pssth-Masazinss Belonged 70
v. S. Cartridge Company.

LOhNiis AAaea.s Shig az ND hu1hAi
gunpowdeF magazines. situated In the
very midst OF the humble residences OF
50 mill operatives. exploded with =
frightfal eoneussi0n and the resultant
wave Of death cut on the lives o. more
than a score Of human beings and In.
iured nearly 20 others.
Half dozen men who were loading
kegs Of powder from one og the maya.
xlnss we're blown 10 pieces. four boys,
geo yards away. were killed By the
f0rcs u the explosion. and IL frame
houses within a radius u 400 yards
seat down As II they had been built
Of cards, Seven II these houses imms-
dlaIely caught fre. PFobabFiy from the
Ailehen stoves. and were completely
consumed. Al least thFes persons
AvEe caught in the ruins and burned
a. death. While seven or eight Others
30 were rescued died subsequently
u their injuries
Il Is estimated that 20 separate
pieces of property. Including these al.
ready msnii0aed, we're Destroyed
ahlls the soFes u the explosion wreck.
81 Windows for ave or si1 miles
afuand. and It's thunder could be heard
distinctly tOF more than 90 miles away.
Peer People Lived Near.
The Magazines ueFe the property of
'hs uaited States Cartridge company
4 this city. bat fortunately were situ,
aira aaoFs shsA = mile away from the
factory itself ThrY we're bailt o.
tFiek. about 10 feet hlgh. Nth q Founa.
- ruof u corrugated iron. They we're
consSTaeset sohie 20 pears ago In what
SAs thea . broad. opea neia on the
Ranks ~ the C0ne0ga river. ssa7tas
the last dseaa9 small wooden sweii. |
lag hOasas have gradually sRsung Up |
ia The Ficinisy eraudihE neAFer and |
seafrF wish fanci~d security to the 10.
as~rHG ie-gkisE little buildings untii |
hoy sliaost eompisgs,y sarfuuadsd 1
ihvsn. eaeups On the river eide. The
arafcsS house bVsh9 scarcely 90 fsos 1
away
onr ~ The nsAEzxiHes VAS Just With
tn TIC roadside fence. Wills The other
was at5ss 100 feet bealnd Il. AGAR the
bAnks u the river Both magazines
ordinarily enntaiard two 90 ghFea suas
~ sunppNaes In tin kegs. each keE
h~lne about - inchss hish aaa = FOO,
10 diameter. The eumpaEy for some
ilnT has bcSa DESTROYS ~ stFunEthcH.
lnS thS nuaf - the magazine naaruss
10 street. ana this morning riEht ms-a,
'sfoo - them snpioyes q tho corn.
aasY- thFuu vHpsUssnaaa and swp car.
foetrss, sore suns there ~tgh three /
larsr cypress teams 60 take tho pow.
a0f and mend tho anoF Two Of tho /
teams bad bern loaded aHa the Other
~as Al'aoss fgIi uhsa Ihs rKpiualon 90.
Cured
Il vas inaE tins before the artuai
cause o' The stPiasiuh wAs ascessained-
l' ~as Al aFst skouEhs ,ha, -vssy ona
20 a radius ~ 80 frcs u tho magazines
haA b"0n allied. bus later /, uAs found
:. a. C'aFvpdoa uocdutu. the foreman
= 'ho men uho uets leading the pow.
irs "a The teams, bad survived. TO
se'her wttA ubs uf biz ASSISTANTS,
Anaa~e TloaiAnGss. and Tho latter vas
seeH g, The hospital
10 sald sha, the usea wcut Gown 10
'hg magazine nearest tho ssreos Ia IN
'se a'ur and after The teams had been
ma lo-i viii Tho pgvaes. whirh vas IN /
GO magazine u vas discovered that a
raa - nl,rosiTcofins. which vas stored 4
f. tho magazine. was leaking. Mr.
'-"fsisin pIcksd up wha, he thought /
vas a Iug - water and began pouring |
O. o1'o ;ho nitrpsiycsrtno With the idea /
n 'juiiBz u and washing u np. AZ
seem aa ,ba suId ftum the jug struck |
/ i-r Hoor he found that Il was nitric
$50
Tho aons AZ nnro began 90 smoke.
i a13 whom the men saw u thsy rushed /
f'rm Tho building. but bad not euno
'' foot whnn tho explosion occurred
This magazine. therefore. vas the
Fret in Eo ap. followed by the gun.
Fnrdor Ia tho three teams, and some |
seconds later by the second magazine. |
To those wa0 heard the eraah Il
seemed az u there were two distinct |
'1pl"sious with a continuous roar be- |
tSo"n them. There are. however. eve
holes In tho ground. which Eczema TO |
clearly indleste Ave explosions.
F"r several minutes afterwards. the |
ayr Was completely allied with smoke
and dust. illuminated by the glare from
inc already burning hoasea. The work
=" rescue at once began bot in many
cases tho flames had gained full sway
over tho crumbled ruins and several
Persons we're burned Tn death before
'A' debris which covered them could
ho removed.
Tho rava ~ paAturn -. - 49,