The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-28
A Dozen People Killed and
Scores Hurt Friday by
A GREAT j EXPLOSION
OF Ger Of Dynamite at JeIlleo, Tenn.
The Railroad Station Demolished
and Many Other Buildings Are
Wrecked, Causing Heavy
Loss

AT Jellioo, Tenn, on Friday twelve
lives were snuffod out, scores of peo-
pie were hurt and property destroyed
TO the amount OF half million dol.
lars by, the explosion of carload OF
dynamite, which was standing on q
rack near the Southern depot in that
city. The explosion made report
that was heard twenty miles away,
shattered buildings In the business
section of the town. Every piece OF
glass Within radiance of ono mile Of
tho explosion was shattered.
The freight car, ono of the Pennsyl.
vania's lines, c)ntaine6 45O boxes OF
20. 600 pounds Of high explosives
consigned to the Rand Powder Com
pany, at Olearheld. Tom. Two causes
are assigned for the explosion. One
is that three parties were shooting at
q mark on the car and that bullet
entered the Car and caused tile ex.
plosion. The other Is that while the
car WAS standing On side track a
carload Of pig iron was switched
against 1T and that the force of the
Jar caused the explosion.
The depot Of the Southern, which
vas loohted nesr 6he scene of the ex.
plosion, was wholly wrecked. Two
hotels, the GlenmorRan and the Oar.
hothern were badly wrecked, the
| third story OF the latter being who.
destroyed. One person, Mark Atkins.
Who was asleep In room on this floor
At the time, is one OF tho most seri.
nusly Injured OF the entire list, which
Fill nuubar fully two hundred, count.
ing all who were but slightly hurt,
Business houses were badly disfigured,
s6f c'is of goot's ruined, while leBiden-
oss suffered severely, windows and
doors blown out Of the houses 40 far
from tho scene as one mile.
Among the buildings totally deg.
SrOyed were the Armour Packing Ooun.
pany's warehouse, the Jung Brewing
Company's warehouse, Pinnacle Brew
lag Oompany'a warehouse, oil tank
apd warehouse OF Kentucky Consunn-
ara' Oh Company aad the STANDARD
Oh Ormpany's warehouse. Bssl0es
che two damaged hotels, the Jelico
Furniture Company's building collap.
sed aud the STOCK Of the Smith Dry
Goods Company Was act!oally ruia.
d, although the building whicb 1t 90.
onp!ed the Dumb rlan6 @ yera House,
the finest structure in Jclico, escaped
with little d mage. Fully twenty
| other firms suffered losses, but they
occupied small buildinga.
Rasouers began work soon after tho
explosion and medical aid was asked
Of Knoxville, which sent dozen ply
| a Ia tO n tint tofo tC
Twelve Of the most seriously Injured
were sent to Knoxville to the hospit.
sls In that city. The holding Of in.
quests over the bodies Of the VOTING
was begun this afternoon, but was not
completed. 1t Ia the most serious dis.
aster In she history of the East Tenn
essee mining section since tine terrible
explosiOn IN the Fraterville mines In
1902, when 1874 miners, men and boys,
lost their lives In q al mine, nasr
Goal Greek, less than twenty miles
from the scene of Fridays explosion.
Mayor r. B. Baird issued o circular,
notifying the public that ell persons
found on the streets after 8 O'Clock
Friday night would be arrested, unless
they were owners Of building or stocks
OF goods or agents therefor. Many
people are homeless as o result Of the
disaster, and as almost every chimney
was destroyed, cooking cannot be done
In any OF the houses. Some estimates
made Friday night ON the loss of life
place ths number Of victims at as high
q figure az forty, but 1t Ia believed
that this gross exaggeratioD, and
that not moro than fifteen have lost
their lives. If that many.