The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-26
AWFUL DISASTER.
A Dozen People Killed and
Scores Hurt Friday : by
A GREATIXPLnsION
OF Car OF Dynsmlte at J=lllco, Team.
The R,iIri ad S!stlon Demolished
and Many O,her Buildings Are
Wrecked. Causing Heavy

| anu many OtHeT DuuuIux9 hS
Wrecked. Causing Heavy
Loss.
At Jellico, Tenn. on Friday twelve
lives were snl Fl d cut, scores Of peo-
ole we're hurt and property destroyed
20 the amount Of half = million doll
lars by the explosion Of . carload OF
dynamite, which was standing on .
track near che Southern depot In that
city. The explosion made 3 report
that WAS heard twenty miles away.
shattered buildings in ths business
section Of tho town. Every piece Of
glass within q radiance Of one mile Ct
tho explosion was shattered. u
The freight car, one of the Pennsyl.
vania's lines. 6 ,ntsined $50 boxes Of:
20 900 pounds Of high sxpl Mives
consigned to the Rand Powder Com
oany, at Olea,flsid, Tenn THo causes
ars aasign for the explosion. Oae
is that three parties were shooting ct
Z mark on the Car and that bullet
entered the car aud caused the ex-.
plosion. The other is that willis the
car was standing on 3 side track q
carload of pig iron was switched
against it and thai the force; of the
Iar caused the explosion.
The depot of the Southern, which
vas located near tho scene OF thH ex.
olosiop, was wholly wrecked. Two
hotels, the G.enmargsn and the Car
,notharn were badly wrecked The
bird story of the latter being wholly
destroyed. Ols person, Mark Atkins,
Who was asle:p in room on thta fJof
at the time, Is ono of the most seri.:
ously Ii ] red Of the ensire List Rhich
will number fully two hundred count
ing sll who were but slightly. bQHti
Biaine houses we're badly cisfgHred,
sts css of goods ruined, while Adden-
yes suffered sevsrsly, wihdoasaand
doors blown out Of the houses - Tar
from tho scene as one mile.
Among the buildings totally des-
:royed were the Armour PACKING Com.
pany's warehouse, the } lug Brewing
Compapy's warehouse, Pinnacle Brew
Ing Oom pauy's warehouse, oil tank
and warehouse of Kentucky Consnm-
srs' on Company aad the Standard
lon ,any's warehouse. Besides
tre twU damaged hotels, the Jslico
Furniture Cumpany's building collap.
sed and the stock Of the Smith Dry
Goods Company was pra. t.oally ruin.
d, although tie bulldog which 1t ocr
,up;ed, the Oumb rlsnS 0 era H'use,
the finest structure in Jelico, escaped
With little damage. Euily twenty
other firms sutfa' ed losses, tlts they
occupied small buildings.
Rsscuers began work soon sftsr th3
explosion and medical aid was asksd
Of Knnxyille, which sent dozen phy-
sIcians to administer to the wouuded.
Twelve of tho most seriously i ijqred
v. 70 sent to Knoxville to the hospit-
sls in that City. The holding OF In.
quests over the bodies Of the Victims
was begun this afternoon, but was uot
completed. 1t Is the most serious dis
,ster Ia the history of the East Tenn
sssse mining section since tne terrible
explosion in the Fraterville mines In
1852, when 1874 miners. nnsn and bcys,
lost their lives In q caal mfnss $naaI
Coal Greek, less than twenty miles
frou the scene of Fridays explosion.
Mayor B. B. Baird issued circular,
notifying the public that all personz
fopnd on tho 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 . result OF the
disaster. and as almost every chimney
was destroyed, cooking cannot bs done
In any of the houses. Sonle estimates
made Fhday night on che loss OF Life
place the number of victims at as high
= figure a. forty, but 1t Is believed
that t1is 8 gross exagseration, and
that not more than fifteen have Lost
their lives. II that many.