The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-22
TOWN WRECKED BY DYNAMITE.
EXPLODING CAR KILLS ~ AND
INJURIES MORE THAN 2OO.
JeIIIOO. on the Kentucky -TennesAee o
Diary. suffers o. .OOO.OOO Damage
Halfway OnicIaIs Nay sIots Fired at
large, On Gar caused Explosion.

Diary. suffers 81, OOO.OOO IDansawe
Halfway OnicIAls Nay sIOts Fired at
large, On Gar Caused Explosion.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn, Sept. 2I.-The tow
Of Jeliico, winch lies parity in Tennessee
and partly in Kentucky, was all but wiped
of the map this morning ct s O'clock by
the explosion OF a carload Of dynamite.
At least twelve persons are dead, fifty
are seriously injured and more than $50
are slightly injured.
The property loss will exceed o. ,OOO, 900,
nearly 1000 people are homeless and prac-
tically every business house and factory
in the town was demolished.
A great hole. SO feet deep aud 100 feet
across, marks the spot where the railroad
car which contained the 400 cases OF dyna-
mite stood.
Buildings a mile away from the ex-
plosion were shaken and some were de-
molished.
The dead may reach twenty-five.
The telegraph Offices were destroyed,
and but for the fact that the long distance
telephone Office was far from the explosion
the town would have been completely
shut OF from the outside world.
The news was telephoned to this city
within ten minutes after the explosion,
which was heard for forty miles, and a
special train with a soore of physicians and
newspaper men made a quick run to the
scene. Relief was also sent from nearby
towns.
The work OF rescuing victims buried
under fallen buildings was begun at once.
Flying debris pieces Of timber and iron
seem to have been most disastrous to life
and limb, a number Of those killed being
distant from the scene OF the explosion.
The car Of dynamite was standing on a
Louisville and Nashville Railway siding,
having just arrived, consigned to John l..
O'Connor, a railroad contractor, at Clear
field, Ky. Cars were being switched and a
car loaded with pig iron was backed into
the dynamite car, causing the explosion.
While this is the story generally be-
lieved. the Official report sent out by the
Southern Railway officials says that several
men were shooting at a target fastened TO
the dynamite car and that the bullets set
of the dynamite.
The list OF known dead comprises George
Atkins, 30 years old, lineman for the East
Tennessee Telephone Company; John Cook,
80 years old, car inspector for the Southern
Railway: Walter Rodgers, 20 years old,
clerk for the United Cold Storage Ware
house, cut TO pieces and almost unreoog-
nizable, and John Gordon, colored, 10 years
old.
Five other dead bodies have been found
but they are so badly disfigured that they
cannot be identified.
Tha 49, Dapkfnw Cn0nnnnwfa vuaPA-
house, the Jung Brewing Company's ware
house, the Pinnacle Brewing Company's
warehouse, the Kentucky Consumers' Oh
C~ompany's tanks and warehouse, the Stand
ard OIL Company's warehouse and the II. T,
Hackney Company's grocery warehouse
were completely demolished. Twenty-Five
other business houses on the Kentucky side
were SO badly damaged that they will have
to be rebuilt.
On the Tennessee side, which includes
the larger part Of the town, the damage
was more extended. The heaviest property
losses are:
Carmarthan Inn. three story brick straot-
ure, practically destroyed. Jellioo Furniture
Company, building collapsed. Link tailor
ing establishment, glass broken and other
wise damaged. Hodges undertaking es-
Enlistment, badly wrecked. Smith Dry
Goods Company, stock ruined and building
badly damaged. The Cumberland Opera
House, the most costly structure in the
town, valued at $50, 600, is wrecked. The
Skreamer Shoe Company building Is shat
tered. The National Bank OF Jellioo. build
ing and fixtures are badly damaged. Thu
Jellico Grocery Company suffered heavy
loss. Glammorgan Inn, wrecked beyond
repair.
Other concerns whose stock and build
ings are damaged are: The Baird Whole
sale Dry Goods Company, Walburn-Bruct
restaurant, Moses Grocery Company. NJ
J. SteInberg, clothier; Atkins Grocery Com
pany; Beaver Brothers, hardware; Baird's
department store, the post ONCE, Click
mans general merchandise store, ID. T
jenkins, hardware; Baird A Smith. gents
furnishings; First National Bank. Isaac
Sharp, jeweller; T. Peace. jeweller; JellicC
Wholesale Hardware Company.
Twenty-Five other establishments suf'
Here1 less serious damage.