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

az 'elilco, lonn., on FRIDAY twelve
lives were snuffod out, scores of peo-
pie wero hurt and property destroyed
70 the amount of half q million dol
lara by the explosion Of o carload OF
dynamite, which was standing on a
rack near the Southern depot In that
;ity. The explosion made q report
that was heard twenty miles away,
shattered buildings In the business
section of the town. Every pieoe of
glass Within q radiance OF one mile of
tho explosion was shattered.
The freight car, n of the Pennsyl.
vania's lines, c,ntsined $50 boxes OF
20. 600 pounds OF high explosives
o%onsigned to the Rand Powder Com
pany, at Olearfeld, Tenn. Two causes
are assigned for the explosion. One
- that three parties were shooting at
u mark on the car and that q bullet
entered the Car and caused tile ex.
plosion. The other Is that while the
. was standing On a side track o
carload of pig iron was switched
Against IT and chat the force of tho
Jar caused the explosion.
The depot Of the Southern, which
was located neGr che scene of the tx.
plosion, was wholly wrecked. Two
hotels, the Glenmorgan and the Oar
hothern were badly wrecked, the
ghird story of the latter being wholly
destroyed. O',e person, Mark Atkins,
who was asleep In q room on this floor
at the time, is one Of tho most aeri-
nusly Injured Of the ent!re list, which
Fill nunlbsr fully two hundred, count
ing all who were but slightly hurt.
Business houses were badly disigured,
s6f cIs OF goods ruined, while lesiden-
ces suffered severely, windows aud
doors blown out Of the houses az far
from the scene as u mile.
Among the buildings totally dea.
troyed were the Armour Packing Dom.
pany's warehouse, the Jung Brewing
Company's warehouse, Pinnacle Brew
lag Company's warehouse, oil tank
apd warehouse of Kentucky, Consum-
9sns 0a8Gompany aud the Standgfds
IOl OCmpaDy's warehouse. Bssldea
she two damaged hotels, the Jelico
Furniture Company's building collap.
sed aud the stock of the Smith Dry
Goods Company was practically ruia-
d, although the building whiob 1t o0.
nup!ed, the Dumb rlan6 o pera House,
the finest structure in %Jclioo, escaped
with little d mage. Fully twenty
other firms suffered losses, but they
occupied small buildinKa.
Rascuers began work soon after tho
explosion and medical aid was asked
Of Ku1xv!lie, which sent o dozen ply
s'cians to administer to the wounded.
" HelVe Of the most seriously Injured
were sent to Knoxville to the hOspit-
sls in that city. The holding Of In.
quests owe the bodies Of the Voting
was begun this afternoon, but was NOT
completed. It ia the most serious dis.
aster In the history of the East Tenn
essee mining section since the terrible
explosion In the Frater vile mines In
1902, when 1874 miners, men and boys,
lost their lives In a 6 al mine, nasr
Goal Greek, less than twenty miles
from the scene OF Fridays explosion. !
Mayor r. B. Baird issued q circular,
notifying the public that all persona
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 az q 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 tho number Of victims ut as high
q figure az forty, but 1t is believed
that this q gross exaRgeratioD, and
that not more than fifteen have Lost
their lives, If that many.