The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
EXPLOSION DOES DAMAGE Dynamite Creates Havoc
 at Fair. SHOCK FELT IN THE CITY Noise Startles Montgomery and
 Surrounding Territory. Ignition of Sevsnty.two Pounds of Explosive lniures Buildings and
 Exhibits at vandiver Park
 -Win be Paid for.

terrific explosion of scventy-two pounds of dynamite. the property of Pains "Pompeii'' at Vandiver Park at 3:15 o'clock yesterday morning, caused shock which .tart!ed Mont gomery and inhabitants for seven miles around. and entailed damago at the Fair Grounds estimated at $230
 W. F. Vandiver. President of the Fair Association. was awakened by the concussion and immediately had the special train of the Pompeii Company stopped. first at the Fair Grounds and then in the Western Railway of Ala bama yards. At a conference early yesterday morning. Mir. Vandiver was assured by the manager of the Pom pci' spectacle that all damages caus- cd by the explosion would be paid for. and the train was allowed to pro" ceed to Augusta. Ga, at o'clock.
 The force of the shock was so great at the Fair Grounds that several panes of glass in the grand stanf structure. several in the front part of Exhibit Hall. and two :arge panes in the windows of the main Cffice build ing were broken. On, arc light in the grounds was shatta:.i and the globes of number of other lights were broken.
 The greatest damage. however. was done to the bar under the grand stand The force of the shock threw fully hundred bottles Of whiskey and as many bottles of beer from the bar counter and also a quantity of othe- articles which were kept on sale. The grea TT part of these goods werr broken by the fall to the ground. and the damage was estimated at $1S0.
 In Exhibit Hall. the damage was scattering. and amounted to a total, not exceeding s75. Products on ex hibit in bottles and glassware, were in a number of instances thrown vio- lcntly from shelves and counters ani broken. and two large signs in the exhibit of Alex Rice were cracked.
 The dynamite was exploded in tn 1t part of the grounds on which Pains "Pompeii' showed during the week O. the Fair. The high explosive. 1t was said yesterday. was set on with lang fuse and, after the concussion. alarg ; hole six feet deep and about fifteen feet in diameter, bore evidence of the violence of the shock.
 Befora "Pompeii' arrived in Mont = gomery for the Fair. the Association procured six cases of ixty per cens dynamite each weighing fifty pounds. for use in the firew ,rks of the show The explosive was buried 'n the earth near the Pompeii grounds. and just before preparations were concluded for leaving Montgomery early yes terday morning. the management: found that seventy-two pounds were unused.
 It was desired to take the dynamite on the train to Augusta .o.' use there. but the Western Railway ofncialA would not permit the transportation O.: the explosive on tho train. If lef' at the grounds 1t was feared the dyn. amite would be dangerous to lie and property and it was decided to set off the dynamite. The mistake, It x believed, was made in exploding sue a large quantity at ore time.
 population. and a number of calls were received at the police statio" from persons desiring to k low the na- ture of the trouble.
 The concussion was felt distinctly at Cloverdale and other suburbs O. Montgomery, and one citizen, resld' ing seven miles from the city, declar- ed that the shock vas plainly observ ed in his neighborhood