Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-21
TEN ARE DEAD
IN THE RUINS
JeI|ico Partly Destroyed by Dy-
Mantle Explosion.
MANY REPORTED INJURED
Nearly Every Store and Warehouse
Said to Be Wrecked.
HOTEL FLOOR BLOWN OFF
Occurred Near the Center of the Bust
ness Section Of the Place-Bodies
Buried in Debris.
Nearly Every Store and Warehouse
Said to Be Wrecked.
TEL FLOOR BLOWN OFF

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, September 21.-The
town of Jellico was partially destroyed by
an explosion of dynamite early today. 1t is
reported that ten persons were killed and
many injured.
The explosion occurred about 100 yards
north of the depot and near the center OF
the business section of the town. The
bodies of the dead are buried in the debris
at present, and it is impossible to esti-
mate the extent of the fatalities or to give
names of those who lost their lives One
Of the known dead is Thomas Atkins. aged
thirty years, lineman employed by the
East Tennessee Telephone Company
Every warehouse in Jellico along the
Louisville and Nashville railroad Is a wreck.
and nearly every store in the town is in
ruins.
The entire third floor Of the Carmathen
Inn, large brick hotel structure, was
blown off,
A special train has been sent over the
Louisville and Nashville railroad from
Jellico to Williamsburg, KY, for physicians.
List of Dead.
Property damage estimated at 81, OOO, 600
was done, and the town of Jellico XIV.
was practically destroyed. At least 500
people are homeless.
The identified dead are: George Atkins
lineman for the East Tennessee Telephone
Company John Cook. car inspector for
the Southern railway; Walter Rodgers,
clerk for the United Cold Storage ware
house: John Gordon, colored. Five other
bodies have been found, but they are mutt
lated beyond recognition.
The most seriously injured are: E. v.
Campbell, engineer, Louisville and Nash
vile railroad; Finley Gibson; Judge Fore
man, proprietor of the Carma than Inn.
Mrs. Foreman; r. D. Baird, president
National Bank; James Carson of Corbin.
KY, cut on head and bruises; son of # n
Abbott. probably fatally: Isaac Range. cut
on head. one eye blown out; Mark Akin.
grocer: Jay Baird. bookkeeper for the
1talian Coal Company; Charles o. Baird,
cashier of the National Bank of JelIico:
r. D. Baird of the National OF Iel-
leo, and mayor Of Jelico, Tenn; George
Hudson. injuries may prove fatal: Sher-
man Wilson. head and breast badly cut;
L. A. Holman: Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ Jones.
badly bruised. their house having fallen In
upon them; William Rose. cut on head
In addition to these. many others sus-
tanned wounds of slight nature.
Many Wrecked Buildings
Without exception every business house
In the town is either wrecked or badly dam
aged The union depot of the Southern
railway and the Louisville and Nashville
railroad. iocated about 100 yards from the
place of the explosion, was shattered to
splnters. 1t cut off all telegraphic com.
munications, and news of the explosion was
handled by telephone. The explosion oc-
CURED upon the Kentucky side of Jeiico.
and in consequence every house on that side
of the town Is wrecked. Not one was
spared. large number Of residences To-
Gated near the railroad on the Kentucky
side were without exception demolished AS
result 1t is estimated that one-seventh of
the population of the two Jellicos is home
less. car loaded with dynamite and con-
signed to the Rand Powder Company ar
rived here this morning. 1t was brought in
by the Southern railway from the direction
Of Knoxville. and was sidetracked in the
yards used Jointly by the Southern railway
and the Louisville and Nashville. 1t is be-
lieved that the explosion was caused from
spontaneous combustion in the car. How
ever, nothing has yet developed to make
this assertion positive. The spot where the
car stood is marked by crevasse in the
earth fully twenty feet deep and about thir-
ty feet in diameter.
Officials of the Southern railway and the
Louisville and Nashville railroad left Knox
Vile at $50 O'Clock this morning expecting
to reach JelIico by noon. On the II ain were
a number of physicians and representa-
tive Of the Associated Press.