The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-16
SHOCK FELT IN BIG CITIES
TWO HUNDRED MILES AWAY
Death and Destruction Dealt by Terrific Concus-
sion When Dupont Plant Expodes In
Indiana--Troops Patrol Wrecked
Town

Fontanet. Ind, Oct 15.-Between
twenty-five and fifty dead; six hun
dred injured; city of one thou
sand people wiped out. Such is the
fate which overlook Fontanet today
when the Dupont Powder mills ex
Bloded. Where once stood a thriving
and busy town of one thousand peo-
pie this morning, tonight there Is
ruin and scattered wreckage. The
dead and more seriously injured have
been taken away. Five hundred In
habitants, all more or less wounded,
remain to gather their scattered
homes and goods and sleep on cots In
tents guarded by soldiers of the state.
Without warning the powder mills,
seven in number, blew up at 9:15 this
morning. They employed two hun
dred men and of these seventy-hve
were at work when the first explosion
occurred in the press MILL In quick
succession the glazing mill two coal
ing mills and the powder magazine
blew up, followed by the cap mill. In
lne magazine, situated several hun
dred yards from the mills, were
stored 10000 kegs of powder. The
concussion when 1t blew up, was felt
two hundred miles away. Every
house in the town was destroyed.
Farm houses two miles away and
school houses equally distant We're
,,4, hot tc N
jured. indianapolis and even Cincin-
natl felt the shock A passenger
train on the Big Four railroad, four
miles away, had every coach window
broken and several passengers were
injured by flying glass.
Following is a list of the identified
aead and a partial list of the more
seriously injured: Dead--A. B. Mona
han, general superintendent; Mrs. A.
B. Monahan Mrs. Monahans sister;
George Justice, John Bobb, George
Bobo, William Sheriff.. Henry Har-
rington, Sylvester Dial, A. ID. Web
ster. Sammy Eevins. - Yates. viii
Dalton. T. T. Kellup, Wilmington,
Del. Following died in st. Anthony's
hospital, Terre Haute, Ind: Henry
Chandler, w. K. Grief. Earl Wood, L.
Carroll. unidentified man.
Injured-Albert Webster. leg brok-
en-: Miss Grace Brannon. eye put out;
Elmer Bright. limbs crushed; George
Hodges, wheelwright in mill; General
Walker. internally injured: l.. NJ. Car
roll. flesh cooked; Mrs. Thomas Parr,
scalp wound: Mrs. Martha Webster,
cut on head; William Hodges. badly
burned: Andy Pimman. internally in
jured: II. NJ. Edwards, cut about
head; Mrs. Rachael Montgomery. cut
about head, cannot recover; w. n.
Mccoy. scalp wound; William Shear
rowd. hand, foot and body crushed:
Charles Nash. cannot recover; VIII
lard Carroll. cut about head; Elmer
bright. cut about face and body; Prof.
J. r. Shoptaugh. of Fontanet school.
seriously: George Stewart. seriously;
Miss Susan Bishop. teacher at Coal
plun: Mr. wasteller. fatally: John
GRAY. employe powder mills: Alex
Fiddle. Harvey Chandler. Alvie Ed
wards. Fred Cross, Edward Cross.
Harvey Kelso. l. J. Harris. Carl
Hamerick. Mr.. " Ulmer. William
Walker. James Thompson. II. NJ. Ed
wards. Mrs. BIras Brannon. Mary
Brannon.
The mills went up with three dis
tinot explosions. followed ninety
minutes later by a fourth. even more
aerious than the others when the
magazines went up. lmmediafeiy
following the explosions the wreck
age took fire and inhabitants OF the
town who rushed TO the rescue of
the mill employees found themselves
,.owerless to aid these burning in the
ruins. They worked frsntiGally IN
constant danger from possible sue
eeeding explosions. unmindful ci
their ruined bones. The dead and