The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-16
FIRE FOLLOWS IN WAKE 0F THE EXPLOSION AND
 MANY ARE BURNED ALIVE
Death List Will Probably Reach 40, While Hundreds Are Injured By Falling Walls and Flying Debris From Wrecked
 Buildings.

number of dead as the result of the ex- plosion of the DuPont powder mills here today is believed to be 8. Of these five died in hospitals at Terra Haute tonight. At least 600 were injured and an im- anense amount of property was destroyed. The exact number of injured, along with the property loss, will not be known for weeks.
 Over 5000 people visited the scene of desolatlon here tonight, coming from cities and towns within radius of 50 miles.
 Gov. J. Frank Hanley of Indiana arrived here at 7:30 o'clock tonight and imme- diately took charge of the situation and later tonight proclaimed martial law. The governor issued an order that all places where liquor or intoxicating drinks of any kind are sold shall be closed to- night.
 The town is practically wiped out. Not building stands intact and throughout the day fires kindled in the ruins, cost the lives of the maimed pinned in the wreckage and added to the terrifying scenes of destruction.
 The dead and more seriously injured have been taken away. Five hundred in- ~ habitants, all more or less wounded, re- 7 iifia1,i to gather their scattered p*pse- hold goods and sleep under tents and on cots guarded by soldiers of the state. Without warning the powder mills. seven in number blew up at 9:15 this morning. They employ POO men, and Of these 70 were at work when the first explosion occurred in the press mill. In quick succession the glazing mill. the two coinage mills and the powder magazine blew up, followed by the cap mill, in the magazine, situated several hundred yards from the mills where were stored 10000 kegs of powder. The concusslon when it blew up was felt nearly 200 miles away. Every house in the town was destroyed. Farm houses two miles away and school houses equally distant were torn to pieces and their occupants in- jured A passenger train the Big Four railroad four miles away had every coach window broken and several pas sengers were injured by flying glass
 List of the Dead. Following is a list of the identified dead and partial list of the more seriously Injured:
 Dead.
 A. B. Monahan. general superintendent, Mrs. A. B. Monahan
 Mrs. Monahans sister. George Justice.
 John Bobo.
 George Bobo.
 William Sheril1
 Henry Harrington.
 Sylvester Dial.
 Adam Webster. Sammy Nevins.
 Yates Will Dalton. TWO unidentified dead T. T. Kellup. Wilmington. Del. The following died in St. Anthony's hospital. Terra Haute:
 Henry Chandler.
 ". E.. C'riff.
 Earle Wood
 l.. J. Carroll
 Unidentified man.
 George Hodge.
 John Grey.
 Don Dial.
 Frank Dial
 James Biggs.
 Fred Cress.
 John Nevens.
 Edward Nevens.
 Samuel Ingalls. Frank Ingalls,.
 Miss Susie Bishop.
 William Hodge. age [.
 The Injured. Albert Webster, leg broken Miss Grace Brannon. eye put out and Scalp injured.
 Elmer Bright. limbs crushed. George Hodges.
 General Walker, burned and internally Injured.
 Mrs. Martha Webster. cut on head Mrs. Thomas Parr, scalp wounds. William Hodges. badly burned Andy Pttan. internal injuries. H. M. Edwards, cut about head and body.
 Mrs. Rachel Montgomery, cannot re- cover.
 VI Sao1t. W. NJ. Shearrow. body crushed. Charles Nash, cannot recover. William Carroll, cut about head. Elmer Bright, cut about face and body.
 Prof J. R. Shoptaugh of the Fontanet school seriously.
 George Stewart serious.
 Miss Susan Bishop. teacher at Coal Bluff
 Mrs Wasteller, fatally.
 John Gray, employe powder mill. Alex Biddell.
 Alvie Edwards.
 Fred Cross
 Edward Cross
 Harvey Kelso.
 L. J. Harris. Carl Hamerick.
 Mir Vulker.
 William Walker.
 James Thompson.
 H. NJ. Edwards.
 Mrs Biras Brannon
 Mary Brannon.
 Three Explosions.
 The mills went np with three distinct exnlosions. followed 90 minutes later by foprt, eyen more Serious than the