The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-11
4 KILLED In R. R. EXPLOSIONS
NITROGLYCER!NE ~ ONE BLOW
UP SHiKES ESSEN. ONT.

TraArman VINO Found Explosive Leasing
Thrown Far From Car-DynamIte In
Boulder, Col. Ilrlpy, Death 10 VoiU,.
tecr FireTcn-Tramp Ises Explosive.
DETROIT. Aug. 10. When half a oarioad
Ct nitroglyoerins exploded In the station
OF the Michigan Central Railroad at Essex.
Ont. seventeen miles inland from the
Detroit River. to-day, two rlen working
there we're killed, throe we're fatally
hurt and fifty were slightly injured. Tho
explosion srecked every binding IN the
town and was felt for twenty miles around.
Several windows we're broken even here.
The dead are: Leo Conlon, a brakeman,
and Joseph NcNary. a brakeman. both
of Amherstburg, Ont. James flanagan.
a fireman OF Amherstburs; A. q Stimson,
station agent. of Essex. and Thomas
Barry. a conductor, of Am1srstours,
were badly hurt.
The car containing the explosive wac side
tracked, 70 be taken to-day 10 d quarry at
Anlherstburg When the train was being
made up to-day MoNary discovered that
the explosive was leaking in the car. RE
was trying TO stop the leak when the ex-
pl0sion came.
The new stone depot was torn in pieces.
destroy ing the freight sheds and nearby
cottages. levclling Green's elevator beside
the tracks and smaebing fagin a. Ritchie's
mill like kindling wood The engine and
tender e the train. With the other cars.
were reduced to SCRAP iron. Where they
stood there was a hole twenty feet deep and
fifty feet across
McNarv's body was found 200 feet away
from Toe tracks in a field. Brakeman Conion
YVES dug from under . coal car dead Fire.
man flanagan Law near the ruins If his
engine. The nthe" two me nbers Of the
train crew and the station agent we're dug
from the wrccEel station badly hurt.
The financial loss Mn probably tie o
5000 600.
BoUirtR, Col. huz. lO.-A fire this morn
ing in the Colorado and Southern Railroad
depot destroyed the building and a lot of
freight and q .read 10 a powder house con
tanning l.c11 rounds Of dynamite. This
exploded, iniuring about 100 persons.
loss is estimated AZ g 10000. The fire is be-
lieved 10 be of inCendiary origin.
The fatally injured are Roy Lafavre and
Isaac g.. Wilson. 10th volunteer irencn 81
Boulder. 4 Family named Ramsay. living
in a small house near the depot, had the
place rocked over their heads. Four
memhers Of the fH~1ilv were badly injured.
The frencn, handicapped by the low
pressure .: water. fought in ignorance
that half o ton az explosives was stored
near by. Whom the sheet iron shack con-
tanning IL split open the men on the hose
we're thrown to the ground. Across the
street from the depot a big two story brick
warehouse had great cracks riven in its
walls, lts roof was blown OF.
In the business part of the town great
sheets of heavy glass fell in splinters on the
walks following the explosion. Not a
whole pane Of glass remains in the centre
OF the city.
RIDoEwAY. Pa, Aug. i0.-A tramp this
forenoon fought of the members Of two
freight train crews on the Pittsburg and
Erie branch If the Pennsylvania Railroad
when the tralnmen tried to put him out
Of 2 box car. He pulled a bottle filed with
nitro glycerine from has pocket. The liquid
explosive blew out the roof and sides OF
the car. W. p. Knahle. 4 brakeman. and
W. c. Robinson. an engineer, were hurt.
Robinson's legs were crushed and one was
amputated later Robinson is expected TO
die.
j. X. Snyder. a conductor. had his head.
face and hands bruised end 4. X. Pierce.
an engineer, was bruised internally. y. D..
krebs, another conductor. who was blown
through one side Of the car. received inter
nal injuries. The tramp was slightly hurt.
He was taken TO jail. The injured railroad
men were all taken 20 the R~idgeway Hos
pital, where they are being taken care Of.
Conductor Snyder and Brakeman Marsh
found tho tramp in a car. The two had to
call for help. Engineer Pierce Of a train
on the. siding. wjth his conductor, krebs,
came To tse assist8noe ii Snyder and Marsh,
who had already been Joined by Engineer
Robinson. When the five men attacked
him the tramp pulled from his pocket q
bottle whion either was thrown or fell to
the ground The explosion followed