Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-08-15
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cIDkkrS Wh4ctl cAusk DEATHS
AND INJURY.
NITR0GlYcER,NE AND
POWDER CAUSE HAVOC
Detroit eou+ess, coa~ and Ridosway,
Pa, svfFsr sasn'lAr cataetrophes.
r"24 Which Kin ind Main People. and
Blow Many Buildings to Atoms.

ing In the Colorado & Southern fet2ht
depot here destroyed the depot with
a vast quantity Of freight aud spread
Ing a distance Of 100 feet developed
a powder house containing IOOO
pounds Of dynamite. which exploded
With tremendous shock. iajuring per-
maps LOO persons and breaking the
plate glass In every business house in
the city as we'll as that in hundreds Of
residences. 1t Is believed that two Of
the injured will die. The property
loss is estimated at $25OOOO. The fire
originated from some unknown cause
and is believed to be incend1ary It
was placed under control at $50 q. M
Injured Taken to kospjtais.
twenty-five Of the injured were tax
en- to local hospitals. The others were
either removed to their homes or were
able to 80 there themselves.
When the alarm was first turned in
only a small blaze was visible at the
west end OF the depot The fremen,
handicapped by low pressure of water
fought bPavely, in utter ignorance that
half ton Of explosives was stored
nearby. No warning was given and
when the sheet iron stack containing
the dynamite split open with a dull
roar, the men manning the hose and
every person within a radius of 100
yards were hurled to the ground.
Detroit Explosion Kills Two.
Detroit, Mich. Aug. 1.-TWO men
were killed, three more probably ia
tally injured and scores of people
were slightly hurt by the explosion
of half car of nitro-glycerine at the
Michigan Central railroad station at
Essex, Ontario, II miles inland from
the Detroit river Saturday. Practical
ly every building in the little town of
1900 people was injured, many of
them being blown to pieces. The
shock Of the explosion was plainly felt
for 20 miles around Essex 1t was so
heavy In this city that windows were
broken in Jefferson avenue automo-
bile garage.
The dead: Brakeman Joseph Nc
Nary, of Amherstburg, Ontario; Brake
man Leo Conlon. of Amherstburg, On
tario.
Everything for radius of 300 yards
from the depot is in ruins. The car
containing the nitro-glycerine was
side-tracked Friday night near the
freight shed to be taken to-day to a
quarry at Amherstburg. Ontario, by
the plug train which operates on the
Amherstburg branch Of the road. The
train was being made up to-day when,
it is said, Brakeman McNary discoy-
cred that the nitro-glycerine was leak
ing In the car He started to open it
and stop the leak when without warn
ing the explosion occurred.
With a shock that was felt for 20
miles the explosion let go tearing the
new stone depot to pieces. destroying
the freight sheds and nearby cottages;
leveling Green's elevator beside the
tracks. and smashing Laing &
Ritch1e's mill like k1ndling. The en-
CINE and tender of the train with the
other cars were reduced to scrap iron
and where they stood there was only
a hole 20 feet deep and SO feet ACROSS
Tbu1C Sl6n0Q III TIE llLLe COWQ as
glass cracked anu houses and ba11ld-
ings Qdvered under the shock and
then gave way In part or entirely.
Physicians from nearby towns hur-
ried to Essx and helped dress the
wounds Of the injured. The financial
loss will probably be about 100000.
Hardly building in the place escaped
severe damage.
Still Aaother Explosion.
Ridgeway, Pa. Aug. 12.-EHve train
men were injured here by the expo-.
sion Of what Is believed to have been
nitrog1ycerim dropped or thrown by
a man who was put of Pennsylvania
railroad freight train. The injured
are In hospital here. The man who
had the explosive was injured and Is
in jail here. He was discovered rfd-
ing on the freight train before 1t
reached Ridgeway and was. according
to the crew, apparently under the in
fuence of liquor.
Yellow Fever Is Feared.