The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-16

Fontanet Ind, Oct. 15.-By the ex-
plosion of the Dupont powder works
today between twenty-five and fifty
persons were KILLED. 600 injured and
Fontanet, a city lof loco people, wiped
our. Where stooH a thriving and busy
ktown this morn ig, tonight there is
Huin and seated wreckage. The dead
md more seriouYy injured have been
AIKEN away. Five hundred inhabit-
ants, ali more or less wounded, remain
I gather scatter ed household goods
nd sleep under tents, guarded by sol
/, liers of the statel
Seven Mills Blew Up.
Without warning, the powder mills,
seven i'm number. blew up at 9:15 this
morning, They employed 200 men. and
of these seventy-five were at work
when the first explosion occurred in
the press mill. In quick succession the
Aglaging mill two corning mills and the
DJowder magazine blew up. followed by
-the cap mill. In the magazine. situat-
ed several hundred yards from the
mill. were stored 1000 kegs of powder
The coneussion when it blewfuD was
-felt 200 miles away.
Every House in Town Destroyed.
Every house in this town was de-
llONtu. dilIi liOuSGS NNO AiliiCo ebNeAS
md school houses equally distant
we're torn to pieces and their occu-
PANTS injured. Indianapolis, and even
Cincinnati felt the shock. A passen-
'er train on the Big Four railroad -four
niles away had every coach window
,roken. and several passengers were
injured by flying glass. Following Is
list of the identified dead and par
| ial list of the most seriously injured
Identified Dead.
A. 3. Monahan, general superintend-
mt.
Mrs. A. B. Monahan.
Mrs. MOnahans sister.
George Justice.
John Bobo.
William Sheriff. -
Henry Harrington.
Sylvester Dial,
A u. Webster.
Sammy Nevins.
| Yates.
Will Dalton.
George Hodge.
! John Gray.
Frank Dial.
Don Dial.
John Dibbs.
Fred Kress-
John NeVins
Edward Nevins.
Samuel ingalls,.
Frank ingalls,.
Miss Susie Bishop.
Willie Hodge, aged years.
T T. Kellup. Wilmington, Del.
The following died in the ST. Anthony
! ospital. Terre Haute:
Henry Chandler.
". E. Griff.
n Karl Wood.
J. J. Carroll.
Unidentified man.
Partial List of Injured.
Albert Webster leg broken.
Miss Grace BrannOn. eye put out and
calp injured.
Elmer Bright limbs crushed.
George Hodges, wheelwright in mill
General Walker. arm burned and in
/ ernally injured.
l. NJ Carroll. flesh cooked.
Mrs Thomas Parr. scalp wounds.
Mrs. Martha Webster, cut on head
! William Hodges, badly burned.
Andy Pittman, internal injuries.
H NJ. Edwards. cut about head and
ody.
l Mrs. Rachael Montgomery, cu1
\ bout head; cannot recover.
w P Mccoy, scalp wounds.
w. NJ Shared, hand and feet and
ody crushed.
Charles Nash; cannot recover.
| Willard Carroll. cut about head.
Elmer Bright, cut about face ape
'Ody
Professor J. r. Shotpaugh of Ftbn
met schools. serious body injuriesj
George Stewart. seriously hurt.
Miss Susan Bishop. teacher OF Goa
l uff
Mrs Wasteller, fatally injured.
+ John Gray, employe powder mill.
Alex BiddIe.
Harvey Chandler.
] Alva Edwards
Fred Cross.
Edward Cross.
Harvey Kelso.
L. J. Harris.
Carl Hamerrick.
Mr. Vulker.
\ William Walker.
James Thompson.
Mrs Bras Brannon.
Mary Brannon.
The mills went up with three! dis
\ met explosions. followed ninety (min