The Penn's Grove record., 1908-12-18

Caused hy Premature FIXING Of
tsiaut Dynamite Biast.
FIFTY WoRkMER were rNIuRFD
Others Missing and stay ue Buried
Under Tons Of Debris 1t Bias
0blspo--Tlsree Americans Among
Those Blown 10 Pieces.

OAsEl- ann -sftAS -t4ASGN
Those Blown 10 Pieces.
Colon, Panama "a slant blast a
dynamite, already prepersd for firing
was prematurely exploded in hq
workings on Inc Panama Canal Sd.
Eas 0bispo. Fourteen raen wese.
kille5 and ffty injured
II may be that Others have be !
killed, FOR the debris is piled ny IN all.
directions.
Bias pbispo Is about thirty rai4es
from Colon, and the shocks Of the
plosion vas distinctly fels here.
Numerous reports are current al
She cause Of the accident, bot The ia
cial version fron Clahr IS fhas
during the loading 81 the last holi dill
the blast the dynamite in this cltsinz
was discharged, ana tae remalnin
TWENTY-FIVE tons were exploded has
concession The holes had not Lee
connected electrically, as tileS dis
charge OF the blast was set ter n
O'clock in the afternoon. lne iasl
hole was being loaded under the 81
peTgision Of one Of the post efh ejels
powder mel III the employ &C tue G9ns
mission
Thirteen bodies have been falEs8
from the wreokage csissd by the Ell
piosion. It is believed tina score
more are still under the masses DE-
rocks and earth that were rent anv
buried about over A space SEQ iets
long By 800 wide The aaath lii
would have been appaliing had s. raj
conveying see iaboreTs passed & fgi
inmates later. This train steaIne
through the cut aud was barsly OF
of view when the explosion OCCURRED
All the tracks were iirst torn III. anl
|. then buried deep under so3 and fraa
ments Of rocks.
pLe whole hillside ii the ept hai
been wrecked The dynamite scatter.
ing d e8lta aud TOSSING huge boNi9
ers in al directions.
A ninety t0u steans saogsi was
crushed to bits 1nde s weight Of
falling rocks. BFetg ere oI the crew
was killed.
The clearing away ne wreckage
continued throughout The niShss blg
q much longes time viii be necessary
to clear aNay tbs great heaps Di
earth and rocks il the search for The
Buried 5s56. Hun{Feds OF men were
working hsroicsl 10 ina The bodies
Here and ther. Eiecas q human feb1
and bon8 are turged over 3 tn pic
aud shoYel,
The alast consisted OF atty one
holes SIXTY feaF deep ana spread GU
over Il tsIa4 section q territcIry. The
! last hole was beiBs Charged by JohL
j Reidy. an experienced ~pcwderInsp
when It exploded. Tie Others wers
explodsds by the eoncussicn, Reilly
was blown to pieces.
The Otner Americans dead include
John r. Kofp, sgeain SHOVEL engineer
end 3. T. Hummer, steam shove
cranemau. Two 5pani3rds were alsc
killed and eigh West Indian negroes
The badly ioJured include B. ii
/ Cole. powderman, and Arthur Bas
sett. dTll foreman. 10th Americans
The officials az the 4ncon Hospital
where many of the Injured wssr1
tassn. report that they are dofns
well, soge OF tte men not belns
! seriadsly ANY,.
e8gn fSa alton, Witn
es8@ 20 E&iig tAe responsibility ka
bsaa ar3ered, and already officials ar
gakSa violence and e~ndeaE0fing t
a5e#1tGia tae cause os tae p~l-ematur,
/ aise the blast.
WasEIa IN, %. G.-ghe foilow'in!
dispatch ass received from Grief Tn
Siaeal s~5ethais,
The premature ex~pHysso4 OF tNan
i Il t2ls Of dynamite ct Bas Ohispl
st 11.te this morning resulted Ill til,
Haafh IF fo14-4 chr snhe an1 the irsur-