Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-05-12
and means whiah came with return to
consciousness If the badly injured

and means whi,h came with return to
consciousness IF the badly injured.
THOUGHT COMET HAD STRUCK.
The terrific shock brought thousands Of
terror-strcken people into the streets of
Hull. Some thought II was an earthquake
while others cried out that the comet had
struck the earth. Hundreds of chmncys
were toppled over and there is scarcely
a whole light Of glass left in the north
eastern section II tho city. The first call
for aid from the hospitals and the police
came from the section of the city nearest
the magazines There 1t was found that
fully 40 small frame dwellings had been
shattered and many injured people were
imprisoned In the wreckage. The police
and fire departments were Joined by scores
of willing volunteers in the work Of rescue
1t was fully an hour and n half after
the explosion that word came into the
city of the disaster near the powder
works. Ambulances and automobiles
were rushed to the scene and the fright
fully injured were carried to the. local
hospitals until there was room for no
more and then they were brought across
the river to this city.
AT ten o'clock tonight n police esti-
mate placed the number of dead at Is
and the injured at 80
In this city, four miles from the
scene of the explosion. the terror inspired
was scarcely less than that at Hull. The
earth trembled. buildings shook and
hundreds of windows were shattered
The great cloud Of smoke which mounted
In column over Hull quickly indicated
Of rrif cot,
EARLS RESIDENCE DAMAGED.
Rideau hall. the official home of Earl
Grey, and the buildings on Parliament
nil caught the full force OF the explo-
sion being two miles nearer the powder
plant than the main section of the city
EVery window on one side of Rideau hall
was blown out and two great stone chin
neys toppled over upon the roof of the
building. The Parliament buildings were
also badly damaged
Rideau Hall is still occupied by Earl
Grey and his family The whole vice.
regal establishment fed panic strick-
en- TO the street. They were soon
reassured that there was no further
danger. AS soon as Earl Grey learn
ed the extent of the disaster. he or
across the river to help the authori-
Ties. The building in which the main
explosion occurred was built of solid
stone. the walls being two feet thick
Fragments of stone weighing up to
a half ton were shot throEh the air
for quarter of a mile, shattering the
frame dwellings of workmen which
run to within an eighth of mile OF
the factory.
GIRLS KILLED AT SUPPER
In home. just north of the works.
two sisters named Carrioro, aged l2
and "A, were killed while sitting at
the supper table. John Blanchtield
was sitting with his wife in the door
Of his home when fragment Of rock
snuned out his life and left her un-
harmed hut covered with his blood.
The head Of a lad named Fabien was
cut clean from his body.
Louis Mccain. a laborer, was crush
ed by falling fragment. He was
taken in an automobile which started
hurriedly for an Ottawa hospital 1t
was seen that he was dying. The
automobile was stopped In front Of
the Roman Catholic Cathedral and
standing on the steps of the edifce a
priest administered the last sacraments
n few minutes before he died
A little boy and a girl, found dying
together, crushed beyond recognition,
have not SO far been identified Other
victims are Fernand Laurin, Antoine
Carvaute, Joseph Bedard. Horace An
derson, Fernand Lardine, and Albert
Leblanc.
HULL is IN DARKNESS.
The electric light works were dis
abled and the city Of Hull left in
darkness and this added to the con-
fusion and the difficulty OF locating
victims
The ottawa hospitals are crowded
with injured and 1t is almost certain
that some of those are so badly hurt
that the list OF fatalities will grow.