Arizona republican., 1910-05-09
FIFTEEN ARE ALREADY DEAD
List Will Lengthen. So Ter rifying Was the Explos- ion that a Cry Went Up That the Comet Had Struck the Earth.

Ottawa, May S.-An explosion today wrecked the plant of the General Ex-
 plosives company of Canada near Hull. killing fifteen and injuring fifty. The [ force Of the explosion was terrific. i The country for miles around was
 laid waste and many small dwellings
 in the city of Hull on the side nearest
 the scene of the explosion. were flat tened to the ground A baseball game
 was in progress a short distance from
 the powder. works about D. m.. The
 teams were playing in the last inning and the crowd began to swarm up the hill to get better view.
 warning of danger came to the onlookers in two minor explosions soon after tn efire got under way. A shower of sparks fell among spectators and there twas seurrying out of what was considered the danger zone
 Some men in the crowd, aware of the possibility of danger when the main magazine was reached, pleaded with the crowd to get still further back and
 many needed the warning Others. apparently enjoying the element of danger. stood within a thousand yards of the burning buildings They were kept on the qui vive by the detona- tions that sent showers of burning brands in all directions
 The baseball game broke up and the rest of the spectators and players rushed up to join the crowd at the fire. It was then the magazine ex- ploded. There were two stunning de- tonations. Everything within mile and a half was torn and shattered Giant trees were snapped off close. barns and dwellings were converted into kindling wood and even in Otta- wa. four miles away. hundreds of plate glass windows were broken The scene where the crowd from the baseball game stood resembled bat tlefield. Headless. armless and leg less bodies were lying about among scores of unconscious forms.
 The silence that followed the final death dealing blast was more terrify- in than the cries and means which came with the return of consciousness of the badly injured
 The terrific shock brought thous- ands of terror stricken people into the streets, of Hull Some thought it was an earthquake. while others cried out that the comet had struck the earth Hundreds of chmneys top pied over and there is scarcely whole window left in the northeastern section of the city
 The first call for aid from the hos pitals and police came from the sec ton of the city nearest the magazines. There it was found that fully forty frame buildings had been shattered and many were injured and impris- oned in the wreckage
 In this city. four miles away, the terror was scarcely less than at Hull. The earth trembled. buildings shook. and hundreds of windows were shat tered. A great cloud of smoke that mounted in column over Hull quick ly indicated the true cause of the ter rifying shocks.
 Rideau Hall. the official home of Earl Grey. and the buildings on Par liament hill caught the full force of the explosion. Every window on one side of Rideau hall was blown out and two great stone chirnneys toppIed over on the roof. The parliament buildings were badly damaged,
 Rideau Hall is still occupied by Earl Grey and family.
 The whole vice-regal establishment fled panic stricken to the street They | gen. As soon as Earl Grey learned | the extent of the damage he ordered a detachment of troops across the 1 river to help the authorities.
 The building in which the main ex- ter and the reular republicans will