Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-05-12
FIFTEEN AT LEAST KILLED
AND so OR MORE INJURED
Fully 40 Frame Houses Shattered--In Ottawa,
Rideau Hall and Parliament Buildings Were
Damaged, Chimneys Tottered Over, Win
dows Broken--- Thought 1t Comet

Ottawa, Ont. May San explosion
which late this afternoon wrecked the
,lant of the General Explosive company
VI Canada. situated mile from Hull,
Que. and four miles from this city kill
ID Is persons and injured - others. The
'orCe of the explosion was terrifying
rho country for miles around was laid
waste and many small dwellings In the
ttN of Hun on the side nearest the scene
Of the explosion were fattened to the
ground
All of the dead lived in Hull They are:
Theodore Gagne. laborer; Antoine Cor
Nantes, 12 years old two daughters Of
Patrick Carrioro. IL and IA years old both
deaf mutes and both killed by boulder
Louis Mccain, 1G years old. William
S9bourin. "a years old. Robert Ash, So
years old: Ferdinand Laurin. 80 years old
John Blanchfield 81 wears old; young
son of Alderman La Belle. fell ont OF
window; Joseph Bedard; Horace Ander-
son; Albert I.ablanc: two unidentified chill
dren
OF the injured in the hospitals, 10 have
broken limbs or other serious injuries
Joseph Laurn. brother of Ferdinand.
who was killed. has both legs broken and
is internally injured.
A base bali game WAS in progress o
short distance from the powder works
about six o'clock this evening, The teams
We're playing the last inning and when
q fire was seen in one of the small build
lngs of the powder plant the crowd
began To swarm UP the hill to get a
better view Of the blaze Warming Of
the danger came to the onlookers in two
minor explosions soon after the fire was
we'll under way. A shower of sparks
and fragments Of the wrecked build
ing fell among the spectators and there
was scurrying out of what was con-
sidored the danger zone.
WARNED CROWD OF DANGER.
Some men in the crowd. aware Of
the possibilities of the danger when
the main magazines were reached by
the flames. pleaded with the crowd
TO go still farther back and many of
them hceded the warning. Others, ap-
parentlY enjoying the element of dan
ger in the spectacle stood within 900
yards of the burning buildings. They
We're kept on the qui vive by detona-
tions which sent showers OF burning
brands IN all directions. The base
ball game broke up and the remain
der of the spectators and the players
rushed up to Join the crowd at the
fire 1t was then that the main mag
azines exploded.
There were two stunning detona-
tions. Everything within radius Of
mile and half was torn and shat
tered Giant trees We're snapped of
close to the earth; barns and dwelling
houses were converted into xindlinR
wood and even in ottawa four miles
from the scene hundreds Of plato glass
windows were shattered to fragments.
The scene where the crowd from the
ball field stood resembled a battlefield.
Headess. armless ana leGess bodies were
lying about among scores of unconscious
forms. To the few who retained flicker
of consciousness, II appeared that hum
dred had been BILLED. The strange silence
which followed the final death dealing
blast was more terrifying than the cries