The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-09
EXPLOSION
AT HULL
Miles of Country Laid
Waste Many Are
Killed

OTTAWA. Ont. May s.-An explo-
sion today wrecked the plant OF the
General Explosives company OF Can
ada. near Hull. Quebec. killing 10 per
sons and inJuring so others.
The force Of the explosion was ter
rsfc. Tho country for miles around
was laid waste. and many small dwoll-
ings In the city of Hull on the side
nearest the scene OF the explosion.
was flattened TO the ground.
A baseball game was In progress
short distance from the powder works
about 8 o'clock this evening. The
teams were playing the. last innings.
and whom a fire was seen In one OF
the small buildings OF the powder
plant tho crowd began TO swarm up
the hill TO get a better view OF the
blaze. Warning of the danger came
to the onlookors In two minor explo
sions soon after the fre got we'll un-
der way. A shower OF sparks and
fragments OF the wrecked building
fell among the spectators, and there
was a scurrylng out of what was con-
sidcred the danger zone.
Crowd HeedIoss,
Some men In the crowd. aware OF
the main magazine WAS reached.
pleaded with the crowd to go still
further back, and many of them
needed the warning Others. appar-
entity enjoying the element OF danger
In the spectacle. stood within 1000
yards Of tho burning buildings. They
were Kept on the qui vive by detone-
tions that sont showers of burning
brands In all directions.
Tho baseball game broke up and
tho rest OF the spectators and the
players rushed up to join the crowd at
the fre.
II was then that the magazine eX-
ploded. There were two stunning de-
donations. Everything within radius
OF a mile and a half was torn and
shattered Giant trees were snapped
OF close to the earth: barns and
dwelling houses we're converted into
ktndling wood. and even in Ottawa.
four miles from the scene. hundreds
Of plate glass windows were broken.
Bodies Scattered.
The scene where the crowd from the
ball game stood resembled a battle
field Headless. armlese and legless
bodies were lying about among scores
OF unconscious forms.
Tho silence that followed the final
death.dealing blast was more terrify-
ing than the cries and means which
came with a return TO consciousness
Of the badly injured
Tho terrific shock brought thou
sandB of terrorstrickeu people into
the streets Of the town Some thought
II was an earthquake. while others
cried out that the comet had struck
the earth. Hundreds OF chimneys
wore toppled over. and thore Ia scarce
ly a whole window left In the north
eastern section OF the oity
The first call for aid from the hos
pitfalls and the police came from the
section OF tho city nearest the maga-
zines. There II was found that fully
forty small frame dwellings had boen
shattered and that many injured peo-
pie were imprisoned In the wreckagc
Rescuers Rueh TO Scene.
1t was fully an hour and a half
after tho explosion that word came
into the city of the disaster Ambu
lances and automobiles were rushed
to the scene. and the seriously in
jured carried to the Hull hospitals
and then they were brought to OF
tAwa
In this city, four miles from the
scene OF the explosion. the terror in
spIred WAS scarcely less than that at
Hull The earth trembled. buildings
shook and hundreds OF windows were
shattered The great cloud of smoke
that mounted In a column over Hull
the terrifying shock.
Bideau Hall. the of1oial homo of
Earl Grey, and the buildings on Par
Lament hill caught the full force of
the explosion, being two miles nearer
the powder plant than is the main
section OF the city.
Every window on one side of Rideau
Hall was blown out, and two great
stone chimneys topplod over on the
roof OF the building. The parliament
buildings were also badly damaged.
Earl Groy's Home.
Rideau Hall Is still occupied by
Earl Grey and his family The whole
vice regal establishment fled panic
stricken to the street. They were
soon assured that there was no fur
thor danger. AS soon as Enrl Grey
learned the extent OF the disaster he
ordered a detachment of troops sent
across the river to holp the authorI-
ties
The building in which the main ex-
plosion occurred was built OF solid
stone, the walls being two feet thick.
Fragments OF stone Weighing up to
half ton were shot through the air
for quarter OF a mile. shattering
the dwellings of working men which
run to within an eighth mile of the
fnotory.
In home just north OF the works
two sisters were killed while sitting
at the supper table, John Blanch-
field was sitting with his wife In the
door OF his home when a fragment
Of rock killed him, but left her un-
harmed.
The head OF boy was cut clean
from his body.
Louis McCann. laborer. was
crushed BY a falling fragment He
was started for an Ottawa hospital
in an automobile. but when it was
seen that he was dying the car was
stopped in front OF the Roman Cath
Ollie cathedral There. standing on
the steps. a priest administered the