Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-10
TWO HUNDRED BlJRI,
LOSS $(,1l),ODDI
WRgckAog IN RAoiUo a. ~
MILEs FoLLotNs E3olooloes
or POWDER PLANT.
PLEAsANr PRAIRIE, VsIo,
WIPED orr IAg aaAR,
Expiosien 0sstreye heweo. MalMo Ia.,
matss and Employee, and ENSsAsssl
People at Distance Of HUNDREDS eN
Miles-MeW Hurled HUNDREDS ~ ROod
Only One Known 70 d -ooad.


Mliss-Msn Hurled HUNDREDS % Fesd
-only One Known % % ooad.
Pleasant Prairie. Wis. March To-,
Tho results OF the explosion which blsva
up tho Dupont Powder plant here
last night. and shook the earth fosi
many miles around, summed up today,
are a. follows:
Two hundrsd Or moro people injursds
many ssrisusiy.
Ono man killed.
Property ioss sstlmatsd ae 1z,so0ooae
The damage sesttessd over . radiu9
oS 100 miles.
An entire village Of 100 pspsias,s.
rsduosd 70 ruins.
Five magaxinos een1aiain0 vosoi
ameunss Of dynamite and giant ps~-i
der, finished and unfinished, dsstroyods
Danger Not Over.
There are eight cars OF dynAmitGt
stored on spur track near the plAnd
today. according to Sheriff 9tahL Cups
srintendcnt Bumsted refused TO state,
tho amount OF powder In tho buiIdlngs.3
There aro still ave buildings contain.l
Ing blasting powder needing only the
slightest spark to cause an e1plooioaA
with a repetition OF last 1ught'S dam!
age.
While tho officers OF the companyl
assert that all OF the employees, ex-i
cept f. s. Thompson. . foreman. wsso.
accounted for. three other mon could
not bo found after the explosion.
Villages Ars Wrsetsd.
Pleasant Prairie IL ten miles west OF
kenosha, Wis. Tho powder mill waal
= milo north OF tho village. The forcs
OF tho explosion completely demolishod
the houses on tho Geneva road. Al
most equal damage was done at Bris.
tol. four miles west The report Of the
explosion was felt moro than Z hundred
miles In every direction ana that only
OF tho powder company to b lisslo,
short Of miraculous.
lostino end vandajisns.
This morning few q the res3dlnts oe,
Plsasant Prairie weee Attoape4n4. -
rescue their Aousahold goodo me-
tae!r shattered homes u nuaabeF "a
men had stood guafd in their Aoor.
yards over night. Almost tmmOd1aEaly
after the crash the Village was 1nvaAed
by curiosity seekers and lootine and
vandalism began. Sheriff stahl IN. q
pressed a hundred deputies and cleared
the village.
Men Blown Many Fest.
The escape OF superintendent Clar.
ence Brady was rsmarkAble. He was
In the soda house with Engineer Flynn.
Tho mon were blown thru tho building
and landed on tho roof OF the adjoining
powder magazine. This exploded In
stantiy and Brady ana Flynn. the lat
tar badly injured. were thrown 100 feet
from tho building. Flynn's condition 10
precarious. Brady escaped practically
unscratched.
Brady's wife, in his residence, a mile
from tho works. was badly cut by
broken glass and bruised by falling de-
bris. Others OF the injured arc Nighe
Foreman Frank Bowe. Jack Summer
ton. Il racker. blown zoo feet, ana
Joseph Steinbach. blown into the fleld
and bruised.
Cause Not Known.
The first OF the series OF five explo-
sions occurred at 8: 10 inst night. ThA
damage was oil done withir, ten min
utes
The cause is not definitely known.
but II Is supposed 10 have been in the
glazing mill l.. this mill there arc
five cylinders IN which tho powder v
whirled around 10 polish tho surfaceA
OF the grains. This process gives the
powder higher explosive power. Il haa
been said the cylinders became over<
heated.
Foremar's Body Blown Q Miis.
Part OF the body OF Thomp0Dn, the
foreman OF the glazing mill. was found
today in n swamp about . milo from
tho scene Of tho explosion. Tho trunk
and one arm were found.
\ jury was crnpannsled ana this af-
ternoon began an Inquest
People injured In chiesse.
Further damage caused By che exc,
plosion In Pleasant Pr1irss was re-
ported In various parts Of Ch1cago to-
day. Three hundred mAn akees,dtne q
political mass meeting In 9oueh Chi.
cago fled to the street, 0elieving oomh
had been thrown into the HAN ~ Soes
mics. The building was shakxlfUd.
Six persons were injured In tho fu16
for the exits by an audience ae . &heA.
ter in Evanston.
eears and Damage General.
Windows In tho city ana N town
thruout tho zono were shatestod. Fire
alarms were set off. Clocks were
stopped.
Tho downtown theatera became
scenes OF panic, more or less. ana Win.
out serious results.
Tho escape OF all of tho etgAtssa
mon, except one. who wese ae work &C
tho powder plant when the sxp1osioa
occurred was considsrcd almose mir1e-
ulous. ~ svssy one OF tie build1ngs
Of the big plant VA blown 70 atoms. =
q. Thompson. 80 years old. - ~ only
eunploye who was not accouneo1 1oe
last night. and he 10 oslisvsA % %
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