Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1911-01-27
DEATH.
Sr ire Reckless In Han
b High Explosives.
) BY HUDSON MAXIM.

/ Hand Was Blown off--John Ben
e contsmpt For pynsmlts--Mls'
Fire and NltroslyesrIn.
n Practically impossible" writes
on Maxim In Adventure. 10
the ordinary laboring man ap'
Ale the necessity OF care In the
handliug OF explosives, and the
( tho careful man IL always en-
lred by tho actions Of the care
ter ! had sold tho works at Max.
nd invented motorite needed
n which 10 make the material
b branch of the works there
trpose. Il was winter Ny
accompanied me ns a pre-
measure. She was sitting
oratory 10 keep warm, near
'cl stove charged with btu
Ial.
= Altering tho laboratory for
ng my wife asked me what
j those two tin pals sitting near
tpye. She aaid that she had q
aon II might be nitrogylycerin,
be informed me that one Of my
bad Just been In stirring the ere
bat the sparks few out In oil d.
Dc. some OF them lighting In tho
o. to be quenched on top OF the
huid.
lbrrorsr / said. 1T IL nltrogiyc-
Alled the man who had placed II
and told him to tllke Il away. As
. necessary 20 Keep the material
Freezing he took II into the boil
pse near by, A little later on, 70
ito the boiler house. saw one OF
len stirring the tlrc while the 9TH
IL standing with his cnttails out.
.hed In either hnnd. forming a
! TO keep the sparks from dying
Che nitroRlycerin. ~
the manufacture Of high explo.
aud In experimenting with them
tile observation-disclosures a very
/ lack of exact caution, n seem.
insignificant inadvertence for n
ent. may cost one a limb or his
Tho accident that cost me my
hand is II case in point.
D tho day preceding that accident
q had a gold cap put on n tooth.
consequence the tooth ached
pghout the night and kept me
80 n greater part OF the time, In
Z morning rose early and went
TO my factory at Maxim N. ].
sder TO test the dryness OF some
Innate compound l took q little
3 OF II. about the size Of an Eng
penny. broke of n small particle.
I'd II on u stand outside the labo-
~ and. lighting n match, touched
7.
living to my loss of sleep the night
90 my mind was not so alert as
II, and I forgot 10 lay aside the
aiming piece of illuminate COM
I'D, but instead held It In my left
L. A spark from the ignlted piece
Eliminate compound entered my
hand between my fingers, ignitins
,iece there, with the result that
and was blown of to the wrist.
ice when entering my storage
zine ut Maxim, In which were
Al carloads Of dynamite along
"7"' pounds OF nitrogelatin. ]
VI lender. one of my employ
n but emphatlcally opening
=. dynamite with a hammer
'hIsel. promptly discharged
70. long afterward the innkeepeI
armingdaie called on me to buy
. dynamite and said he had engag
tender to blow the stumps out Of
meadow lot. told him Bender
courting death for himself ant
,ody around when handling dy
,, but Boniface still wantet
to do the work.
ell said I, the dynamite yo'
Is 10 cents n pound. but IL Johl
.er does not succeed in blowing
self up and killing himself witt
dynamite You can have It for moth
On the other hand. If he doe
Nv himself up you must pay for tn,
namite.'
"A few days later there was som
ch in Benders exceptional luck. 4
refractory old stump ha
listed n couple of Bender's dynami
ncks. The failure to dislodge tn
IMP Bender took as personal al
int because It reflected upon his SKI
I stump blaster.
Ext time said he, something J
to happen He placed abou
enty pounds Of dynamite under tn
ep rooted veteran, touched It of, an
leral things happened in very quic
ecession. The huge stump Let go II
ID on earth and proceeded to hun
nder.
1T was n level race, but the STUN
IN. Striking Bender on the mort
arter, 1t stove In four ribs, disloca
several joints and damaged him !
Feral other respects and particular
.ulfaoo car1a fn eaftla for. thn, nvui