The Cairo bulletin., 1914-03-13
Of
POWDER Mills
At FAYVILLE
One Man Fatally Injured, Anothe:
Seriously Injured and Others
Hurt.
FRANK UTRIDGE is DEAD
WILLIAM DAVIS MAY LIVE
Special Iron Mountain Train Brings
Injured Men to Bondurant
Hospital.
Dead.
Frank Utiidge Of Fayvlle.
Seriously Injured.
William Davis Of Thebes,
FRANK UTRIDGE IS DEAD
WILLIAM DAVIS MAY LIVE
FRANK Utridge died last night at
IL O'Clock as a result of his injuries.

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II o'clock as a result Of his injuries.
One man will die, one seriously in--
jured and several others slightly in
jured by the explosion OF the black
powder corning mill (which manu-
facterei black POWDER OF the Aetna
Powder Company at Fayville, yestct-
day afternoon, at 3:45 o'clock.
The two men most seriously IN
jured were brought to Cairo b.
special train on the Cairo 4 Thebes
division OF the Iron Mountain rail-
road which arrived al Z O'clock last
NIGHT, and We're taken to the Boz
durant hospital.
Chemist Schwartz of the powder
accompanied the men -
Cairo.
Frank Utridge of Fayville. was
fatally injured. He was at work in
side the building when the explo-
sion occurred. There is not an inch
of space on his body that escaped the
blast oi black powder that pepperci
his body so thoroughly that re is us
black as any negro and a horrible
sight TO behold His death is cx-
pected to occur at any moment.
William Davis. the other injured
man, Yves on the outside of the build
ing at The time Of the explosion. Re
was badly burned but there Is
slight chance for his recovery. his
principle injuries ara confined to his
breast and face the latter being COW
cred thickly with the black powder.
Physicians from Thebes were CALI
ed at once to the scene and tempo-
rarily relieved the suferings OF the
two men and bandaged them.
Others who were injured required
but little attention and, will get
we'll.
Chemist Schwartz could give no
account of the cause Of the explosion
and 1t will probably never be known.
After accompanying the injured men
to Cairo he returned to Fayyille.
The sound of the explosion was
heard ior many miles and it was at
once ognized as an explosion ut
the powder mills. as it was but few
months ago when a similar catas-
trophc occurred resulting in the de-
struction of several of the buildings
ana the death and injury Of several
of the employees.
The first news Of the explosion
reached this city about five o'clccS
yesterday afternoon when Iron
Mountain Agent Luby, received word
from Fayville to send special train
at once to bring the injured men to
Cairo. The regular passenger tram
! was standing on the track at the de-
/ pot ana would nave lett few min-
lutes later OH its regular schedule.
but the urgency Of the case prevent
ed, and the train was dispatched at
once as a special to the scene Of the
accident, The passengers, OF whiei
there were 4 large number had 10
wait until I o'clock when the train
returned, before being permitted q
begin their journey north.
rhe mill destroyed was the
southernmost one on the route OF the
Iron Mountain not far from Fayville.
1t was we'll isolated from the othe'
mills Of the company being nearly
quarter OF a mile from the nearest
one
What was left of the building
was destroyed by the flames that fol-
lowed the explosion.