The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-12-01
CAVITY MARKS
FACTORY SITE
investigators of Powder Mil
Explosion Have Little
Upon Which to Go

VATllMlNGTUN del. bee I Al.
w though mn investigation into the
cause " the disaster wa started boy
official, " the IN pout Powder com.
pnuy immediately after the explosion
which Tuesday caused the death Of
81 Norkmcu and the serious inIuu HI
siN others In the company upper Hag'
ley yards. nothing Of u tuuglp,v uu,ur"
had been discovered early Wcinrs.
day Every cmlloyc who was near
the luiiding that WIS destroyed was
put through q thorough examination.
but without throwing any Hight ON the
mystery Not one Of the 20 men who
were iu the Pellet packing house cs.
cnpcd and there is now only u hlg nule
IN the ground where the hgI0tiw
stood The investigators stated they
were without thread ON which to
hH.c their hopes that the origin of the
explosion ever will br a.r"ualu'i
Notice Nailed to Trees
Reports that notices had been found
nailed 10 trees aud fence, l"ulmg tu
the nu rout plants at Upper lingicy
and mt Curncys point, warning cm.
ploycs Of Tcutonic origin that they
would impcrIl their lives boy ouum.
Ing tu work nI either place. were r
criyiuc the attention Of The Dol. rr
NJ detectives working on the rusr
Wednesday,
Men accustomed to tmyc. the roads
IN the vicinity Of the pluuts were said
10 have seen the notice. uuuu several
ocflSion> hut stated they had TO-
malncd In position ion only q few
hours at II time The notices accord.
Ing To one Of these men read as FOL.
lows:
Americans who lost their lives
with the sinking Of the lu tania
did 50 after due warning. All
men Of Teuton,c origin are hereby
warned that II they continue in
tie employment Of the DUPONT
Powder company they will he TAX
INK IltH lives w lltit Utllu''
Fa,orite Theory
The theory most widely rrriiird Is
/ thntsfhc explosion Wn> rau-cd 10y Il
Spnrk from horses Shoe striking q
stone or piece of metal or from Il
spark caused by small ear running
over souc powder that had spilled In
the ynrd Workmcu IN the yards said
| that just before the explosion occurred
|H eur containing several thousand
pounds Of hluck powder had been
! drawn 10y two horses ulug % mar
row gunge track to the entrance OF
the packing house 10 he prepared foI
shipment Some NJ the powder II was
said may have dropped from the cni
prd either n horses shoes ur the vince
of the jCur could easily have lgnlleo
| II NndN caused n flash 10 reach the
puwdcr In the car exploding II nnc
the powder IN the house
Most Of those who lost their live,
were under 20 Years " age. The
/ force ~ the explosion was su grcal
that the victims bodies were torn int,
ShIcds aud scattered In every direction
making positive Identification mpos
sible. Slight hops Is held ont for the
recovery Of the six injured men wh'
were tpken to hospitals
! WILMINGTON. Del. Dec Fol
| lowing close upon the terrific expo
sion nt the Du Pont Powder plan
Tuesday which Killed 81 persons,
small explosion ~ mokcless powde
today at the Du pont plant at Carney
Point, n j.. across the river from thl
city caused some excitement Nom
were hurt.
There have been no more death
among the six injured In the explosion
Tuesday II is feared however tina
several win die,