Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-21
MUNITIONS PLANT
EXPLOSION ROCKS
ENGLISH CAPITAL

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also molten and blazing masses shoot
ing through the air to great dis
tances.'
In the center of the road hundred
Yards from the point Of explosion
stood a tension boiler which had been
lifted over a whole block OF houses.
Another piece OF machinery was
found half mile away.
Flames Gain Headway.
An American business man who
was witness OF the disaster OF last
evening gave the following account
OF it to the Associated Press;
Il had been on business visit TO
The chemical works and was leaving
in the direction OF the suburban sta
ton late in the afternoon. when a
policeman on duty outside the. gate
called my attention. to a small hire
that had just started inside the huge
enclosure, which embraces numerous
buildings, huts and tanks. DESTROYS
Of seeing how the FIRE department
would cope with blaze. in an evil
IDENTIFY difficult location, | decided to
wait a lew minutes;
by $50 o'clock FIRE apparatus had
begun arriving from the outside, IN
addition to ne brigade maintaineo
within the plant. Although ! was
watching from point some distance
outside the plant 1t soon became cyl
dent to me that the names were gam
ing on the lighters ana the alarm pc
gan to be spread along the siree.s
that the hire might Involve neighoor-
ing plants.
Comes From everywhere.
I had waited nearly nan az non y.
interestediy wa!enihg tne sradusay
increasing activity OF tne nre ngn.eis :,
when the explosion came, Ioiiewro
immediately by mare OF names. 10
me the explosion seemed 70 come
from everywhere around, Inc soun9
u y impossioie 70 aescriDe. ! eou
only recall IKE a nash an 'ne'uen.
OF many years ago wnen ! was ~
Johannesburg a. INC oeginniSs = tn ns
beer 70 war and hesaa !ne e -. ia,n. -
4oV tons o. oynah u :,
amount OF dynsnil'e esss sg'o - M ~
one TIME wnen rsn ,osu - 1s
explosive went up " ohs SIIsh
ne an WAS iul " use s.,i:. a,', ~,
Instantly anu .ne e.ssn y, AIMS WI
nefs, Eolapslnt oul,a i., aau J =,
in8 saass eon'rueu ny 49, 49, :. =.
inc hTst cIasn ior .eas. 49, =, ~
eignt minu'ss. ny s1sa a s,, =.
names nag Ms Issu,. 'oo, u spa,ns
NMcn niaeu ane by ~ ,n~ ~nsch The
as iar A. inc eye cou'a ieaen ny
atmospneIe yu's .nd ,hs
neavy win inc sineh ~ ~, anu .nI
faces 81 peoPic ~ sne pu.Ia'nss .u'neu
a duii, sickiy ycnow he ~, w,
was yeiiow, MOI inc gray yenow .. ~
London fog, put peeu,af uea.n'ke
yenow, sompef, Iusterisss' neasy'
wnicn eyes ana nos,Ihs anne ieee"'eu
FHe nneaoes Arrive.
orusned tne sparks on my ylo.nes
ana felt q myseii 70 ma out wne, ~
was INJURED. reopie Wnom We VIZ.
cerned mere ana .neIe .n.ousn a"'
haze were an, as was !, nan oa,eu.
Il was impressed INTO voiuhtee.
ambulance or corps ana we WsIe
rushed OH into the hcart OF me as
trict where the explosion hao aohe ~
worst damage. rire prigaoes KEPT AT
irving in seemingly unending pro
cession from different parts OF Lon
don and from these we obtained
few necessities to assist us IN oul
rescue work. This was carried oa
in houses and cottages on the iring'
OF the wrecked area. fragments o
factory machinery weighing tom
were found a halt mile, mile, ans
even a mile and a quarter from TN
factory. Three houses were hattenet
into a mass Of kindling wood and herr
we took up our heart-rending work.