Arizona republican., 1921-10-10

sl TWO men were Killed instantly, third so badly crushed he died II hours later, and two other seriously injured Saturday afternoon in the premature explosion of blasting charge in Devils canyon, about five miles east of Superior on the new Miami Superior highway. All five were employees of the state highway department, working on the road with the force in charge of Ram Bone, general superintendent.
 The dead:
 Frank Lyons, 55 years old, un- married. survived by brother in New York. Killed instantly.
 Charles Moore, 50, survived by a wife in Springfield, Mo. Killed instantly.
 Eugene schnieder; 47, unmar- ried. Fatally injured; died at 3 .. m. Sunday.
 The injured:
 Dick Pederson, powder fore man, severely burned by the blast.
 Clint Rapier, three ribs broken and burned.
 Although the explosion occurred at o'clock Saturday afternoon, tele- phone connections could not be es- tablished with this city to report it. and State Engineer Thomas Maddociz was not notified until the arrival of a message by automobile yesterday morning. It was the first powder accident on the Superior Miami road since it's construction was begun. All three of the men killed had been employed on the project for more than a year.
 Last Charge Exploded
 A 1t~~~ T<I T. Rapier and another helper were load ing 26-foot hole with grenite pow der A box and three-quarters of powder had been placed in the hole, which has been sprung by small charges some time before. when the final charge became clogged before reaching the bottom, which had beer enlarged by "springing" by smaller charges. The men on top were using long wooden stick to tamp ths charge when the terrific blast oc- cured,
 Meanwhile eight or 10 men were al work in the cut below where the holt was being loaded. The explosion hurled Pederson and his two assist ants some 12 feet in the air, at thu same time forcing out the side O the cut and deluging the excavation with rocks, some of them almos boulders in size. Lyons, Moore ant Schnieder were crushed beneath tn shower of stone.
 The men working nearby rushe' to the aid of their companions an' extinguished with dirt the clothing of Pederson and Rapier which ha caught fire from the shoot of flame Pederson was badly burned by tn blast, while Papier was burned an sustained three broken ribs. Bot are at the Magma hotel in Superio under the care of nurses. The thir man who was working at the top c the hole escaped with minor burns.
 In the opinion of men at the roa construction camp near which tn explosion took place, the blast wa caused by heat resulting from tn friction of tamping stick against tn sides of the hole. The last spring ing charge had been fired som hours before, so the explosion coul not have been caused by a hot hole The presence of so many men nea the hole is explained by the fact ths 1t was not intended to discharge tn heavy grenite charge for sever; hours.
 All White Employees
 All the men killed and injured wei white, only white men being en ployed at that particular camp.
 Tt was one of those inevitable al cidents which occur despite ever precaution when heavy charges powder are being used in constru' tion work State Engineer Maddos said last night in commenting on il explosion. "The grenite used WI part of eight or ten carloads receive from the war department. It h. been used successfully for some tin