Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-05-18
BLAST WRECKS
SCHOOLHOUSE
IN MICHIGAN
Body of Farmer Be
lieved to Have Dy-
namited Bui | din g
Found in Ruins

BATH. Mich. May Is.-tFr-Two
explosions. caused IN dynamite which
wrecked the north wing w con-
solidated district school here this
morning, killed at least IS children.
the principal. +. l.. Huyck. one teach
er and two bystanders. according 90
the estimate ~ state police and men,
bers NJ the Lansing fire department.
who were attempting AZ recover
bodies from the wreCkaEe.
Twenty-Five bodies had been rccov-
cred shortly after noon. A short time
before the explosion wrecked the
schoolh0use. the farm home and barn
NJ Andrew kchOe nearby were blown
up and destroyed hy fire. The body
Of kehoe. who was treasurer of the
school district. and who recently suf-
fered financial reverses. was found
in front Of the school building.
Investigation by state police late
today into the cause 0f the two cx-
plOsioUs revealed that the cellar of
the building was wired and contained
more thany 500 pounds Of dynamite.
The investigation also revealed.
state police said that Andrew krhun.
Clinton county farmer,who was killed
In the explosion. had touched off the
charge by firing high powered rifle
into box Of the explosive IN the rear
seat of his automobile.
Loaded Dynamite in School
kehoe. the officers said. apparently
had worked during the night stacking
the dynamite in the building ami
wired the charges. shortly after the
school sessions started he was seen
driving up in front Of the school.
lie then strung a wire. the off
GERS said. from the basement of the
building 10 the engine of his ear.
His fuses had been crudely manu-
factured from rifle shells. several Df
which were found near the shatter-
ed automobile.
Witnesses declared the principal
ran out from the school building app
parently 70 attack Kehoe. when the
demented farmer turned and fired NV
rifle into the rear seat exploding the
dynamite. The second explosion
wrecked the north end OF the school
house, burying children and Scach-
ers under tons of debris.
State police were busy removing
the dynamite which endangered the
lives Of by-standcrs and workers
Take Bodies From Ruins
the wreekage they were placed m :
temporary mOrgue set up In thu
school yard. while ambulanceH carried
the injured. the number WI which has
not been estimated. "a hospitals in
Lansing. ten miles away.
The bystanders who we're killed
we're Glen Smith. postmaster AM
Nelson McFarran. "a resident 0f Bath
who were passing the school.
Early efforts at Identification uf
the children were unsuccessful until
their parents could BE- located
Among the injured was Miss Nns
Matson, Of s.. Ignace, one Of tha
teachers. who received a double fr
ture 0f the LEX and internal injuriHH
Miss Leona Gutkunrst. of Ann Ar-
bor second grade teacher. ESCAPED
uninJured-
A Modern Building
The school building, a three story
brick structure. was erected thFUr
years ago, and was regarded aa nHU
NJ the most modern district schools
IN the state. The normal attendnnen
Of the school, which has pupils rErE-
ing from the kindergarten through
the tenth grade, n 900. The pupils
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