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CONCUSSION . ' FIFTY PERSONS ARE INJURED iiOUSEES WITHIN A' RADIUS' OF POUR HUNDRED YAADS TO ,".TALLY WRECKED. GkUSE OF THE CALAMITY WORKMAN POURED NITRIC ACID INTO NITROGLYCERIN UP ON THE FLOOR. Lo:' well.j Mass., July 80.-Two small sunpowder magazines, situated in the , yery midst of the humble residences of " fifty mill operatives, exploded Wednesday with a frightful concus lion and the resultant wave of death cut off the lives of more than a score of humbik beings and injured nearly fifty others. Half' a dozen men who were loading kegs of powder from one of the magazines were blown to pieces; tour boys 200 yards away were killed by the force of the explosion, and fouirteen frame houses within a radius of 400 yards went down as if they had been built of cards. Seven of these houses immediately caught fire, prob ably from the kitchen. stoves, and :"were `completely consumed. At least three persons were caught in the ruinis and burned to death, while seven or eight others, who were rescued, died subsequently of their injuries. it is estimated that seventy separate pieces 6f proper.y, including those al ready mentioned, were destroyed, while the force of the explosion wrecked windows for five or six miles around, and'its thunder could be heard distinctly more than fifty miles away. The following is the list of those known to have been killed in the ex plosion: List of Known Dead. George Finn, John McMasters, Louis 1 E. Richards, James L. Grady, all em ployed by the United States Cart ridge company; James B. Sullivan, Charles Moore, Jean Raleau, all em ployed by the Stanley Forwarding company; Gilbert McDermott, 'ten 1 years; Michael McDermott, twelve years; 'fhomas Houligan, eleven years; Joseph Houligan, ten years; William Galloway, Robert Galloway and his son Robert, Alfred Le Brun, Mrs. Catherine Riggs, Eddie Rogers, George A. McDermott, four years old; Josephine Perusse, eleven years old; Mrs. Victoria Perusse, Zephraim Pe russe. The nine last named were killed by the fall of their homes or burned to death. The body of an unknown man was also found. Four persons are missing, two car penters, names unknown, John Riggs and Patrick Spencer. Those fatally injured are: Amadee Boulanger. eighteen years; Clarendon Goodwin, sixty years; Mrs. Howard Burkett, Miss McDermott, Eliza Gallo way, Clara Superna. Almost Surrounded by Dwellings. The magazines were the property of the United States Cartridge company of this city, but fortunately were sit uated more than a mile away from the factory itself. They were built of brick about ten feet high, with a rounded roof of corrugated iron. They were constructed, some thirty years ago in what was then a broad open field on the'banks of the Concord river. During the past decade small wooden dwelling houses have gradually sprung up in the vicinity, crowding nearer and nearer with fancied security to the two innocent looking litle build ings until they almost completely sur rounded them, except on the river side, the nearest house being scarcely fifty feet away. One of the magazines was just within the roadside fence, while the other was about ,100 feet behind it near the bank of the river. Both magazines ordinarily contained tw? or thiree tons gf gunpowder in tin kegs, each keg being about eighteen inches high and a foot in diameter., Sent to Re.iove the. Powder. The com.pany had for some time been desirous of strengthening the floor df the magazine .nearest the street'and in the morning eight men, three of them employes, of the compy, three ex pressme n and two ca ienters, were sent there with three l rarge` express teams: to~,"take out tfhe powder and mend the floor. Two of the teams had been loaded and the other was almost full when at 9:06 o'clock' the explo sion docurred. It was A long time before the actual Scause of the explosion could be ascer tairned. It was thought at first that Severyone within a,radius of fifty feet of the magazine had been killed, but .ater. it was found. that Clarendon a Goodwitn, the foreman of the men who e .iloading the powder on the teams, ad "irdvreld, together with one of his ps'a.tants. Amadee Boulanger, and in . &iaftiernoon the latter -was seen in 0 He~ said that tihe. men went down to - the 'magazine nearest the street to fix e, efloor and after the teams had been loaded with, the powder which was in "the mapazine, It was. discovered that a can f. -1 togl.oerthi, which was stored In the.. lagazine, :was; leaking. fr. Goodwin picked up what he rThought Was-a Jug of Water. and began pour~ing it onto the nitro; glyrertiu with the idea of tdilutin It an wavshlng it utP. As poon as the fuid from inte suck the t thorL he found that it was nltric. i id. The p.:.oor at once 01"gmn to soke 'ad Swhenthe men saw .i h ,"uee frush , Tsa tho ho hed 0th eidosdt..eryi houe whe' t mnf0yad 't colpe eTrl ;eens atere by ow t e ero pecu Ali:` (@ ; e the grass within 100 yards mowed as if by a lawn mower, whle bricks froma the two magazines were hurled far _cross the river and all over the neigh Air Pilled With Smoke. For se dveral butinutes afterward th arou was property wfilled wit a ioke ndmall dustolcano had broke y th n its om idst. Every burning house witn 200 yard collapsed. work Treescue at one blowbega don, the grass within 100 yards mowed al if by a lawn mower, whilb bricks from the twomaganed fullnes were hurled tar across the river and all over the neigh borhood. Air Filled With Smoke. For several mto utes afterward the air was cpovpletely filled with smoke and dust, illuminated by the glare from the alrelldy burning houses. but the The wofirk of rescue at once began, but in many forases the flamwounded had al ready of watned ull say over the crumblenginedruinss, the hoseand from everall thersons were burned to death before the dewagons brls which covered them could be ran moved. The property is situated just over the Lowell line in Tewksbury, but the Lowell fire department did nobl.l swork in oaring for the wounded. Before a stream of water was started from the engines, the hose from all the wagon was taken out and the bodies of the wounded were placed in the wagons and hurried to the hospital. Ambu lances soon appeared on the scene and assisted the aremeng; and all sorts of veehicles were pressed into the service. Nearly forty persons were taken to the two hospitals within half an hour, while many more whose injuries were slight had their wounds dressed and remained on the scene, where they assisted in caring for the less fortu nate. Crowd Hinders Rescuers. Thi explosion shook the city and is within half an hour there were at n least 5,000 persons on'the scene of the h catastrophe.i The crowd so badly t' hindered the work of caring for the t, wounded that the mayor sent out a c militia call. Three companies respond ed and three hburs later had thrown a cordon of men around the district and cleared the Place of every one except c those immediately engaged in quench ing the flames and searching foir vic tims. e Two hundred yards further down the e river from the second magazine the t firemen suddenly came across the n bodies of four little boys who were about to have a swim. A fifth mem ber of the party was in the river when the explosion occurred, and es- C caped without Iniury. Demolished a Residence. a Apparently the force from this sec end magazine was expended in two di- . rections, north and south. On the 1 north it comuletely demolished the house of RWilliam Riggs, about fifty yards away, almost burying Mrs. t Rigg7, and badly injuring her litti son. Mrs. Riggs died before beinr taken to the hospital. On the other side of the magazine was a grove of trees, through which the explosion tore a path fifty feet, wide, for a distance of nearly 30 I yards. The four little boys were oaught in the center of this path, and 1 three were instantly killed. the body of one of them being frightfully muti lated, the head being completely blown off. The fourth 'was alive wher I he was discovered by the police ar 1 firemen, but did not long survive. Most of the nroperty destroyed con slated of small buildings constructed of wood. ano at a comparatively sma' cost. The nropertv loss, therefore, I will not be heavy. The selectmen of the town "' Tewksbury believe that $75,000 will rover the entire loss. GROUND TO PIECES. Oscar Erickson Caught in Cog Wheels and Terribly Mangled. Crookston, Minn., July 30.=-Last evening a shocking accident terribly ,mangled Oscar Erickson and severely injured Henry Schurmer, north of this city. The accident occurred at the Crookston waterworks and powerhouse. where both of the men were employed. in installine the new water wheels. Erirlkson and Schurmer, with Man ager Peterson, were adjusting one of the his wheels when the planking uppn which they stood gave way and Erick-. son. stepping back unconsciously, was caught in the cogs of the machinery and grouni to pieces before the~ eyes, of his companions. Schurmer, in his efforts to Xselue the doomed man, was also caught and had it not been for the cool head and quick action of Manager Peterson he too would have gone into the fatal. cogs. As:. it was one of his legs vas broken in several places and he receiv 1 ed serious internal 'injuries. CAR JUMPS 'THE TRACK. Sne Passenger Killed and Seventeen Others Injured. Anderson Ind., July 30.-A derail-. c ment on the Union Traction company line in the suburbs of Anderson last - t night killed Walter McGowan and se H verely injured seventeen other passen gers. the car was going at full speed J when it struck a sharp curve, ,The brakes failed to work and the car shot ,t from the track and turned over. Mt rs. T. J. Carr of Cleveland, O., was t crushed and internially injured. She n may die. The other injured persons o will recover. ' THREE L ApoRERS KILLED. n Landstli0! Occurs in Great Northern Tunnel at Seattle. o Seattle, Wash., July. 30.-Three - la borers were killed last niglt tby a n slide of earth in the southern end of n the Great Northern, tunnel, which is tt building cidler SeattJe. The dead. s are: Frlnk " Smith, Joe Clarlo -, and g Franchesi Vorgeske. - Hearing on Maiihen'st Demurrer. Washington,. tly 1 Q30,;-- e District o- supreme court hass 5d . fi tfor t hearing oa1 the detmur~ae ifust W. e Macl en, formerly genera 4i.Sperideait e foi the free delivery dlvt. f.o I the 1e pctotfce- department, to the -' 4tict id ments against- him. The d-emurrer Swill be filed in court .i a day ortwo.. CARDINAL "LOGUE OQ ARMA8H aishop of s Armagh, sad an |nte INO ABSURD. Rome, suly 30.-Cardinal ,Logue. archbishop of Armagh, had an inter of the ob4ections frequently mention against Cardinal Gotti being selecd' pope on the grounds that hs being member of a 'religious order iwould prevent him from dea)ng hn it bomr spirit with Catholit" `problems it America and Great Britain, Cardinal Logue said:i "It is absuar. .Cardinal Gotti wa formerly an internuncio and has" mixed with the representatives of the various powers. He knoi4vs the pre vailing conditions as well` as ani body. Just because he is a Carmbeltu, it does not follow that he is narr6* minded. Moreover. it is unreason able to attribute too much weight to the personality of the new pope. In ternational matters and internal policy are now almost invariably settled by commissions of cardinals, who. cer' tainly under the late Pope Leo,.-baY directed their departments just "1W much as the heads of departments of a civil government direct their depart ments. But, whoever may be pope, it is not likely th4t he will attempt t; make any changes in policy withqut being careful to take the advice "6f those commissions which have here tofore directed the policy of the vati can." Voting Forms Distributed. During Wednesday's meeting of the congregation the forms to be used in voting at the conclave were distribut- 14 ed among the cardinals in order that ii each might be able to learn liow to d employ his ballot. After the meeting. I Cardinal Oreglia requested the cardi nals to visit their cells and be pre pared at today's meeting to present any complaint which they may have. Superstitious people here find aid omen in the fact that Cardinal Ram polla drew apartment No. 58, which iti the book of lottery stands for pope, and. consequently, they come to the conclusion that fate has marked ,hini to he the next pope. Cardinal Agliardi a has relinquished his cell, near the I Sistine Chapel, to Cardinal Cretoni on account of he latter's illness: Over t the door of each of the cells has been i placed the coat-of-arms of the cardinal3 who is to occupy it. Should all the sixty-two cardinals now in Rome -n ter the conclave it will be the most numerously attended in history. The conclave which elected Leo was at tended by sixty-one cardinals. In the past nones have been elected by as tow as nine. The ecc.esiastics who are to watch I the sliding doors which will be "e only means 4f communication between the concla--' and the outside wordi have been ,Quested to be present at the vatican at 5 o'clock Friday after noon to assume their duties. The sliding doors will only be opened be tween 9 and 11:30 o'clock in the morn ing and between 5 and 7 in the even ing. At all other times they will be I locked. DRAMATIC CONTRAST IN ROME. Solemn Requiem Masses for King Hum b and Pope Leo. Rome, July 30.-Rome during the morning was the scene of one of those dramatic contrasts which are now so characteristic of the Eternal City. While at the Vatican, in the Sistine chapel, a soleiin requiem mass was be ing intoped, with all the solemnity the Catholic church can impose, for the repose of the soul of Leo XIII., the spiritual monarch who claimed Rome as his capital, another and no less sol emn requiem mass was being cele brated ind'the magnificent Pantheon for the repoi e of the soul: of thin late. .yi Humbert, the tem pea .lmronn the capital of whose joinse. Kitig Victor Em - ier Queen Margaret a se to attend the . l ich is celebrated on of the assassination .f P, which occurred three yea ._.T-he king drove to the Pan theob& 'andS ried in time to meet Quee!. Margaret, who was dressed in deepest black; After a tender embrace mother and son entered the Pantheon, heard the mass and placed wreaths on the tomb of Iing Humbert ahd King Victor Emmanuel. - ARTHUR'S SUCCESSOR DEAD. Chief- of the Locomotive Engineers Expires at Meadville, Pa. Qleveland, 0,, July 30.-A dispatch received here early today says A. B. Youngson, who succeeded to the grand chieftainship of_ the iBrotherhood of Locomotive Engineers on the death of Chief P. M. Arthur, died at Meadville, Pa., early this 'morning. Prior to his demise he named M. H. Shay of youngstown, 0., as his suc cessor, to act in case . of his death. Shay is chairman of the' committee of adjustment in the brotherhood on the Erie and one of the'most capable men in the order: !UHI WITH- THEi CONVICTS, Qatlaws and "Prsueri E.ohange Shots Wtfithotit Resuit. Folsom, Cal., July O.--The posses und, -the direction .of Sheriff Kenna of Pl¢cerville, apd sheriff Boshevelt t Brower, had a brush with the fugi r tiie :; lR ,onylits on Greenwood .creepand a :number o~ shpts were ex t :o~snge, bt,'so fa.oas , af be learned, a nobody was it.. he econvicts avoid ed.a.decisivz en.ofnter and are sup r ped An.264o o _be ;worklng back in the - general dr-ectieon of; Colqma. People's t i RatIffer ·MA 61 : Denver, uii `.:eaiia.ax *cptive~ coimittee -oft:,e4f nited' P- 1:. ple's party: net 'Wetdi day and .ea- r dorsed all the prdceedings eh: e '&i ference of the reform atirti6, which had been-in sessin in 'this citf , two days. ý.h.°t roclamation issued was also endorE.. A resoltiton Was also endorsed call ng a meetlng of the national executive committee of the National Peoples party to be. held at-t. Louistri eb,. ,2 1904. It was'alsoresolved that t was the sense of the, comnlmttte.-that the nominating conventio. s hould "be held early in 1904, before the conventions of either the Democrats or flepubli cans. A committee on organization was! appointed of which A.. J. Edgerton, is chairman to work with the reform parties in every state of the union. FIGHT WITH STRIKERS. New York Police r'.rrves R.scue a Teamster. New .York, JJuly 30.--The police re serves last night fought with a mob of striking drivers who began/ their fight Wednesday for shorter hours against the New York Transfer com pany. The trouble was :started when one of. the, drivers; who 'refused to strike, made his" `appearance on Seventh avenue. The mob cut the traces from the horses and rolled the wagon into the gutter and then attacked the offending driver with knives. The driver held his own for a time, beating his assail ants off with the butt of a whip. He was strtick on the head with a brick and nearly rendered unconscious just as the police arrived. , RESULT OF EVANSVILLE RIOT. Negro Woman Becomes Insane and Is Killed by a Train. Evansville, Ind., July 30.-As a re sult of the recent rioting in EvansVille, the wife of Robert Lee, 'the negro who shot and killed ,Policeman Louis. Mas sey and thereby caused the lIwless demongtration, lost her mind and was killed Wednesday by, a; train while crossing the railway bridge near Madi sonville, Ky. The woman left Evans ville on the night of the riot. Leading Lawyer 'Dead. Butte, Mont., July '80.-J. W. Cotter, leading counsel for the Heinze mining interests, died of paralysis Wednes day.' Mr. Cotter came from Des Moines, la. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Shamrock III had only a sail. stretching' trial Wednesday. Champion 'Young Corbett knocked out "Jack" O'Neill in 'the, fifth round at Philadelphia. Charles G. Turner, consul for the Republic of Uruguay at Chicago, died at his home there of 'kidney trouble Wednepday. Judgments rendered by the arbitra tion council now in session at Caracas in favor of American citizens at pres ent total $174,345. Mrs. William Davis of Warfield, Ky., enraged because her husband loved Sa'die Evans, a neighbor, shot Miss Evans to death with a rifle. Mrs. Davis escaped. Miss Annie Poston, an actress, twenty-four years old, shot and killed hersef Wednesday in a room at a Chi cago hotel, She was despondent for some unknown reason. BASEBALL SCORES. National League. At New York, 5; Boston, 2. At Brooklyn, 7; Philadelphia, 12. At Chicago, 3; St. Louis, 2-ten in nings. At Cincinnati, 3; Pittsburg, 7. . American League. At Boston, 14; New York, 15. At P,.(iladelphia. 4; Washington, -4 called o;n account of darkness end of tenth inning. At Detroit, 5; St. Louis, 1. American Association. At Louisville, 4; Milwaukee, 3. At Columbus, 5;eSt. Paul, 6. At Toledo; 16, Minneapolis, 8. Sec ond game-Toledo, 4; Minneapolis, 1. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, July 29.-Wheat-July, 87c; Sept., .77%@77%c; Dec., 76%@ 76%c. On ,rack-No. 1 hard, 87%c; No, 1 Northern, 86%c; No. 2 North ern, 84d@85%c; No. 3 Northern, 81 @84c. St, Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul,. July 29.-Cattle--Good to choice steers, $4.25@5.00; common to fair, $3.00@4.00;. cows and heifers, $3.2'@4.00; veals, $2.50@5.00. Hogs $4.85@5.35, Sheep-Good to choice, $4.00@4.25; heavy, $3.50@4.00; lambs, $4.00@5,5. 6. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, July 29.-Wheat-In store No. 1 hard, 87c; No. 1 Northern, 86%c; No. 2 Northern, 845c. To arrive--No, 1 liard, 85c; NPo 1 Northern, 84%c; No, 2 Northern, 821c; July, 86%c; Sept. 79%.c; Dec., .77%c. Flax--Ia stote,, to arrive, on track 'and July, 97tc; Sept., 974c; Oct., 97%c; Nov. and Dec., 98c. Chicago Union Sto9k Yards. Chicago, July 29.--Cattle--Good to prime steers, $5.10@5.50; poor to me dili $3,90@5.00; stockers and feed ers, '.$i50@4,30; cows, $1.50@4.50; heiersrp, 2.250@4.75; .calvep, $3.90@ ,l6;.1: Hgs-Mixed and butchers, $5.20 6~.q0; good to choice heavy, $5.40@ 5.0I5 rough heavy, $4.75@5.35; light, $5.39@5.80. 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