FEARFUL GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION.
LIKENED TO AN EARTHQUAKE.
.SEVENTY PERSONS KILLED.
SUPPOSED INCENDIARISM. Press Association.—Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.
Washington, January 16. Some gunpowder cars on the railway line at Butte, in Montana, exploded with fearful results.
The city received three distinct shocks, the sensation being similar to a very sharp shock of earthquake. The death roll in connection with the accident is very large, seventy persons being killed instantly, and over 100 severely injured.
Washington, January 17.
Thirty-two tons of gunpowder exploded at Butte. One hundred and fifty persons were badly injured, in addition to a hundred killed. The explosion is supposed to be the work of an incendiary.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9722, 18 January 1895, Page 5
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