FEARFUL POWDER EXPLOSION.
ONE HUNDBED PEESONS KILLED. THE WOEK- OF AN INCENDIAEY. By Telegraph.—Press Association,~~Copyright. . ... Washington, January 16. Some .gunpowder oars on tho railway lino .at Butte,.in, Montana, exploded, with fearful reaiilts. ' / . . a The city received three distinct shocks, the sensation being similar to that in a very sharp shock of earthquake. The' death-roll in connection with the accident is very large. Seventy persons were killed instantly,' and over 100 severely injured. Received January IS, 0.5 a.m. Washington, January 17. Thirty-two tons of gunpowder exploded at Butte. . •
One hundred and fifty persons have been badly injured, in addition to 100 killed. The explosion is supposed to be tho work of an incendiary.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2412, 18 January 1895, Page 2
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