A Terrific Explosion.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12976, 2 October 1905, Page 7

A Terrific Explosion.

, ■ » HONE MILL WRECKED. A DASTABDLi? OTJTRAGEj United Press 'Association.— By Electric . Telegraph— Copyrierhi. Receive^ October 2, 10 a.m., \ ' Brisbane,! October 2. Charters f Towers was startled yester9ay morning by a terrific exiploteion, tEe worE of .tt « Hytfamitard, at the Queeri Cross Wane, whicfi wrecked the, mill "antt seriously daan-agecT adjoining' property. Portions of iKe machinery and other 'debris were Bnrlecl a Etmdred yards. People living itf tEe "neighbourhood were ahrios^ thrown ) from tEeir beds Bj- tEe force of the explosion, an 3 windows antl croc Eery were broifcenin all airections. •Th*ere were several riarrbw escapes. TKe en 9 t>f i %Ec cyclinQer smasfiex) tErongh* tEe wall of a house occupied by 1 tEe Manager "(Mr i MacLaren),* and cut' tie jnand in two. TEe 1 furniture, in MacEaren's" anil aSjoirang- hoiisefe was 3esfcoyea. TwS watcEmen sleeping- in ,th*e mill miraculousty estfapecf : witU ! sligßi injuries. TEd mill' was cleaMeHup at ncrMnigKt on SaiJur3ay, ariH as tßere . was no amalgam pit tEe "premises, tEe -watcEmfetf went" to tte3 at' 2 o'clock. It is Helieved the perpetrators, were aware of this, as tEe >«rplosion occurreH tf couple of Eours later. It* is supposed tEey placed the case of Between the high* and low pressure cylinQer&— i*Ee most vulnerable poist. Tfie of ** iEe' explosion Was Eearct at a" Sisiance bf 17 miles, and people rnsEwrt from tEeir beds in a