From the Hartford Courant, 19 Jun 1897:
POWDER MILL EXPLOSION,
THREE MEN AND ONE HORSE KILLED AT HAZARDVILLE,
The company's Official Statement -
Financial Loss $5,000 - The Men Were in the Wheel Room of the Corning Mill.
Hazardville, June 18.—A terrific explosion shook this and surrounding communities at 1:20 this afternoon. Every one knew it was at the plant of the Hazard Powder Company and people hurried terror stricken toward this place after they saw there were. to be no more explosions. Three men and one horse had been killed. The dead are: Richard May, workman, D. B. Stratton, head mechanic; M. W. Pierce, overseer of mills. Two of the men were married and had families.
No one will ever know what caused the explosion. Late this afternoon the officials of the company authorized the following official statement of the explosion:
"At 1:20 this afternoon a corning mill was blown to pieces and three men were killed. The money damage amounts to about $5,000. The men were in the wheel room and their bodies were thrown distances varying from 25 to 100 feet, but the remains were only slightly mutilated. M. W. Pierce leaves a wife and two children; Richard May a wife and two children; H. S. Stratton was unmarried. The mill was not In operation at the time of the explosion. This building has been used as a corning mill for thirty years." Work was suspended for the rest of the afternoon, and the bodies of the victims were tenderly cared for. The entire village had rushed to the scene and harrowing scenes were enacted when members of the bereaved families learned the truth.
Every window light in the vicinity was broken and many in the village were also shattered. Buildings adjacent suffered from the damage, but none of them caught fire.
This is the second explosion which has occurred at this plant within a year. Early on the morning of September 19 last, during an unusually heavy thunder storm, one of the crackers was struck by lightning, and a vast quantity of powder was exploded. The employees had not come to work at that hour, however, and there were no fatalities.
POWDER MILL EXPLOSION,
THREE MEN AND ONE HORSE KILLED AT HAZARDVILLE,
The company's Official Statement -
Financial Loss $5,000 - The Men Were in the Wheel Room of the Corning Mill.
Hazardville, June 18.—A terrific explosion shook this and surrounding communities at 1:20 this afternoon. Every one knew it was at the plant of the Hazard Powder Company and people hurried terror stricken toward this place after they saw there were. to be no more explosions. Three men and one horse had been killed. The dead are: Richard May, workman, D. B. Stratton, head mechanic; M. W. Pierce, overseer of mills. Two of the men were married and had families.
No one will ever know what caused the explosion. Late this afternoon the officials of the company authorized the following official statement of the explosion:
"At 1:20 this afternoon a corning mill was blown to pieces and three men were killed. The money damage amounts to about $5,000. The men were in the wheel room and their bodies were thrown distances varying from 25 to 100 feet, but the remains were only slightly mutilated. M. W. Pierce leaves a wife and two children; Richard May a wife and two children; H. S. Stratton was unmarried. The mill was not In operation at the time of the explosion. This building has been used as a corning mill for thirty years." Work was suspended for the rest of the afternoon, and the bodies of the victims were tenderly cared for. The entire village had rushed to the scene and harrowing scenes were enacted when members of the bereaved families learned the truth.
Every window light in the vicinity was broken and many in the village were also shattered. Buildings adjacent suffered from the damage, but none of them caught fire.
This is the second explosion which has occurred at this plant within a year. Early on the morning of September 19 last, during an unusually heavy thunder storm, one of the crackers was struck by lightning, and a vast quantity of powder was exploded. The employees had not come to work at that hour, however, and there were no fatalities.
From the Hartford Courant, 19 Jun 1897:
POWDER MILL EXPLOSION,
THREE MEN AND ONE HORSE KILLED AT HAZARDVILLE,
The company's Official Statement -
Financial Loss $5,000 - The Men Were in the Wheel Room of the Corning Mill.
Hazardville, June 18.—A terrific explosion shook this and surrounding communities at 1:20 this afternoon. Every one knew it was at the plant of the Hazard Powder Company and people hurried terror stricken toward this place after they saw there were. to be no more explosions. Three men and one horse had been killed. The dead are: Richard May, workman, D. B. Stratton, head mechanic; M. W. Pierce, overseer of mills. Two of the men were married and had families.
No one will ever know what caused the explosion. Late this afternoon the officials of the company authorized the following official statement of the explosion:
"At 1:20 this afternoon a corning mill was blown to pieces and three men were killed. The money damage amounts to about $5,000. The men were in the wheel room and their bodies were thrown distances varying from 25 to 100 feet, but the remains were only slightly mutilated. M. W. Pierce leaves a wife and two children; Richard May a wife and two children; H. S. Stratton was unmarried. The mill was not In operation at the time of the explosion. This building has been used as a corning mill for thirty years." Work was suspended for the rest of the afternoon, and the bodies of the victims were tenderly cared for. The entire village had rushed to the scene and harrowing scenes were enacted when members of the bereaved families learned the truth.
Every window light in the vicinity was broken and many in the village were also shattered. Buildings adjacent suffered from the damage, but none of them caught fire.
This is the second explosion which has occurred at this plant within a year. Early on the morning of September 19 last, during an unusually heavy thunder storm, one of the crackers was struck by lightning, and a vast quantity of powder was exploded. The employees had not come to work at that hour, however, and there were no fatalities.
POWDER MILL EXPLOSION,
THREE MEN AND ONE HORSE KILLED AT HAZARDVILLE,
The company's Official Statement -
Financial Loss $5,000 - The Men Were in the Wheel Room of the Corning Mill.
Hazardville, June 18.—A terrific explosion shook this and surrounding communities at 1:20 this afternoon. Every one knew it was at the plant of the Hazard Powder Company and people hurried terror stricken toward this place after they saw there were. to be no more explosions. Three men and one horse had been killed. The dead are: Richard May, workman, D. B. Stratton, head mechanic; M. W. Pierce, overseer of mills. Two of the men were married and had families.
No one will ever know what caused the explosion. Late this afternoon the officials of the company authorized the following official statement of the explosion:
"At 1:20 this afternoon a corning mill was blown to pieces and three men were killed. The money damage amounts to about $5,000. The men were in the wheel room and their bodies were thrown distances varying from 25 to 100 feet, but the remains were only slightly mutilated. M. W. Pierce leaves a wife and two children; Richard May a wife and two children; H. S. Stratton was unmarried. The mill was not In operation at the time of the explosion. This building has been used as a corning mill for thirty years." Work was suspended for the rest of the afternoon, and the bodies of the victims were tenderly cared for. The entire village had rushed to the scene and harrowing scenes were enacted when members of the bereaved families learned the truth.
Every window light in the vicinity was broken and many in the village were also shattered. Buildings adjacent suffered from the damage, but none of them caught fire.
This is the second explosion which has occurred at this plant within a year. Early on the morning of September 19 last, during an unusually heavy thunder storm, one of the crackers was struck by lightning, and a vast quantity of powder was exploded. The employees had not come to work at that hour, however, and there were no fatalities.
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