Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1910 — Almost Had Another Explosion At the Aetna Dynamite Mills. [ARTICLE]

Almost Had Another Explosion At the Aetna Dynamite Mills.

A serious fire threatened the Aetna dynamite and nitro-glycerine mills, east of Gary, Tuesday morning, when fire was discovered in the nitrator house at about 7 o’clock. At that time 2,000 pounds of nitro-glycerine was stored in the nitrator. An improper proportion of sweet glycerine, sulphuric and nitric acids is said to have caused the fire. The fire itself is not dangerous, but sometimes explosions follow. Timely discovery saved the plant from destruction.