Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1912 — RENSSELAER PEOPLE FELT THE SHOCK [ARTICLE]

RENSSELAER PEOPLE FELT THE SHOCK

Eetna Powder Company Had Explosion Early Today W r hich Shook Buildings In This CBy. - ■ * % Window panes rattled and many buildings trembled in Rensselaer this Tuesday morning at about 7 o’clock. Quite a number of people noticed it quite plainly. Janitor Charles Morlan, of tire court house, Bald the building shook perceptibly. Milt Roth was in the shop and said that there was a sudden jar and a puff of wind accompanied it. The cause was naturally presumed to be a powder mill explosion and this proved to be the case. A dynamite packing machine exploded in the Aetna Powder Co’s, plant at Aetna, Jnd., and it is reported to have killed two men and wounded several others.