Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1909 — MANY INJURED IN PITTSBURG BLAST [ARTICLE]

MANY INJURED IN PITTSBURG BLAST

Firemen Search Ruins of Building lor Dead Bodies. Pittsburg, Sept. 28. —At least fifty persons were injured, many seriously, and severaj are believed to have met death, when an explosion occurred in the Cblumbian Film Exch building, at Fourth avenue and'wood street. The walls of the building, an eightstory structure, are bulging, while not an office without damage. Windows were blown out and partitions destroyed. Several hundred firemeg and policemen are now searching the ruins for injured end dead. The cause of the explosion is not known. Wets Want Option Election. Pontiac, Mich., Sept. 28. —The petitions for A new option election have been signed by more than half the voters of the county, apparently ready to vo| e Oakland wet again.