Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1910 — CONCRETE WALK EXPLODES [ARTICLE]

CONCRETE WALK EXPLODES

Dublin Folk Startled by Strange, Unusual Sort of Upheaval. Dublin, Ind., Sept. 16. —Merchants and pedestrians uptown were startled by the noise of an explosion that resembled that of gas or some other such force. On investigation it was discovered that the concrete pavement in front of the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern interurban station had been upheaved as thought a small earthquake had occurred. The force of the upheaval was so great that it burst a pane of glass from a nearby lamp post and caused the windows of the interurban station to rattle. It is supposed the heat of the sun’s rays had generated gaseous substance, which had gradually accumulated until it caused the explosion.