Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1912 — FIVE DEAD IN EXPLOSION [ARTICLE]

FIVE DEAD IN EXPLOSION

Twelve Others Are Hurt When Ga* In Blast Furnace Gives Way in Cleveland. - Cleveland, O„ May 10—Five men were killed, eight fatally hurt and four less seriously injured In an explosion at the Central blast furnace of the American Steel & Wire company. -- The men were inside one of the furnaces removing a blowpipe preparatory to shutting down the furnace when the explosion occurred. The blast is believed to have resulted from an accumulation of gas which was ignited by a workman’s torch. ’ ' ,