Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1916 — CARS OF DYNAMITE BLOW UP [ARTICLE]

CARS OF DYNAMITE BLOW UP

Explosion at Grafton, 111., Powder Mill Kills Three Men and Injures Several Others. Grafton, Hl., Oct. 6. —Three men were killed and several were injured seriously when three cars of dynamite exploded at the mill of the Illinois Powder company here. The dead are: Superintendent Peterson and two workmen named Goodridge and Dilling. The powder mill was wrecked and the fronts of several buildings were shattered.