People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1894 — FOUR KILLED. [ARTICLE]

FOUR KILLED.

Fatal Disaster at the Laflin-Rand Works in Ulster County, N. Y. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Jan. 9.—The Laflin & Rand powder mill at Rifton, Ulster county, 12 miles from this city, blew up Saturday morning. Four men were killed and several badly wounded. Six hundred and fifty kegs of powder exploded in the drying-room, and the concussion exploded 200 kegs in the canning-mill, 206 feet away. Both buildings were blown away, scarcely a plank being left behind. Gardner Friedenburgh and Joseph Saunders, who were in the dryingroom, were torn to pieces and portions of their bodies were picked up 500 yards away. Michael Gibbs, who was in the canning-mill, was burned to a crisp in a second. George Kipp, boss of the powder-makers, was crushed to death.