People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1894 — A FOOLISH MAN. [ARTICLE]

A FOOLISH MAN.

He Thaws Out Dynamite in a Stove—Explosion Kills Five. Ironwood, Mich., Oct. I). John Ravell, a miner, on Monday evening put a half box of dynamite in the oven of the kitchen stove to thaw it out for use in the morning. The family, consisting of seven persons, was gathered about the stove chatting over the events of the day and conversing with a neighbor, Mrs. Peterson. In a few minutes, without a premonition of danger, there was a terrific explosion which dealt out death with an unsparing hand. The following were killed: John Ravell, Peter Ravell, Dan Ravell, Louis Ravell and Mrs. Louise Peterson. The injured are: Baby Clarence Revell, Mrs. John Revell and Thomas Ravell. The injured are reported in a dangerous condition and it is not unlikely that the family will be exterminated .as a result of the father’s foolish move. The house was blown to - atoms.