Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1887 — A NITRO-GLYCERINE FACTORY BLOWN UP. [ARTICLE]

A NITRO-GLYCERINE FACTORY BLOWN UP.

A terrific explosion occurred at Findlay, Ohio, June 29th, the nitro-glycerine factory of E. N. McCoy blowing up. There were nearly 1,000 pounds of explosive in the building. The concussion caused people for miles around to think that Mli earthquake had occurred. The factory Ttas blown to atoms, but nobody was near enough to be hurt. A hole fifteen feet deep and fifty feet across the top was made in the ground and many trees were blown out. An acre or more of woodland is devastated, and for a great distance from the site of the factory bark was torn from the trees. Somebody with a spite against the proprietor made a fire, and, placing a cap in the cleaning-tank where the stuff was, caused the explosion from a distance. The damage was not great.