Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1891 — DEADLY DYNAMITE. [ARTICLE]

DEADLY DYNAMITE.

Sixteen Men Are Blown luto Fragment* by It. The dynamite factory of F. A Reynolds & Co., near White Pigeon, Mich., exploded on the 4th. I»is estimated that there were about twenty tons ids dynamite in the building, which waaja throe-story brick. Scarcely a vest!go remains. Sixteen workmen, mostly Swedes and Norwegians, -> were completely annihilated; not an atom of them is to be found, and it is impossible to learn their names, as tbe company's books, pay-rools, etc., are lost The loss is estimated $33,000. The concussion In White Pigeon was awful and citizens were badly frightened 1 Goods in the stores were thrown from the shelves and houses rocked to and fro. The spire of the German Lutheran with a loud crash, and the walls of several buildings are cracked and damaged. 1