Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 135, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1903 — This Explains Our Earthquake. [ARTICLE]

This Explains Our Earthquake.

The followtng-from Wednesday-s Valpariso Vidette explains the shaking Rensselaer experienced Wednesday morning, and which, not unnaturally, was thought to have been a slight earthquake. “Valparaiso and vicinity was badly shaken this morning about 7:10 o’clock. The first thought of everyone was that the powder works at Miller Station had another explosion, i- It was true. One of the large nirtro-glycerine tanks exploded, instantly killing Gus Hinshaw, an employe of the company. The shock was so severe at Hobart that it broke a plate glass out of Wm. Stommel’s store, also a glass in the Odd Fellows building. A telephone from Fort Wayne says the ehock was plainly felt there. We may add to the above that the Etna powder works,'where the explosion occured are near the northeast corner of Lake county, and 45 miles from Rensselaer, in a direct line. They have had numerous explosions in times past