Geneva, Indiana Explosion
February 15, 1906
TWO MEN KILLED BY MAGAZINE EXPLOSION
Nitro Glycerine Explodes and Causes Great Destruction in Vicinity
Geneva, Ind., Feb. 15. -- The magazine of the Hercules torpedo company
one mile from here was destroyed today by an explosion.
Edward Gates, of
Hartford City, and Lee Howard, of Bluffton, were blown to pieces and two teams
of horses were killed. The men were engaged in unloading 1,500 quarts of nitro glycerine from the wagons when the explosion occurred. The explosion
destroyed many plate glass windows in the business houses here, tore the bark
off of threes within a radius of 200 yards and made a hole in the ground 15 feet
deep and 25 feet in diameter.
Grand Forks Daily Herald, Grand Forks, ND 16 Feb 1906
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