The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 5, 1903, Page 5

eee I | Star Offers Prizes for Best Definition of a Kiss--See Page 8 EXTRA EDITION ONE HUNDRED SOULS HURLED INTO ETERNITY BY THE EXPLOSION OF TONS OF GUN POWDER Magazines at the Naval Station at Pheer Island in the Hudsen River Blown Up=-Towns For Miles Around are) Shaken as by an Earthquake PEEKSKILL, N. Y., Nov. 4.—One hundred men are re- | ported to have been killed on Iona island as the result of a ter rific explosion of hundreds of tons of gunpowder, this after- noon. The island is a government naval station in the Hudson, where the government has stored immense quantities of pow- der caped, according to a report received here. One of the principal maga zines exploded at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Fifteen or sixteen men are reported to have been killed outright in the first explosion. The storehouse then caught fire. The flames spread rap- idly and developed into a terrible catastrophe. A number of explosions at different intervals were heard a short while af- ter the first report From the number of explosions, it is thought that every { one of the magazines have exploded. In that case, it is stated it would be all but impossible for any one on the island to ecape death The whole country for many miles around was shaken by | Whole the force of the explosions, as if by an earthquake It is impossible to get details of the catastrophe, as all} wires are down. The tracks of the West Shore railway, | which runs within 500 yards of the island, are blocked with | | deb aris, | Relief parties, accompanied by surgeons and nurses, have ! | been despatched to the island from this and other towns in| SEISMIC DISTURBANCES cL E | this district, Seven doctors went to the scene of the explo- | ae » eee Ae Ee | STATES—NO DAMAGE REPORTED sions, froin here | | and te ard fr the | nevera ar see pve’ ‘| # LOUIA, Nov. 4 yh th Tw were i, wo fi » . « t mr eck phix a 4 - ‘ ae | mccomas DEFEATED is me eee | BALTIMORE, M 1— me to be heard fro The De : A third member buile ae were shaken at Haverstraw, ¢i eaedbmmetienciaee miles. distant Int There were 110 men_on the island and only 10 have es | SEATTLE BOAT BOMBARDS _ PANAMA A REVOLUTIONISTS. Bogota, Formerly the Jessie Banning, Starts the Pyrotech-': nics in the Isthmian Revolution Against the Colombian |: Government---Uncle Sam Says They Can Fight All They Want to But They Must Pre serve Order on the Isthmus He Will Have Gunboats There HAN THAT IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY > | New Vouk thoes York Overw ‘helmingly Dem- | ocratic---Ohio’s Big Republican Plurality---Other States BOGOTA, WAS FORMERLY THE JESSE BANNING OF SEAITLE ' s a HANNA WINS pg 18| CLEVELAND, 0 n Toh ae OCRASTINATOR . t Europe ‘iam a 2 and NPW F was! w : be _, WASHINGT I yi h bt : t Joh was ¢ M in . 60 t oe ps é ’ a J. Su ¥ the How 1 a h r : SURESERREREREBEREER EEE s- ' “4 TAMMANY TRIUMPHANT NEW YORK, N 4.—Tammany | Fray ee ‘i