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Indiana Progress

Location

Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Apr 27, 1892

Page

6

Explosion at Lake Hopatcong works kills seven men

At Lake Hopatcong near the Morris and Essex line the American Forcite Powder Company plant exploded after 3 PM. Seven men died including J. D. Smith and Jacot Carlson and five others: William Pierce Jamies Wagh A. Johnson Gof frey Watar and an unknown Swede. Two injured. Panic followed as searchers recovered mangled remains from the scene. The cause remains a mystery.

Nevane N. J American Forcite Powder Company Lake Hopatcong Morris and Essex Killedare J. D. Smith Jacot Carlson Wiliam Pierce Jamies Wagh A. Johnson Goffrey Watar Moms Benjamin Cassimore Will

Penn Republicans Converge at Hannisess April Meeting

The Pennsylvania Republican convention opened with no contests as General Latta was nominated for temporary chair. Electors at large and district electors were named by acclamation, with extensive balloting to follow for Supreme Judge, including candidates Lindsay, Henderson, White, Sadler, and Archibald.

Hannissess Watres Frank Willing Leach James L. Mills Philadelphia James W. Latta Latta Frank Reeder B. F. Jones Allegheny William Wood J. Francis Dunlap Lancaster Wiliam H. Sayen Delaware Mr. Magee Hamilton Disston William L. Elkins William Flinn Henry W. Oliver Northampton Samuel A. Davenport Erie Henry C. McCormick Lycoming Lyman D. Gilbert Dauphin Mr. Miles William B. Ahern James & Dale York John W. Young Joseph Bosler Montgomery A.C. Hawkins McKean Morgan B. Williams Luzerne Lemuel Googins John L. Lawson John Mundell John Hunter Alex Crowe, Jr Charles B. Siner Maxwell Clawer W. A. Grundy Traill Green James EK. Mosser J. F.M. Geist Henry A. Knapp W. A. Harvey James Muir John H. Sheibiey Cee Durland Perry Stebbins Lloyd T. Rohrbach Shoch J. Shallwilhelm James B. Laux Robert Putcairn I. F. Lincoln D. Bell M.H. Taylor C. F. Barclay Jesse E. Dale George B. Lindsay Clayton Joseph H. Baldwin Chester Phus Elder Cambria Atkinson Westmoreland Harry White Indiana General Fisher White Frank P. Ray Crawford John J. Henderson W. W. Wilbur Warren Flinn Ewing Everett Warren Lackwanna Archibald Scranton J. H. van Iten Pike KE. B. Watts Cumberland Sadler Brumm Pennsylvania Miller Major McDowell Water Castor Andy Robert General Lilly Cester McDowell Lilly Martin Maryland Baltimore Michigan Detroit Alger Harrison N.C Raleigh James H. Young Wilmington John B. Earles California San Francisco Academy of Sciences Vacaville Vaca Valley Dixon Winters Bliss

Notable Tragedies and Political News Across States

Mary Stanton, a young actress, died in New York from smoking related causes. In St. Louis two boys burned to death after being locked in by their parents. A hydrogen oxygen explosion blinded a University of Michigan professor. A Polish woman perished in a jail fire in Iron River. A mother and infant were found drowned in a Saginaw area cistern. Crashes claim lives in Ballinger, Bloomington, Monticello. U S news covers diplomacy with Italy, immigration inspector resignations, and Congress budgets. Republican conventions name delegates nationwide amid pledges for Harrison and Alger. Local incidents include hangings, suicides, murders and botched crossings. Financial troubles strike insurers, banks, and timber firms. Weathered by a wide sweep of crime, politics, and disasters across the era.

Lincoln Grant Harrison Blaine Pennsylvania Republican Party Tne Benjamin Harrison Italy Chile Great Britain James G. Blaine Congress Democratic House Russia Lake Erie Ohio Mississippi Treasury Mary Stanton New York Nieman St. Louis E. D. Campbell Ann Arbor Mich Chemical Laboratory Iron River Martin Faborski

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