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nt Coolldproi ar-aeration-old con-: at the top of the news of the !man 1 cTched the Mr. Weeks xvas Ever since his ■ople .had watch-the battle with 1 on the hillside, the funeral had lodge, where the little rest after vigil. Dr. Wiled y undoubedly Washington fory the northern-Mountain towns the year, is nor-air of gaiety and mer visitors and ’oday the flags at he little groups the life of the on Mount Pros'd appearance toI ■ « ■ + 1 1 “ I •ait To Future lals Saferuly 12.—A new government ar-the result of the Denmark, N. J., Secretary of Wariff a personal in’-losion area with ie army.it must change uilding,' he saidsystem of group-d with explosive oo dangerous, as ated by the Lake. Buildings should trt, so If the one urn, will not cx-IIIS DEATHy 12.—Dr. Barnetphysician for 26He had diagnos-and gone to the ent shortly beforedangerously hurt.Flames Leaped 400 Feet.So sudaenly came the initial blast that precautions for safety could not be taken. A marine who escaped by crawling along the ground after being hurled 40 feeL into the air. said that after the flash of lightning he saw flames 400 feet high and the concussion crushed brick and stone ammunition houses like egg shells.There followed showers of 14 and 16 inch shells. They were stacked, officials said on the base, thus causing them to shoot straight into the air. Had It not been thus, the surrounding towns would have been cut to pieces by direct shell fire. •“It's like a scene from the western front.*' Brigadier General Hugh A. Drum, explained after an inspection of tli-i' reservation from PicatJnny Peak, nearby. All evidence of the green grass and shrubbery which had made the place a beauty spot, had disappeared. he said and instead were brown, ghastly shell holes, some of them 100 feet across and thirty ■feet deep. Buildings smouldered and as the flames, creeping slowly along, reached new supplies there would be a flash and a burst of flames as the shells were hurled skyward. Then the shells would rain down, starting additional fires.Sec. Davta On Scene.Secretary of War Davis arrived at the Plcntinny arsenal, a smaller army arsenal adjoining that of the navy, for an inspection but was forced to remain just within the entrance. . He said there had been no explosion at the army reservation. A change in the wind apparently saved the Plcatinny arsenal, as the flames were headed in Us direction Saturday night.General Drum late yesterday permitted one newspaperman anda photographer to make a trip Into the area with an Inspection party. They soon had to abandon their automobile because of oebrls which blocked the road and the shell Are made It necessary to crawl to vantage points op higher ground surrounding the naval reservations.They proceeded to the scene of the arsenal power house, which was demolished and there could seescene.Exp mornii an ho omc 14 aer millim azines ger O fire t: army troops the atBorCIA —Six by a 1 autom to ha^ hood.The real e: this tc person riding went c pedestChie Singer times nor ar have fa leggerWA; time j atoreh have c will so year. Depar rats h; can T $70,00 The h out in■Sent BUffgOB resign If the; That’s to m
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Danville Bee
Danville, Virginia, US
Mon, Jul 12, 1926
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