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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1911
Page
1
A massive blast injures 200 residents and devastates the town. Reports say two people are dead and a workman is killed. A girl dies of heart failure amid panic and shock is felt up to 100 miles away. Emergency crews rush to the scene as damage tallies rise.
Smoldering ruins litter the site after last night explosions at the three magazines of the Dupont Nemours Powder company in Pleasant Prairie Wisconsin. At least one man is dead and 200 injured with damage estimated at 1.5 million dollars across a 100 mile radius. Three men are missing and the shock was felt in seven states.
A massive explosion at a powder mill near Pleasant Prairie devastates Geneva road and the village, injuring many and forcing residents to flee. Debris blocks roads as Sheriff Stahl deploys deputies. Superintendent Brady survives with minor injuries while foreman E. S. Thompson’s remains are found nearby.
A telegram to headquarters reports a stock car of a D signal corps train bound for San Antonio caught fire north of Durant Texas yesterday evening. Eight horses were cremated and one severely burned, likely due to a hot box. The train was delayed about five hours.
Temperature readings for San Antonio across listed hours compare today with the same day last year. The OCR shows misread numbers and scattered letters but indicates a year pair 1910 1911 with hourly data from 4 am to noon.
Captain George A Schreiner argues that the southern troop concentration exposed serious mobility weaknesses in the U S Army. He notes delays at Fort Sam Houston and with Seventeenth Infantry from Fort McPherson to Atlanta, highlighting lack of transport and unclear mobilization plans.
Governor Colquitt remains non committal on reconvening a special session. If called, it may focus on the appropriation bill and tax measures with prompt action hoped. A longer session would cost far more in mileage and living expenses.
Texarkana Tex March 10 Major General Carter traveling to San Antonio was seen passing through the city this afternoon.
Baltimore officials report fifty physicians in the city were asked to join the medical reserve corps under the 1908 act to boost army medical efficiency. Twenty two have accepted and the call is not tied to current maneuvers.
The Seventeenth infantry from Fort McPherson Georgia is the first regiment to reach the camp. The first section arrived at 9 45 last night and departed at 12 p m Tuesday. Three trains were used carrying fifty two cars and six hundred eighty seven men with thirty six officers. Camp pitched this morning.
The first section of the Seventeenth Infantry arrives from Fort McPherson and camps northeast of the fort. 687 enlisted men set up a bustling, orderly tented village with ammunition, rations for ten days, and detailed unloading across Pine and Austin streets.
No word from the quartermaster on arrival times of many trains bound for San Antonio from across the United States. Local dispatchers expect several trains tonight but do not know their sources or schedules. Shipments include 100 recruits for the Thirteenth, 60 for the Fifteenth, and 60 for the Twenty third infantry via I. and G. N. from Jefferson Barracks this afternoon under Capt. Benton. Additional units include Eleventh Cavalry from Fort Oglethorpe, First Battalion Eighteenth from Whipple Barracks, a section of Twenty eighth from Fort Snelling due Sunday noon, and other infantry and artillery units arriving in coming days.
Washington reports the great southward movement of troops is complete as Maj. Gen Wood plans to inspect border camps in April. Maj. Gen Carter arrives in San Antonio tomorrow as the division concentrates in Texas. The armored cruiser Washington at Portsmouth for repairs will be ready March 15.
Japanese ambassador Baronchida in Washington flatly denied any effort to secure a naval station in Mexico's coast or any special deal tied to Tehuantepec railroad control. He said any coaling arrangement with Mexican territory was purely business and not government policy.
President Taft will be kept fully informed of border troop movements from Augusta. He hopes rapid troop deployment will curb filibusters and improve conditions in Mexico. Taft attended today's Commercial Congress session as a spectator and is due to speak later.
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