Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
Powder Keg Explosion
March 9, 1908
DAMAGE WAS DONE BY POWDER EXPLOSION
Four Persons Injured. A Baby’s Miraculous
escape.
Punxsutawney, Pa. Mar. 10--A keg of powder
exploded here Monday, injuring four persons and
wrecking a double house belonging to the
Punxsutawney Coal Company. An infant, thrown 20
feet from its mother’s arms, did not receive a
scratch. The injured:
Ralph Childs,
burns and bruises.
Mrs. Childs, bruises.
Mrs. Mary Gamato, hands and face
burned.
Louis Gamato, burned over body.
All but Mrs. Childs, were taken to the hospital.
The injured were in the kitchen when a keg of
powder behind the stove, from some unknown
cause, exploded. Mrs. Childs was just leaving
the room with a little child in her arms. The
mother was blown under a bed while the child
landed on top of it. The other struck the walls
near the ceiling and escaped being crushed by
the collapsing roof only through the walls
falling out. The family occupying the other side
of the house escaped unhurt.
Warren Evening Mirror, Warren, Pa 10 Mar 1908
Transcribed by Audrey. Thank you,
Audrey!
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