NARROW ESCAPE FROM EXPLOSION
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

Altos; D. Bau- man, Denver; Louis Stein, Carlisle; Albert Lin- dauer, W. H. Donaldson, C. H. Dane and S. P. Carpenter, Deming; J. H. Pennewell, City; J. P. Goodlander and Sam E. Green, St. Louis; B. W. Noves, Chicago ; D. W. Turner, Kansas City. NARROW ESCAPE FROM EXPLOSION Charles Brakebill and Nat Fisher had a narrow escape from an explosion of giant pow- der at Chloride Flat last week. The powder was kept in the corner of the cabin farthest from the fire, but mysteriously ignited, one stick going off and seriously injuring the eyesight of Mr. Brakebill. He went outside and threw snow in his face, v/hen Nat, who had been outside the cabin, asked what was the matter, but re- ceiving no answer looked in the door. Seeing that the room was full of smoke and hearing something frying asked Charley what it was. He was informed that it was the rest of the powder, at which both men ran for life, getting only about sixty yards distant when the rest of the powder exploded, blowing the cabin to atoms. $1,299,276.25! Grant County’s Mineral Production for 1890. The Gauntlet Thrown Down! Grant County in the Lead of the United States Proportionately to the Capital Invested!